Guideline for Authors

Authors Guidelines

The Korean Society of Climate Change Research Journal Submission Regulation

Article 1 (purpose)

This regulation aims at defining the process of submitting academic papers and related matters to the ‘Journal of Climate Change Research’ (hence referred to as ‘the journal’) published by the ‘Korean Society of Climate Change Research’(hence referred to as ‘the society’).

Article 2 (Submission requirements)

First author or corresponding author submitting the paper has to be a member of the society. The paper being submitted should contain academic achievement in all fields related to climate change and not contain any content that has been presented in other journals.

Article 3 (Registration of manuscripts)

The manuscript of a paper will be submitted using a sub- mission system provided on the society’s website (http://www.kscc.re.kr/Subpage/journal/sub3_3.html).

Article 4 (Types of manuscripts)

Manuscripts published in the journal will be those that contain contents related to climate change, and will be classified as either a research paper, review paper, technical note, or discussion and reply. The manuscripts should not have had been presented in other academic journals or publications prior to submission.

1. 1. Research paper :
   Research papers should contain original research regarding climate change and contain contents with academic value.
2. 2. Review papers :
   Review papers should include literature review on the current state of research, trends, and issues in the field of climate change, and should provide conclusions with academic value through original interpretation.
3. 3. Technical note:
   As technical data related to climate change, technical notes should include practical and original content.
4. 4. Discussion and reply :
   As critical notes on the research papers and technical notes presented on the journal, discussion and reply includes research methods, logical problems, questions, and suggestions.

Submitted criticisms will be delivered to the corresponding authors, who will be made to reply if possible.

Article 5 (Composing manuscripts)

1. 1. Korean and English may be used in the papers; papers written in Korean should include the abstract and the names of authors in English.
2. 2. The length of the papers at the final printing should be within 8 pages including figures, graphs, etc. and additional submission payments will incur in the case of exceeding pages or special production as defined in Article 7.
3. 3. When submitting manuscripts, the basic format of papers should be in files produced with Hangul 97 or MS Word 2000 and above. Manuscripts for revision will be composed on A4 papers using font size 10 and font type Times New Roman, double spaced, with 3cm margins on the top, bottom, right, and left.
4. 4. The papers will be composed in the following order:
   1. A. Title
   2. B. Author(s)
   3. C. Abstract and Key words
   4. D. Body
   5. E. Acknowledgements (if necessary)
   6. F. References
   7. G. Legend (if necessary)
   8. H. Appendix (if necessary)
5. 5. Title

   The first letter of the sentence will be capitalized for English titles. If the whole paper is written in Korean, the title of the paper will be written in Korean first, below which the title in English will be placed. The font size of the title on top should be 14, while that of the title below should be 13. Both should be center-aligned.

   Eg. 1) Example of a title

   해수면 상승 영향으로 인한 경제 피해 비용 분석 (14, 견고딕, 가운데 정렬) Economic damage cost analysis of sea level rise impact (13, Times, Bold, Center Align)

6. 6. Author(s)

   Author’s surname should be written before his or her given name in English. Each author’s name, title and institution should be indicated in English as well. Contact information including an e-mail address, working address (including postal code), and working phone number should be added as a footnote for the corresponding author. Each other's ORCID (Open Research and Contributor ID) should be included in the first page of the paper. An ORCID can be obtained through the ORCID webpage at https://orcid.org/. If the whole paper is written in Korean, above information written in Korean should be followed by that in English.

   Eg. 2) Example of authors

   홍길동*†․김유신**․강감찬*** OO대학교 OO학과 부교수*, OO대학교 OO학과 박사후 연구원**, OO대학교 OO대학 석사과정학생*** Hong, Gil Dong*†, Kim, Yoo Shin** and Kang, Gam Chan*** *Associate Professor, Dept. of OOOOO, OO Univ., Seoul, Korea **Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of OOOOO, OO Univ., OOO, Korea ***Master Student, Dept. of OOOOO, OO Univ., OOO, Korea †Corresponding author:OOOO@OOOO.ac.kr, (contact information) Hong, Gil Dong0000-0000-0000-0000 Kim, Yoo Shin0000-0000-0000-0000 Kang, Gam Chan0000-0000-0000-0000

7. 7. Abstract and Key words

   English abstract should be about 200~250 words and will be placed before the body. The abstract should reveal the main content of the paper in a specific manner, and should be understandable even if separated from the body. Key words should be placed below the English abstract.

