Instruction for Authors

Submission Rules for Journal of Korean Society for Simulation in Nursing

1st enactment: March 15, 2013
2nd revision: April 6, 2016
3rd revision: February 3, 2017
4th revision: February 16, 2019
5th revision: May 25, 2019
6th revision: December 13, 2019
7th revision: June 22, 2020

1. Purpose of publication and interim

1) The Korean Journal of Nursing Simulation (hereinafter referred to as “the Journal”) publishes innovative research in nursing simulation theory, practice, and education. Papers in other fields and on other topics may be published according to the editorial board’s decision.
2) The Journal is published twice a year (June 30 and December 31).

2. Code of ethics

1) Papers submitted to the Journal must comply with the following ethical regulations. ① If the research subject is a human, it is a matter of principle to inform the patient or guardian based on the Declaration of Helsinki for what purpose it will be conducted and that various steps have been taken to protect the subject from any mental or physical harm that may occur during the experiment. It is recommended to pass the Institutional Ethics Board (IEB) deliberation stage. If necessary, the editor may request the submission of written consent and IEB approval.
② If the subject of the study is an animal, the treatment performed to reduce the pain and discomfort of the experimental animal must be described. In principle, it should be stated that the experiment process did not violate the Institutional Ethics Board (IEB) regulations or the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The editorial board may request the submission of a written consent form and an ethics committee approval form if necessary. 2) Papers whose author(s) have committed the following misconduct will not be published, and the editorial board will determine the related details: ① “Forgery” refers to creating false data or research results that do not exist.
② “Falsification” refers to distorting research content or results by artificially manipulating research materials, equipment, and processes or arbitrarily transforming or deleting data.
③ “Plagiarism” refers to appropriating other people’s works, research conception ideas, research content, and results, which are protected under the Copyright Act, without proper approval or quotation.
④ “Improper indication of authorship” refers to not granting authorship without justifiable reasons to those who have made academic contributions to the research content or results. It also refers to conferring authorship on the grounds of appreciation or courtesy to those who have not made academic contributions. 3) Duplicate publication and duplicate submission are prohibited. ① Manuscripts that have been published or are being submitted to other journals cannot be submitted to this journal, and manuscripts that have been published or submitted to this journal cannot be published in other journals.
② In principle, divisional papers are not submitted or published.
③ Both duplicate publication and division of papers are reviewed and decided at the Publishing Committee meeting and reported to the board of directors. 4) When a researcher submits a paper, he/she discloses author information such as affiliation and position. ① For university faculty members, indicate the affiliated university and the professorship position. In the case of elementary, secondary, and university students, the affiliated school and “student” should be stated in the thesis.
② If the manuscript author is a minor without a current affiliation, submit the final affiliation, position, and year of enrollment.
③ When a paper written by a researcher is published in an academic journal, the editorial board collects and manages the author information (affiliation and position) of the paper and reports it to the board of directors.
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④ Members who violate these regulations and general ethical principles of research cannot submit papers to this journal for two years. Other related matters are decided at the Publishing Committee meeting.

3. Forms of Publication

1) Members of this society may submit papers, and non-members may submit papers in the following cases. ① When conducting joint research with members of this society
② When recommended by the director of this society 2) Manuscripts must be submitted online. ① Access the website of the Korean Society of Nursing Simulation (hereinafter “The Society) (http://www.kssn.or.kr) and submit. Korean manuscripts should be written in Korean. Manuscripts in English should be written in HWP or MS Word. When submitting a manuscript, self-inspection items must be filled in, and the research ethics pledge and research ethics compliance checklist must be signed.
② Manuscripts that do not meet these submission guidelines will not be accepted, and once manuscripts are submitted, authors cannot be changed, added, or excluded without any special reason. 3) Submitted manuscripts are reviewed by three reviewers. Master’s thesis and doctoral thesis can be published after being reviewed. Details of the review are subject to separate regulations.
4) The manuscript reviewers and the editorial board determine whether or not to accept the manuscript. The order of publication of the accepted manuscript is determined by the Publication Committee, taking into account the completion date of the final manuscript and the order in which it was received.
5) When publishing a manuscript, indicate both the affiliation and position of the author of the manuscript.
6) The author proofreads published papers and pays the publication fee, special typesetter fee, and supplementary charges according to the Society’s regulations.
7) Copyright: When submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author signs the “Copyright Transfer Agreement” in the Society’s online paper submission system. If the submitted manuscript is published in the Journal of the Korean Society of Nursing Simulation, the copyright belongs to the Society.

