Submission
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
All manuscript submissions must be made in electronic format, e.g., PDF format (preferred) or MS Word. Manuscripts should follow the formatting of the sample paper and reference.
You can download them from here:
Papers that have been published or submitted to other journals or books will not be considered for publication in the JIPS. Revised or extended versions of papers printed in conference, workshop, or symposium proceedings may be submitted to this Journal with an appropriate cover letter (you can write the cover letter in the web-based manuscript submission system).
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
First, you should enter the JIPS's web-based manuscript submission & peer-review system to submit your manuscript. The submission process consists of the following steps:
1. Create an account (if you do not have one on the web-based system).
Please note that the login ID should be the primary e-mail address of you
2. Login the web-based system.
3. Click to "Submit A New Manuscript" of the "Author" menu.
4. Follow the instructions to enter details about the manuscript information and to upload your manuscript. You should read the following policy of publication charge and select the right submission track.
[Jan. 1, 2023] Details concerning changes to the JIPS APC in 2023
The changes are as follows, the implementation will begin in 2023.
(We have decided not to apply retroactively)
- Regular Track (US $490 or KRW 490,000)
1. Additional Fee: KRW 80,000 (US$80) per page (within 4 pages)
2. Period: It will take average 1~2 years to publish an accepted paper.
Papers will be processed on the first-accepted first-published basis.
3. Remark: The size must be within 11 pages including a photo and a profile (refer to the sample paper format).
4. Decision: Accept, Minor, Major and Reject
- Fast Track B (US $890 or KRW 940,000)
1. Additional Fee: KRW 100,000 (US$100) per page (within 4 pages)
2. Period: It will take average 7~8 months to publish an accepted paper.
3. Remark: The size must be within 11 pages including a photo and a profile (refer to the sample paper format).
4. Decision: Accept, Minor, Major and Reject
- Fast Track A (US $1,200 or KRW 1,300,000)
1. Additional Fee: KRW 100,000 (US$100) per page (within 4 pages)
2. Period: It will take average 4~5 months to publish an accepted paper.
3. Remark
a. The size must be within 8 pages including a photo and a profile (refer to the sample paper format).
b. References must be papers published within the last 3 years and should not be more than 10.
4. Decision: Accept, Reject and Revision
[Jan. 1, 2023] Refer to the last APC (2021~2022). Show Details
[Jan. 1, 2021] Refer to the last APC (2019~2020). Show Details
[Nov. 16, 2018] JIPS committee has made a decision for the article processing charge (APC), thus the new policy applies to all published papers after January 1, 2019.
No part of the submission is final until all steps have been completed and the final "Submit" button has been clicked.
The "Front Cover" file should be uploaded separately from the original manuscript after filling up. You can download it from here:
The "Author Check List" file should be also uploaded separately from the original paper and front cover file after filling up. You can download it from here:
5. Shortly after submitting, authors will receive an automatically generated acknowledgement by e-mail.
Click the following to submit your manuscript:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FINAL MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION AFTER ACCEPTANCE
You should use the following template to make the camera-ready paper and the file name of it should be as follows:
When you submit the final paper, please include KIPS copyright transfer form, which you can download from here:
For the submission of the final paper and the KIPS copyright transfer form, please upload them to the the JIPS's web-based online submission and review system.
Indexing
All publications of JIPS are indexed in ESCI (a new Web of Science index of Thomson Reuters), SCOPUS, DOI, DBLP, EI COMPENDEX, EBSCO, Google Scholar, and Crossref.
JIPS is also selected as the Journal for Accreditation by NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea).
