Information for Contributors |
Manuscripts should be submitted in English, and the presentation should be as succinct as possible. Manuscripts will be reviewed before decision for publication is made. Those accepted for publication will be edited for conformance to the style of JOSK.
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| 1. Submission |
Manuscripts should be submitted to JOSK Editorial Office through web. The process in submitting a manuscript to JOSK is to go online at http://www.osk.or.kr/sub_journal4.htm, type in the requested information into the JOSK online submission system, and then upload the Word file. A copyright transfer agreement form should be submitted to OSK by fax (+82-2-3452-6563), email (osk@osk.or.kr) or mail (1610 Taeyoung Dessian, 560 Dowha-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-815, Korea).
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| 2. The Manuscript |
Manuscript should be prepared in the following order: the title of the paper, names of authors and their affiliations, email address of the corresponding author, abstract, OCIS codes, keywords, main body of texts, appendix if any, acknowledgments, references, table captions, tables, figure captions, and figures and photographs. Authors are required to use MS Word (.doc) for composing their manuscripts. Authors must submit the final version of their manuscript in a Word file after the revision process. For a letter paper, the length should be within three pages including figures and tables when published.
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| 2.1. Title page |
The title, author(s) name(s), and the affiliation(s) should be typed on the first page.
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| 2.2. Abstract |
Every paper should include a brief and informative summary. This should not exceed 200 words.
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| 2.3. Keywords |
A maximum of five keywords should be listed at the end of the abstract.
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| 2.4. OCIS codes |
A maximum of five OCIS codes should be listed at the end of the abstract.
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| 2.5. Main body |
The main body of the text should start on a new page.
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| 2.6. Acknowledgment |
Acknowledgment follows the main text of the paper, and precedes the appendix and list of references.
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| 2.7. References |
The use of complete and properly formatted references is particularly important. JOSK uses numerical notation in brackets for bibliographic citations. At the point of citation within the main text, designate the reference by typing the number in after the last corresponding word [1]. Reference numbers should proceed a comma or period [2]. Two references [3,4], should be included together, separated by a comma, while three or more consecutive references should be indicated by the bounding numbers and a dash [1-4]. JOSK follows their own citation style. For a complete references, please follow the guidelines at http://osk.or.kr/sub3_06_01.html.
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| 2.8. Tables and figures |
Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in the order of their appearance. They should appear on separate sheets and all captions should be listed on a separate sheet.
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| 3. Publication Charge |
The authors are requested to pay the publication charge of the following rate when their paper is accepted. This charge entitles the authors to receive 50 reprints.- ￦300,000 (approximately US$250) 5 or fewer published pages- ￦60,000 (approximately US$50) / page 5+ published pages
(The publication fee for the express publication is 200% of the normal publication fee.)
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