4. Manuscript preparation

1) Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be written in Korean or English, and the English abstract should be no longer than 200 words.
2) The manuscript’s composition should be in the order of front cover, English abstract, body, references, tables, or figures, and each part should have its own page.
3) The cover page should be written in the following order: ① The title should be briefly written in Korean.
② The first author, corresponding author, and co-author should be distinguished when listing the authors. The first listed author is the first author, and co-authors are next.
③ Korean and English names, affiliations, and positions of all authors should be included.
④ Indicate the corresponding author’s name, work/home address, postal code, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
⑤ State research fund support and other conflicts of interest in Korean and English.
⑥ The following are the types of manuscript that may be submitted: a review, quantitative research, qualitative research, conceptual analysis, Q methodological research, and meta-analysis. The manuscript should be written in Korean.
⑦ Write the number of words (no more than 200) of the English abstract.
⑧ Write key terms. 4) Without changing lines, the English abstract should be written in no more than 200 words and include the following sections: Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Write up to five keywords in English following the English abstract. Refer to the MeSH terminology (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshbome.html).
5) On the first page of the body, write key terms and titles in Korean at the top. Omit the author’s name and write numbers on each page.
6) Korean manuscripts should be written in HWP or MS Word on A4 size paper, with margins of 30 mm at the top, 25 mm at the bottom, 25 mm at the left, and 25 mm at the right. The line spacing should be 200%. English manuscripts should be written in MS Word, with 12-point Times New Roman font, and line spacing should be double-spaced.
7) Korean manuscripts should not exceed 20 pages, including English abstract, main body, references, and tables or figures. English manuscripts are limited to 6,000 words, excluding cover, abstract, references, tables, figures, and appendices.
8) For academic terms, those included in the standard glossary of nursing science published by the Korean Society of Nursing Sciences and the medical glossary (4th edition) published by the Korean Medical Association apply mutatis mutandis.
9) When using English abbreviations, spell the entire word each time you use it for the first time and present the abbreviation in parentheses. However, do not use abbreviations in the manuscript title. ρ, which represents the significance probability, is written in italicized lowercase letters.
10) For standard abbreviations and units, reference Publication Manual 5th Edition (2001) and APA Style Pocket Guide (2007) by the APA (American Psychological Association).
11) English letters or numbers before parentheses ( ) should be separated from parentheses with spaces, and Korean letters should be attached. Postpositions after parentheses ( ) are written together.
12) In principle, research tools used in the manuscript must be used with the approval of the tool developer.
13) For machines and equipment, write the model name, manufacturer, city (state), and nationality in parentheses ( ). Do not use TM, Ⓡ, etc., which indicate product names, unless necessary.

5. Organization of the manuscript

1) The composition of the thesis should be in the order of introduction, research method, research result, discussion, conclusion and suggestion, and references. The literature review is presented only when necessary. ① In the introduction, the background and purpose of the study are concisely and clearly presented, and the description of the background includes only content related to the purpose.
② Research methods include research design, subjects, tools, data collection, and analysis methods in that order. Research results and discussions are described, discussed, and interpreted, focusing on the processed results. In conclusion, the content of the research results should not be duplicated. In the case of qualitative research, the organization can be different. 2) Tables, figures, and photographs are written on separate pages, and only one table, figure, or photograph is presented on each page. ① In principle, the number of tables, figures, and photographs should be less than five, and the content of tables and figures should not overlap. Tables and figures are placed on separate pages.
② Tables and figures should be drawn clearly in black and white in A4 size within the publication standard (width 150 mm × length 200 mm). Captions for tables and figures should be prepared separately. All lines should be single. Vertical lines in tables should not be drawn.
③ The table title should be located at the top of the table, and the first letter of important words should be capitalized. The figure title should be located at the bottom of the figure, and only the first letter is capitalized.
④ In qualitative research, if the researcher judges that it is impossible to translate the meaning, the table of contents is written in Korean.
⑤ For the decimal point, write “0” in front of the decimal point if the numerical value can exceed 1, and do not write “0” in front of the decimal point if it cannot exceed “1” (e.g., t=0.26, ρ <.001). 3) Appendix ① The final tool of the tool development manuscript should be presented as an appendix.
② A list of review papers for systematic literature review and meta-analysis papers should be presented as an appendix.