   Eg. 3) Example of an English abstract

   Abstract The present works analyze … (Times, 9pt) Key words : Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Economic Damage ……. (Times, Italic, 9pt)

8. 8. Body

   Papers written in either Korean or English will be composed in the following order: abstract, keywords, introduction, material and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, (acknowledgements), references. Tables and figures should be included in the body if possible.

   The body will be composed at the authors’ discretion, but should maintain consistency. However, the paragraph numbers will be organized in the following manner for chapters, topics, and subtopics. Times New Roman with font size 10 will be used.

   Eg. 4) Example of subtitles

   1. Introduction (12, Gothic, Bold) 2. Current state of climate change 2.1 Current state of rising sea levels (10, Gothic Medium, Bold) 2.1.1 Current state of seas around Korea (10, Gothic Medium) 3. Method for calculating economic damages 4. Conclusion and discussion Acknowledgements (12, Gothic, Bold) References (12, Gothic, Bold)

9. 9. Figures and tables

   Figures and tables will all be presented in English. Captions for figures will be centered below the figure, and the captions for tables will be placed on the top-left corner. If it is necessary to place two or more figures and tables in the same place, or if comparison in necessary, (a), (b) etc. must be used.

   Eg. 5) Example of figures and tables

   (a) In 1990, CO2.. (b) In 2000, CO2.. Fig. 1. The comparison of CO2 distribution.

   Table 1. The comparison of CO2 concentration (a) In 1990 (b) In 2000

10. 10. Formula

    Formulas should be organized into lines and the number for each formula will be marked as (1), (2), (3), etc. To mark many formulas at the same time, use (1a), (1b), (1c), etc.

11. 11. Citation
    1. A. When referring to figures and tables inside the body, mark them as Fig. 1., Fig. 2., Table 1(a)., Table 2., etc. Mark formulas in the same manner. However, if two figures are being compared at the same time, mark them as “Fig. 1(a). and Fig. 2(c).,” place “and” in between
    2. B. Citing references
       1. (Eg.) For 1 author : Hong (1990)
       2. (Eg.) For 2 authors : Hong and Lee (1959)
       3. (Eg.) For 3 auhors and above : Hong et al. (1982),
12. 12. Units

    SI units will be used.

13. 13. Acknowledgements

    If necessary, authors may express their acknowledgements regarding advice given, data provided, research funds granted, or other matters.

14. 14. References
    1. A. When citing references from the body inside parentheses, place a comma between the author name and the year of publication. When there are two or more consecutive cited references, write them in the order of time and separate using semicolons.
       (Eg.) (Hopke, 1990; Lin et al., 1989)
    2. B. References should be written in English regardless of the language of the manuscript. If the reference is a Korean paper with an English abstract, write “in Korean with English abstract” within parentheses next to the name of the citation. The author’s name is followed by the year, title, journal name, volume (issue) number, pages, and DOI for academic journals. The author’s name is followed by the year, title, publisher, country of publication, and pages for books. As shown in Example 6, all authors’ names (or editors’ names) should be written regardless of the number of the author (or editor).
    3. C. The reference format follows the style of “Coucil of Science Editors–CSE 8th, Name–Year Sequence”, which is available in many reference software such as EndNote, Mendeley, and RefWorks, etc.

