Article 1 (Purpose)

Article 2 (Eligibility)

1. The submitter and co-authors of this Journal must be members of the Agency who have paid the annual membership fee.
2. However, submitters and co-authors of papers accepted through the regular Youth Academic Conference and University Student Paper Competition are not required to pay the annual membership fee.

Article 3 (Ethics Regulations)

Article 4 (Fields)

Article 5 (Submission)

1. Papers are accepted at any time, and the date of acceptance is the date on which the Agency's Education Planning Division confirms the state of submission of documents and the payment of the review fee.
2. Submitted papers must comply with these regulations. Papers that do not comply with the paper preparation guidelines will be rejected, and this will be notified to the author; the review fee will not be refunded.
3. An acceptance number is assigned to accepted papers, and this is notified.
4. Submitted papers are classified upon acceptance as regular papers, conference papers, or urgent papers.
5. Upon submission, the submitter and co-authors must independently carry out plagiarism verification.
6. Paper manuscripts must be prepared using Hancom HWP and submitted together with a Research Ethics Pledge, an Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights, and the paper similarity check result.
7. An author who has received notification of review results must submit the revised paper and reviewer response within the designated period. If the submission deadline is exceeded by more than 1 month without a legitimate reason, the paper will be treated as unpublishable and this will be notified to the author; the review fee will not be refunded.
8. If the addition, removal, order, or role change of authors is necessary, an Author Change Consent Form must be submitted and approved by the Agency's Education Planning Division.
9. After acceptance of the final paper, addition, removal, order change, or role change of authors is not permitted.

Article 6 (Publication Dates)

Article 7 (Name of the Journal)

Article 8 (Classification of Papers)

1. Regular Paper (Winter): to be published on March 30, comprising papers accepted between September 23 of the previous year and January 31.
2. Regular Paper (Summer): to be published on September 30, comprising papers accepted between March 23 and July 31.
3. Urgent Paper (Winter): to be published on March 30, comprising papers accepted between February 1 and March 22.
4. Urgent Paper (Summer): to be published on September 30, comprising papers accepted between August 1 and September 22.
5. Conference Paper (Winter): to be published on March 30, comprising papers accepted during the announced winter conference registration period.
6. Conference Paper (Summer): to be published on September 30, comprising papers accepted during the announced summer conference registration period.

Article 9 (Paper Preparation Guidelines)

1. Page 1 of the submitted paper shall list, in order, the Korean title, English title, Korean author name, Korean affiliation, English author name, English affiliation, Korean abstract, Korean keywords, English abstract, and English keywords.
2. The Korean and English titles shall be in Batang, 14pt, character width 95%, character spacing -5%, centered, with 160% line spacing.
3. The Korean author name, Korean affiliation, English author name, and English affiliation shall be in Batang, 11pt, character width 95%, character spacing -5%, centered, with 160% line spacing.
4. The Korean abstract, Korean keywords, English abstract, and English keywords shall be in Batang, 10pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, justified, with 160% line spacing.
5. Chapter numbers in the body shall use uppercase Roman numerals such as I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and shall be in Batang, 11pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, centered, with 160% line spacing, in bold.
6. Section numbers and below in the body shall use Arabic numerals such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and shall be in Batang, 10pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, justified, with 160% line spacing.
7. The body text shall be in 2 columns, column width 80mm, column spacing 8mm, divider thickness 0.12mm, and shall be in Batang, 10pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, justified, with 160% line spacing.
8. Figures shall use digital image files with a resolution of 150 dpi or higher and be placed in the center of the body. Figure captions shall be placed at the bottom center of the figure, in Batang, 9pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, centered, with 160% line spacing; the caption shall be preceded by the figure number in sequential order such as [Figure 1].
9. Tables shall be prepared as text, not as images, and placed within the body at the intended location. Table captions shall be placed at the bottom center of the table, in Batang, 9pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, centered, with 160% line spacing; the caption shall be preceded by the table number in sequential order such as [Table 1].
10. Literature related to the content of the paper shall not use footnotes; instead, references shall be listed at the end of the paper. When citing, use square brackets and Arabic numerals such as [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. References shall be described in the order of citation in the body, in Batang, 10pt, character width 100%, character spacing 0%, justified, with 160% line spacing, following APA Style 7th.

Article 10 (Review Fee and Publication Fee)

1. Review fees and publication fees are set according to the table below.

   Paper Type	Review Fee	Publication Fee
   Regular Paper	KRW 120,000	Pages 1–8: KRW 180,000 KRW 30,000/page from page 9
   Conference Paper	Regular registration period: KRW 90,000 Late registration period: KRW 110,000	Pages 1–10: KRW 120,000 KRW 30,000/page from page 11
   Urgent Paper	KRW 250,000	Pages 1–8: KRW 400,000 KRW 50,000/page from page 9

2. If a research funding institution is indicated, an additional KRW 150,000 is added to the publication fee.

Article 11 (Acceptance and Publication)

1. When publication is approved by the Editorial Committee following the review process based on the Agency's Education Planning Division's paper review regulations, this shall in principle be notified to the author of the paper.
2. The publication of papers shall in principle be in the order of acceptance, limited to papers accepted through review.
3. For regular papers that have completed review, publication may be converted to urgent publication upon the submitter's request.
4. Even after publication, if grounds such as false statements or non-compliance with regulations arise, the Agency's Education Planning Division may revoke publication regardless of the submitter's intention, and this will be notified to the submitter.

Article 12 (Copyright)

1. Authors of published papers must submit an Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights, transferring intellectual property rights to the Agency.
2. Published papers may not be reproduced without the approval of the Agency. The assignment of intellectual property rights includes all management of the distribution and reproduction of the paper, including copying, reprinting, translation, and reproduction in microfilm, electronic form, and similar forms. The license for this paper consists of the three elements Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, and users may use the work under the terms of this license based on these elements.
3. Submitted papers shall be considered to have consented to being made into a computer database and disclosed to an unspecified number of persons.

Article 13 (Reprints)

Article 14 (Effective Date)

1st Amendment: October 27, 2025 / 2nd Amendment: February 24, 2026