Instructions to authors

General guidelines for manuscript
Journal of korean home management association is the official publication of korean home management association.
The instruction to authors not described hereafter follows the "uniform requirements for manu- scripts submitted to journal: writing and editing for publication" of korean home management association(http://society.kisti.re.kr/khma/).
1. Content and publication type
It accepts original papers of research articles on the undergraduate, graduate and continuing academic development in the field of family, child, housing & interior design, consumer, and family resource management.
2. Qualification as authors
All authors should be a member of korean home management association. If they are not members, they should apply to membership before submission. However, there is an exception if editorial board admits. Please contact the executive office to become a member.
209ho, College of human ecology, kyung hee university
26, kyungheedae-ro, dongdaemun-gu, seoul 130-701, korea
E-mail. khma10@hotmail.com
3. Research and publication ethics
Duplicate publication: the papers already published to other scientific journals or periodicals are not considered for publication.
The published paper to this journal should not be submitted to other scientific journal. Secondary publication is only possible when it is compatible to the "research and publication ethic" policy suggested in the "guidelines on the research and publication ethics (http://society.kisti.re.kr/khma/)."

Authorship: authors who meets all of following conditions can be listed: 1) acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published.

Conflict-of-interest statement: if there are any conflicts of interest related to individual author's commitments or project support, it should be clarified and described in the manuscript. For the policies on the research and publication ethics not stated in these instructions, "guidelines on the research and publication ethics (http://society.kisti.re.kr/khma/)" can be applied. If there are any ethical issues from the manuscripts, it should be first reviewed by editorial board and the recommendations should be processed by the society.
4. Submission of manuscript
Authors should send to the following address with copyright transfer agreement and author's checklist via email only. Files for accompanying letters can be downloaded from the homepage of the society(http://society.kisti.re.kr/khma/).
The address for submission
editorial office of korean home management association
d232ho, Dasol, the catholic university songsim global campus, 43, jibong-ro,,
wonmi-gu, bucheon-si, republic of korea
Tel: +82-70-8229-0443, Fax: +82-2-2287-0061
E-mail: jkhma@hanmail.com
5. Publication interval and receipt of manuscript
It is published 6 times a year in the last day of february, april, june, august, october and december. manuscript can be received at any time. The manuscript that does not keep the instruction to authors may be rejected before review. Certificate of receipt of manuscript is issued to the corresponding author via email.
6. Peer review process
Journal of korean home management association reviews all received materials. Manuscripts are sent to the three most relevant investigators, for reviews of the contents. The editor selects referees results of the review will be classified as follows;
Accepted: the manuscript will be forwarded to the publisher without further corrections.
Accept after revisions: the author should address the comments from the reviewers, which will be confirmed by the reviewers before being sent to the publisher.
Retrial after revisions: the author should address the comments from the reviewers and make the appropriate corrections for review by the reviewers.
Rejection: when two or three reviewers reject the manuscript, the manuscript is rejected.
7. Revision of proof and publication
After corrections have been made, an accepted manuscript will be sent to the publisher for printing. The proof may be revised more than once by the corresponding author, if needed. The author should double-check for corrections in the content, title, affiliation, capitalization, locations of tables and figures, and references. Corresponding author is responsible for further corrections made after printing.
8. Author's manuscript check list
  • Double-spaced typing with 12-point font.
  • Sequence of title page, abstract and key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, references, tables and figure legends. All pages should be numbered consecutively starting with the title page.
  • Title page with article title, authors full name(s) and affiliation (including e-mail address), running title, and footnotes, if any.
  • All table and figure numbers are found in the text.
  • References listed in a proper format. Check that all references listed in the references section are cited in the text and vice versa.
  • Include a title for each table and figure and explanatory legend as needed.
  • Have each author read the manuscript and agree with this submission.
9. Fee for peer review and page charge
For the peer review, KRW 60,000 should be sent to the editorial office with the manuscript submission and KRW 20,000 should be paid additionally for retrial of each reviewer. Article processing charge is KRW 200,000 for 15 pages basically and extra fee is charged KRW 20,000 for each additional page. When the manuscript is accepted to be published, KRW 200,000 should be paid for minimum 15 pages. If the English proof-reading is needed, additional payment (KRW 25,000) may be charged.
the bank account for payment
bank account No: 100-022-282490
name of bank: shinhan bank
account owner: korean home management association
10. Role of the editorial board
The decision on the editing of the journal is made by the editorial board. The manuscript may be revised for the consistency of the editorial work as far as the content is not affected. Every manuscript submitted is not returned.
11. Copyright
The copyright and the transfer right of the digital content of the published paper and journal is owned by korean home management association.