    Eg. 6) Example of references

    • Journal article 1) Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L. 2009. Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J Appl Physiol 105: 731-738. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8 • Online Journal Article 1) Slifka MK, Whitton JL. 2000. Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. doi: 10.1007/s001090000086 • Newspaper Article 1) Shin HH. 2017 Jun 25. Korea reeling from climate change. The Korea Herald. • Book 1) South J, Blass B. 2001. The future of modern genomics. London: Blackwell • Book chapter 1) Brown B, Aaron M. 2001. The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230-257. • Website 1) Air Korea. 2018. What’s CAI; [accessed 2018 Aug 3]. http://www.airkorea.or.kr/eng/cai/cai1 • Conference Paper 1) Palmer RN. 2018. Translating climate science into adaptation: Examples from the US northeast climate adaptation science center. Proceedings of 2018 KSCC International Conference; 2018 Jun 18~Jun 20; ICC JEJU. Jeju, Korea: The Korean Society of Climate Change Research. p. 82-84 • Technical Report 1) Myeong SJ. 2017. Green space accessibility analysis in terms of environmental justice. Seoul, Korea: Korea Environmental Institute. Policy Report 2017-15. • Dissertation 1) Trent JW. 1975. Experimental acute renal failure. [Dissertation]. University of California

15. 15. Nomenclature

    If the author thinks that there has been an excessive use of symbols and that there is a need for a separate organization of symbols, he or she may do so.

16. 16. Appendix

    If the author thinks that there are details that are not important enough to be mentioned in the body but that will help readers to understand, he or she may add them in the appendix.

Article 6 (Peer review process)

Submitted articles are evaluated based on peer review process. The publication of an article is determined in the Editorial Board. Detailed review process is represented in the Review Guideline of The Journal of Climate Change Research.

Article 7 (Submission fees and publication fee)

1. 1. Submitted papers will be reviewed according to the peer review process. A publication fee of 200,000 won will be charged when the paper is confirmed for publishing through the review process. An additional fee of 50,000 won per page will be charged if the length of the paper exceed the standards as determined in Article 5. Additional costs following special production such as natural color printing will be paid by the authors at their own expense.
2. 2. Submission fee for urgent review processIf necessary, submitters may request for an urgent review process their submitted papers. They will have to pay a fee of 240,000 won.

Article 8 (Research and publication ethics)

Authors are expected to be aware of the Ethical Guideline of The Journal of Climate Change Research. In case of suspected or alleged misconduct, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) flowcharts will be followed. To verify originality, submitted article will be checked by the originality detection service CrossCheck.

Article 9 (Copyright)

When the publishing of the submitted paper is confirmed, the authors have to submit the copyright transfer consent form. The copyright for all manuscripts submitted to the journal is owned by the Korean Society of Climate Change Research.

The copyright for the papers published in the previous issues of the journal belongs to the society, and the submitters may not raise any objections to the items already handled by the society.

Article 10 (Publishing and publishing dates)

The journal will be published six times per year on the last days of February, April, June, August, October, and December.

Article 11 (Delegation of authority)

Other items that are not defined in this regulation will be left for the committee to decide.

Additional clauses

Article 1 (Effectuation)  This regulation is in effect as of October 16th, 2009.

Revised on April 7th, 2011
Revised on July 1st, 2014
Revised on July 10th, 2016
Revised on September 3rd, 2018
Revised on February 15th, 2020
Revised on September 10th, 2021
Revised on August 18th, 2023

Ethical Guidelines

The Korean Society of Climate Change Research Journal Research Ethics Regulation

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 (Purpose)

This regulation establishes research ethics for papers contributed to The Korean Society of Climate Change Research and Journal of Climate Change Research and prevents Research Misconduct in advance, for the purpose of prescribing matters concerning fair and systematic veracity verification and treatment in the event of Research Misconduct.

