Purpose
The primary aim of research ethics codes is for the Korean Council of Physical, Multiple & Health Disabilities to establish the highest ethical and professional conduct regarding research activities.
Impact / Range
The following regulation(s) and code(s) apply to all publications of the Korean Journal of Physical, Multiple & Health Disabilities.
Deliberations
The Ethics & Member Conduct Committee shall make recommendations for policies and/or educational programs to promote the ethical behavior of members and staff, and shall consider instituting proceedings related to matters of member and officer discipline and requests for support.
Research misconduct and deliberations
The Korean Council of Physical, Multiple & Health Disabilities adheres to the ethical guidelines for research and publication described in "Codes of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines” (http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct).
Follow-up on research misconduct and deliberations
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- Infractions of the regulations and codes of ethics by members, when reported to and investigated and evaluated by the Board of Directors or its designated representative, are subject to appropriate action by the Board of Directors on the basis of procedures established by that body.
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- Members who are placed in jeopardy as a consequence of adherence to the regulations and codes of ethics may be offered assistance, provided that in the opinion of the Board of Directors or its designated representative such assistance is warranted.
Conflict of interest
You should disclose any potential conflicts of interest in the cover letter even when the authors are confident that their judgments have not been influenced in preparing the manuscript. Examples of conflicts are financial support from or connections to commercial preferences, political pressure from interest groups, or academically related issues. In particular, all sources of funding applicable to the study should be explicitly stated.
Authorship
All persons listed as authors should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content of the manuscript. Authorship should be restricted to those who meet any of the following conditions: (1) substantial contribution to the conception and design of the study, or acquisition, interpretation and analysis of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for the important intellectual content; and (3) final approval of the version to be published. In particular, the corresponding author is the point of contact for the Editorial Office and Publisher. He or she is responsible for:
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Submitting the manuscript and signed copyright transfer agreements to the Editorial Office, after collecting these from all authors.
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Sharing the reviewers' comments with the other authors and ensuring the requested revisions are made or clearly disputed before resubmitting the manuscript.
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Sharing the reviewers' comments with the other authors and ensuring the requested revisions are made or clearly disputed before resubmitting the manuscript.
Originality and duplicate
publication
- - Submission of a manuscript implies : that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
- - Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
