Editorial Board Regulations 

Chapter 5: Examination Standards and Procedures

Article 9 (Submission of Papers)

Manuscripts must be submitted through the JAMS system (https://iakle.jams.or.kr/) by the submission deadline. Manuscripts that do not comply with the submission guidelines or violate the regulations will be returned without review. (The journal is published quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1.)

Article 10 (Appointment of Reviewers)

1.    The Editorial Board should appoint three reviewers for each paper during an editorial meeting held after the submission deadline. Reviewers are selected based on their academic expertise and competence in the relevant field.

2.    Reviewers will be excluded from the review process if they are the submitter or affiliated with the same institution as the submitter.

3.    If an executive or member of the Editorial Board submits a manuscript, they will be excluded from reviewing that submission. The fairness, anonymity, and integrity of the reviewer selection process will be rigorously maintained.

Article 11 (Criteria for Evaluation)
Submitted manuscripts will be evaluated on a 10-point scale based on the following criteria:. 

1. Necessity of the study
2. Validity of the study’s content
3. Appropriateness of the research methods
4. Originality of the research
5. Validity of the arguments presented
6. Understanding and utilization of prior research
7. Adequacy and accuracy of the research materials
8. Efficacy of the research results
9. Fidelity and accuracy of abstracts in both foreign languages and Korean
10. Overall completeness of the thesis structure and language.

Article 12 (Criteria for Determining the Results)

1.    Of the evaluations of the three judges, the consensus opinion of two or more judges shall take precedence.

2.    If no consensus is reached by two or more judges, the average score from all three judges will be considered as follows:

(1)   80 points or higher: Publishable as it is

(2)   70–79 points: Publishable with revision

(3)   60–69 points: Reconsideration after revision

(4)   60 points or lower: Not publishable

      (Revised July 8, 2023)

Article 13 (Publication Decision)

1.    After receiving all of the review reports, the Editorial Board will make a final decision on whether to publish the reviewed paper by summarizing the judges' evaluations at the editorial meeting.

2.    The final decision regarding the examined manuscript will fall into one of the following categories: publishable as it is, publishable with revision, reconsideration after revision, and not publishable.

3.    A single author may neither publish two consecutive papers nor be the first author of more than two papers in the same issue.

Article 14 (Notification and Follow-up of Examination Results)

1.    The Editorial Board shall promptly notify contributors of the review results upon completion of the review.

2.    Contributors whose manuscripts are deemed “publishable with revision” must make the necessary revisions and resubmit their manuscripts to the Editorial Board within the specified timeframe.

3. Manuscripts that receive a "revise and resubmit" decision shall be evaluated based on the revised version submitted by the author. If both reviewers recommend "publication in the current issue," the manuscript will be published in that issue.

(1) 80 points or above: Publication in the current issue

(2) 60–79 points: Publication in the next issue

(3) Below 60 points: Rejection

      The joint opinion of the two reviewers assigned for re-evaluation shall take precedence. In case of disagreement—including when one reviewer recommends "rejection"—a third reviewer shall be appointed. The final decision shall be determined solely by this third reviewer's evaluation.

4.    If the manuscript cannot be re-reviewed by the editorial deadline, the revised manuscript must be submitted by the next issue’s submission deadline. Failure to resubmit for the next issue will be considered an abandonment of the reconsideration, and the contributor will be notified that the manuscript is “not publishable.”

Article 15 (Appeal of Examination Results)

1.    If a contributor disagrees with the review results, they may request a reconsideration from the Editorial Board, providing a clear rationale.

2.    The Editorial Board will review the original evaluation and the contributor's reasons for requesting reconsideration to determine whether to proceed with the review.

3.    The Editorial Board will appoint three new reviewers to conduct the review, and the contributor must pay a review fee of KRW 60,000.

4.    If the publication is ultimately approved after review but cannot be included in the current issue due to editorial scheduling, it will be published in the next issue.

Article 16 (Copyright)

1.    When submitting a manuscript, all authors must provide a copyright assignment agreement to the Association to facilitate publication.

2.    The rights, interests, and copyrights (including digital rights) of papers published in this journal are held by the International Association of Korean Language Education. However, authors may utilize portions of their papers in other research, provided that they properly cite this paper as the source of the content.

Article 17 (Security and Data Retention)

1.    The identities of the reviewers shall remain confidential, known only to the Editorial Board.

2.    Documents related to the review process shall be retained for five years.

Article 18: Miscellaneous

1.    Any matters not specified in these Examination Regulations shall be decided by the Editorial Board.

Addendum

1.    These revised regulations shall take effect on October 1, 2016.

2.    These revised regulations shall take effect on July 24, 2018.

3.    These revised regulations shall take effect on April 25, 2021.

4.    These revised regulations shall take effect on July 8, 2023.

5.    These revised regulations shall take effect on June 1, 2025.