Article 2 (Definitions and Scope of Research Misconduct)

1. ① Definitions
   1. 1. “Research Materials” refers to pre-processing data and literature collected by researchers through experiments, observations, and surveys to achieve research purposes.
   2. 2. “Research Data” refers to the data processed from research materials and secondary data and literature using them.
   3. 3. “Research Results” refers to structured conclusions drawn by researchers using research data obtained through research activities.
   4. 4. “Research Output” refers to academic works and intellectual property such as reports, thesis, publications, and scripts that describe the final results obtained by researchers through research activities.
2. ② Scope of Research Misconduct
   Research Misconduct refers to the following items made in the proposal, performance, reporting and presentation of R&D tasks.
   1. 1. “Fabrication” is the act of falsely making, recording, and reporting research materials or research data or research results that do not exist.
   2. 2. “Falsification” the act of distorting the research contents or results by artificially manipulating research materials, equipment, processes, etc. or arbitrarily modifying or deleting research materials and research data.
   3. 3. “Plagiarism” is the act of making a third party aware of its creation by using not general knowledge but original ideas or creations of others, as shown in the following items, without proper source indication.
      1. A. When using all or part of other people's research without indicating the source
      2. B. When not indicating the source of the word or sentence structure of another person's work that was paraphrased
      3. C. When not indicating the source of the original ideas of others, etc.
      4. D. When not indicating the source while translating and utilizing other people's works
   4. 4. “Unjust Indication of Author” is the act of not granting authorship to persons who have contributed to the research contents and results without justifiable reasons, or granting authorship to persons who have not contributed, on the grounds of appreciation or respect as follows.
      1. A. When author qualification is granted even though there is no contribution or contribution to the research or results
      2. B. When not qualifying as an author despite one’s contribution to the research or results
      3. C. When a student's thesis is published or presented in an academic journal under the sole name of his or her academic advisor
   5. 5. “Unjust Duplicate Publication” is an act of obtaining unfair benefits, such as when a researcher receives research funds or is recognized as a separate research work after publishing the same or substantially similar work as his or her previous research results without a source
   6. 6. An “authorship” is an individual judged to have made a substantial intellectual or practical contribution to a publication, and has public credibility in the results of the research.
   7. 7. “Interference with Investigation on Research Misconduct” is an act that deliberately interferes with the investigation of a person's misconduct or inflicts harm on the informant.
   8. 8. Other acts that seriously deviate from the scope normally accepted in each academic field
3. ③ Criteria for the authorship
   The authorship of JCCR is an individual judged to have made a substantial intellectual or practical contribution to a publication and has public credibility in the results of the research. This normally include anyone who has
   1. 1. made a substantial contribution to conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
   2. 2. drafted the work or reviewed/revised it critically for important intellectual content; AND
   3. 3. approved the latest version of the article to be published; AND
   4. 4. agreed to be responsible for the every aspect of the research to ensure solving problems or investigating questions related to the accuracy or integrity of the work
4. ④ Criteria for the contributor
   An individual who does not meet all four criteria of “authorship” should not claim the authorship. However, if people or institutions partially contributed to research such as through collecting data or supervising the research could be listed as contributors in the acknowledgement section.

Chapter 2 Roles and Responsibilities of Researcher and Institution

Article 3 (Roles and Responsibilities of Researcher)

The researcher shall conduct the research autonomously on the basis of freedom of research, but shall observe the following matters.

1. 1. Respecting the character of the research subjects and treat them fairly
2. 2. Protecting the privacy and personal information of the study subjects
3. 3. Proceeding with honest and transparent research based on facts
4. 4. Maintaining academic conscience as an expert when returning expertise to society
5. 5. Contributing to the development of learning by publishing new academic results
6. 6. Acknowledging and respecting the achievements of prior researchers, such as revealing the sources in an appropriate way when using works of oneself and others
7. 7. Maintaining ethical responsibility for the conclusion of research contracts, the process of obtaining and executing research funds
8. 8. Indicating all research-related interests in the Research Output, without affecting the interests of the funding organization
9. 9. Clarifying the researcher's affiliation and position (author information) when announcing research outputs to increase the reliability of the research
10. 10. Participation in Continuing Research Ethics Education
11. 11. An “authorship” is regarded as an individual who has made a substantial intellectual or practical contribution to a publication. The published work continues to have a significant impact on the author's academic, social and financial impact.

Article 4 (Research Ethics Duties of Member)

1. ① One shall not violate the purpose of the establishment of the academic society or impair the dignity of the academic society, and shall perform academic activities and various projects in a fair and sincere manner.
2. ② Academic objectivity shall be maintained in the entire process of conducting research, with no fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and no arbitrary use of other people's intellectual property.
3. ③ The author of the paper shall be limited to those who have substantially contributed to the writing of the paper and shall not make an unfair mark of the author, such as not omitting those who have contributed to the writing of the paper.
4. ④ The papers contributed and published in the academic society shall not be duplicated and published in other academic journals at home and abroad, nor shall they be duplicated and published in journals published by other academic society.
5. ⑤ The editor, in deciding whether to publish the contributed paper, shall endeavor to ensure that objective evaluation is made solely based on the quality level of the paper and the contribution regulations, regardless of any preconceptions or personal relationship.
6. ⑥ The reviewer shall faithfully evaluate the papers requested by the Journal Editorial Committee within the period prescribed by the examination regulations and notify the editorial committee of the results thereof. If it is deemed that he is not the right person to evaluate the content of the paper, the editorial committee shall be noticed without delay.
7. ⑦ The reviewer shall keep the confidentiality of the papers to be examined. Nor shall the contents of the paper be quoted without the author's consent before the publication of the journal.

Chapter 3 Research Misconduct

Article 5 (Prohibition of Research Misconducts)

The following research misconducts are prohibited for all Research Outputs subject to this Regulation

1. 1) Fabrication: the act of creating and recording and reporting false data or research results
2. 2) Falsification: the act of manipulating research data, equipment, or processes, altering or omitting data or research results to ensure that the final research results do not conform to the truth
3. 3) Plagiarism: the act of using other people's ideas, research processes, research results, or records without due authorization (also applies to self-plagiarism
4. 4) Duplicate submissions: The papers to be submitted to the Journal of Climate Change Research shall not be duplicated, whether simultaneously or before or after the registration of the other academic promotion foundation in the country or in the foreign academic journal, and the subject includes the papers in the examination process
5. 5) Duplicate publication: the act of re-publishing in another journal of what is deemed to be almost the same as one's own thesis already published in the journal
6. 6) Unjust Indication of Author: the act of not granting the authorship of a thesis to a person who has made a scientific or technical contribution to the research contents or results without justifiable reasons, or to granting the authorship to a person who has not made a scientific or technical contribution, on the grounds of appreciation or courtesy, etc.
7. 7) The act of intentionally interfering with the investigation of the alleged misconduct of the person or others or inflicting harms on the informant
8. 8) Acts outside the scope normally accepted by other scientific and technological circles
9. 9) Acts of proposing, forcing, or threatening others to commit the above misconducts

Article 6 (Indication of Source)

1. 1) Where a paper or part of it is contributed as it is or by modification or supplementation, the facts must be stated.
2. 2) Where a research report or part of it is submitted as it is, modified, or supplemented, the facts must be stated.
3. 3) Where a doctoral or master's degree paper is contributed as it is or in a modified or supplemented form, the author of the dissertation must be included in the list of authors.
4. 4) When quoting published academic materials, describe accurately and clarify the sources unless they are commonly understood.

Article 7 (Indication of the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies)

In compliance with our journal's guidelines, AI or AI-enhanced utilities are not recognized as contributors. We prohibit the use of AI for the generation or modification of images within submissions, unless such use is integral to the research methodology. Should AI applications be employed, we mandate a comprehensive disclosure of the altered or generated content, the specifics of the AI intervention, and detailed information about the AI tool, including its version and manufacturer details.

Manuscripts that have employed AI must incorporate a statement, titled 'Declaration of using Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process', positioned immediately before the references. During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) must review and edit the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.

However, this stipulation does not extend to conventional utilities such as grammar checkers or reference management software like Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero. Authors are free to utilize these without disclosure. Our directive is principally concerned with advanced AI platforms, particularly those capable of generating content that influences academic compositions.

Chapter 4 Validation of Research Misconduct

Article 8 (Protection of Rights of Informant)

1. ① “Informant” refers to a person who recognizes a research misconduct and informs the academic community of the facts or related evidence.
2. ② Reports shall be made under real names through oral, written, telephone, e-mail, etc. However, if an anonymous report is received in writing or e-mail with evidence including the name of the research task, the name of the thesis, and the specific Research Misconduct, the academic society may handle it according to the real-name reporting.
3. ③ The President shall protect the informant from disadvantages or discrimination of status for reporting Research Misconduct.
4. ④ Matters concerning the identity of the informant are not subject to disclosure of information.
5. ⑤ If the informant faces disadvantages or discrimination under paragraph 3 or if his or her identity is exposed against one’s own will, the Society shall be responsible for it.
6. ⑥ The informant may require the report receiving agency or investigative agency to be informed of the procedures, schedules, etc. to be carried out after the Research Misconduct report, and the agency shall faithfully comply with the request.
7. ⑦ An informant who made a report even though it was known to be false shall not included in the protection list.

Article 9 (Protection of Rights of Investigation Subject)

1. ① “Investigation Subject” refers to members subject to Research Misconduct investigation by the informant's report or when recognized by the Society or members assumed to have been involved in Research Misconduct in the course of investigation, and no witnesses or witnesses in the investigation process are included here.
2. ② The Society shall take caution not to infringe on the honor or rights of the investigation subject in the validation process.
3. ③ Suspicions about Research Misconduct shall not be disclosed until the judgment is made.
4. ④ The investigation subject may require the Society to inform the institution of the procedures and schedules of the Research Misconduct, and the President shall comply with such request in good faith.

Article 10 (Research Misconduct Validation Regulation)

1. ① The responsibility to prove Research Misconduct lies with the Investigation Committee. However, if the investigation subject intentionally damages or refuses to submit the data requested by the investigation committee, the investigation subject shall be held responsible.
2. ② The Investigation Committee shall ensure the rights and opportunities of opinion statement, objection, and defense to inform informant and investigation subject in advance. In this case, the investigation subject shall also be informed of the report
3. ③ The President shall endeavor to ensure that the Investigation Committee maintains its independence and fairness without undue pressure or interference.

Article 11 (Research Misconduct Validation Process)

1. ① To verify a Research Misconduct, the procedures of "Preliminary Investigation“ and "Actual Investigation” and "Judgment" shall be followed.
2. ② If the President is aware of sufficient charges against the Research Misconduct, he may initiate an actual investigation immediately without a preliminary investigation.
3. ③ The President shall actively comply with the request of the member's affiliated agency for cooperation when the research is carried out for verification of the Research Misconduct.
4. ④ When a member's Research Misconduct is reported and verified, the President shall notify the results to the member's affiliated institution and the academic organization for the publication of the relevant paper.

Article 12 (Preliminary Investigation)

1. ① Preliminary Investigation is a procedure for deciding whether or not to carry out an actual investigation on Research Misconduct suspicion. It is started within 30 days from the date of receipt of the report.
2. ② Preliminary Investigation shall be conducted by the Ethics Committee in accordance with Article 10.
3. ③ The President, if the investigation subject acknowledges all Research Misconduct facts, may make a decision immediately without going through the actual investigation.
4. ④ The President, if there is a possibility of serious damage to the evidence, may take measures to preserve the evidence even before the formation of the Investigation Committee.
5. ⑤ The President shall notify the informant of the preliminary investigation results in writing within ten days from the date of the termination of the preliminary investigation; and if it is decided not to carry out an actual investigation, this shall include specific reasons. However, this is not the case for anonymous reports.

Article 13 (Actual Investigation)

1. ① The actual investigation shall be conducted by organizing an investigation committee under Article 11 to verify the facts of the Research Misconduct.
2. ② The Investigation Committee shall give informant and investigation subject an opportunity to state their opinions; if the party does not respond, it shall be deemed to have no objection.

Article 14 (Functions and Composition of Research Ethics Committee)

1. 1) Research Ethics Committee(hereinafter Committee) shall establish and operate a system related to research ethics.
2. 2) The Committee shall deliberate on acts that violate the research ethics regulations and determine necessary measures according to the results of the review.
3. 3) The Committee shall be comprised of not more than five members, including one Chairperson of the Editorial Committee.
4. 4) The Chairperson of the Ethics Committee shall be the Chairperson of the Editorial Committee, and the members shall be appointed by the Society President upon the recommendation of the Chairperson, and the term of office shall be the same as the term of the executive members.

Article 15 (Authority of Research Ethics Committee)

1. ① Research Ethics Committee may request informant, investigation subject, witness, and testifier to appear for statement during the investigation. In this case, the investigation subject must comply.
2. ② Research Ethics Committee may request the investigation subject to submit the data and may take measures to preserve the relevant data for Research Misconduct related persons with the approval of the Chairman for the preservation of the evidence data.
3. ③ Research Ethics Committee may propose appropriate sanctions to the Chairperson against those involved in the Research Misconduct.

Chapter 5 Deliberation and Resolution Procedures

Article 16 (Deliberation on Violations of Research Ethics)

1. 1) In the event of an act violating these regulations and the general ethical principles of the research, the Editorial Committee shall collect relevant data and verify the credibility of the report.
2. 2) When the credibility of the report is confirmed, the Chairperson of the Editorial Committee shall present it to the Committee and submit the deliberation data.
3. 3) The Committee shall determine whether research misconduct was committed with the consent of more than two-thirds of its members and propose the results to the President of the Society.
4. 4) The President of the Society shall notify the researchers of the details of the Committee's decision and its reasons

Article 17 (Judgment)

1. ① “Judgment” refers to the President’s decision to confirm the results of the investigation and notify the informant and the investigation subject in writing.
2. ② All investigations from the commencement of the preliminary investigation to the judgment shall be completed within six months. However, if deemed difficult to terminate the investigation within this period, the Society may notify inform the informant and investigation subject of the reason and extend the investigation period.

Article 18 (Application of Objection)

1. ① In the event that there is an objection to the outcome of the preliminary investigation or the outcome of the decision, the informant or investigation subject may file an objection in writing to the Chairperson within 30 days from the date of notification of the result.
2. ② Unless there is a valid reason not to file an objection under paragraph 1, the President shall handle the objection within 60 days from the date on which the objection is filed.

Article 19 (Measures Against Research Misconduct)

1. ① The President shall terminate all proceedings concerning the judgment and objection to the Research Misconduct, and then delegate it to the Ethics Committee to take appropriate measures against the Research Misconduct.
2. ② The Ethics Committee considers whether the disciplinary action is proportionate to the Research Misconduct to a considerable degree and make sure that it does not go against the academic community's internal regulations, related statutes and the perception of the Society.

Article 20 (Confidentiality)

1. 1) The identity of the informant of Research Misconduct shall not be disclosed to the public.
2. 2) Before the final judgment as Research Misconduct or if it is judged not to be a Research Misconduct, the identity of the researcher shall not be disclosed to the public.

Chapter 6 Penalty

Article 21 (Penalty)

1. 1) If the Research Ethics Committee determines a fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or duplicate publication under Article 5, the following measures shall be taken.
   1. ① The Editorial Committee shall cancel the publication of the "Journal of Climate Change Research" in the paper, delete it from the list of papers, and notify this fact in the literature search materials of the "Journal of Climate Change Research" and the association's website.
   2. ② In case of duplicate publication, this fact shall be notified to the relevant academic society.
   3. ③ The authors(including all authors, corresponding authors, and co-authors) shall not be allowed to submit a paper to the "Journal of Climate Change Research" for a period of at least three years from the date of the resolution.
   4. ④ The President of the Society shall notify the National Research Foundation of Korea of an official document including information on the details of the action and a request for withdrawal of the thesis.
2. 2) If the Research Ethics Committee determines that a duplicate submission is made under Article 5, the following measures shall be taken.
   1. ① The editorial committee rejects or suspends the paper review.
   2. ② In case of a duplicate submission, this shall be notified to the relevant academic society.
   3. ③ The authors(including all authors, corresponding authors, and co-authors) shall not be allowed to submit a paper to the "Journal of Climate Change Research" for a period of at least three years from the date of the resolution.

Chapter 7 Procedures and measures for human subject research

Article 22 (Procedures and measures for human subject research)

1. 1) When research methods and contents are subject to the relevant laws such as “Bioethics and safety act,” “Animal protection act” and “Laboratory animal act” researchers can conduct studies only which have been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) in the affiliated organization.
2. 2) Every submitted paper shall fill out the matter of article 1). If not, the paper will not be considered for the review as it is regarded as violating the required bio-ethics.
3. 3) If a paper is published without the approval from the IRB, it could be withdrawn.

Chapter 8 Enactment and Amendment

This regulation is enacted and amended by the Board of Directors of Korean Society of Climate Change Research.

Supplementary Provision

This regulation shall take effect from the date of enactment.

Established on April 7th, 2011
Revised on December 1st, 2014
Revised on June 25th, 2020
Revised on September 10th, 2021
Revised on January 25th, 2024

Copyright

Content and Proviso for The Copyright Transfer Consent Form

1. The rights enjoyed by the author after copyright transfer per this document

1. (1) Patents, registered trademarks, original technology, research methods and applications, and other rights described in the paper that is protected by the law.
2. (2) The right to copy, reproduce, and print the paper as a teaching material to use in education, or for the purpose of personal use, such as to aid the author’s employment, promotion, composition of research plan or report, non-profitable advertisement of research results, etc.
3. (3) The right to publish and distribute the whole or a part of the paper on the author’s personal website or that of the organization that funded the research or that the author belongs to, as long as this fact is displayed on the websites.
4. (4) The right to use the whole or a part of the paper to compose books, textbooks, and review articles, or to produce teaching material for the author’s lectures, research presentations, and workshops.

2. Proviso for the author to exercise the rights of the author after copyright transfer per this document

1. (1) In the case where a paper as a whole or a part is to be used for the permitted purposed as described above, it must be indicated that the copyright belongs to the Korean Society of Climate Change Research.
2. (2) The rights over a paper cannot be transferred to a for-profit organization for the purpose of commercializing the contents of the paper. However, exception is made for exercising the right described in Article 1, Clause 1.

3. Proviso for copyright ownership and signature

1. (1) One of the authors of a paper must represent all authors to take responsibility for the paper and sign the copyright transfer consent form.
2. (2) If the copyright of the published paper is owned not by the author but the organization that employs the author, such as universities, corporations, or research institutes, the person in charge of the copyrights at that organization who exercises the copyright must sign the copyright transfer consent form.
3. (3) If the Korean government or the institute of the organization that funded the research wishes to exercise the copyright of the paper, the consent form notwithstanding, that organization will not be restricted in exercising the copyright.
4. (4) By signing to this copyright transfer consent form, the signer vows that the paper has not been published in conferences in any form other than as an abstract, and that the paper does not include any illegal content that infringes the copyright of others.
5. (5) Even if the whole or the part of a paper is produced or distributed in any form for commercial purposes before it is published on the journal, it cannot be produced or distributed in its new modified form for commercial purposes after it is published on the journal.
6. (6) Signing to this consent form signifies that the author has read all the contents written on the form, has understood the contents, and agrees to the contents.

Additional clause

Article 1 (Effectuation) This regulation is effective as of October 16th, 2009.

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