6. References

1) Citation of literature in the main text ① All literature citations should be written in English with reference to examples. For cases not included in this example, refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition).
② If there are one or two authors, indicate all of them whenever they are cited in the text.
Example: Choi and Kim (1998)...
Affonso and Lee (1997)...
③ If there are three to five authors, all surnames should be indicated in the first citation, and when the same document is repeatedly cited, the surname, etc., and year should be indicated.
Example: Choi, Kim and Choi (1998) studied subjects... first quote
Choi et al. (1998) studied subjects... repeated quotation
④ If the surname and year are indicated in ( ), an ampersand (“&”) is indicated in front of the last author’s name.
Example: social relationships (Choi, Kim, & Choi, 1998)
⑤ Authors with the same surname: If two or more papers are published in the same year by authors with the same surname, write the initials of the surname and his/her name to prevent confusion.
Example: simulation (Volicer, KA, 1974; Volicer, MY, 1974).
Nurses (Kim, NC, 1998; Kim, CJ, 1998).
⑥ Combined Citation • Multiple citations by the same author should be written in reverse chronological order, separated by “,” and the author’s name is not repeated for each paper.
Example: (Kim, 1978, 1976) / (Price, 1991, 1989).
• For more than one paper by the same author in the same year, attach a, b, c, etc., to the year and do not repeat the year.
Example: For Korean thesis: (Kim, 1980-a, 1980-b, in publication-a, in publication-b).
For papers in English: (Price, 1980-a, 1980-b, in-press-a, in-press-b).
• When other authors are cited in the same content within the text, arrange them alphabetically using “;” in parentheses.
Example: Studies of new nurses (Brown & Smith, 1978; Choi, 1988; Lee, 1975; Williams, 1991)... ⑦ If there are six or more authors, indicate the last name, etc., and the year from the beginning. In the list of references, the names of all authors are indicated.
Example: In a study of new nurses, Choi et al. (1998)... Both first and second citations.
Example: asserted (Choi et al., 1998). 2) List of references ① Documents cited in the text must be included in the reference list. References should be limited to 30 and be listed in alphabetical order according to the author’s surname. Publications by the same author are listed in chronological order.
② All references should be written in English. The journal title, book title, dissertation title, report title, and journal volume should be italicized. In the case of a book, only the first letter of the book name is capitalized. In the case of a journal article, the first letter of each word is capitalized, and the entire journal name is written.
③ If there are more than six authors, list up to six authors and mark the rest as “et al.”
Examples: John, PW, Alexandra, PB, Max, KB, Peter, JL, Peter, F., et al. (2005)
④ Periodicals: list in the following order; Names of all authors (surname, initial) (year of publication). Title. Journal name (abbreviation by index), volume (issue), start page - last page. In the case of a journal that starts with a new page for each issue, the issue must be written after the volume, and the DOI must be indicated.
Examples: Herbst-Damm, KL, & Kulik, JA (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225
Example: Lee, MS (2000). The pattern of decision making by kidney donors, Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 30 (1), 47-59. • Journal article
Example: Posner, MI (1993, October 29). Seeing in the mind. Science, 262, 673-674.
• Newsletter articles
Example: Brown, LS (1993, Spring). Antidomination training as a central component of diversity in clinical psychology education. The Clinical Psychologist, 46, 83-87.
• Newspaper article
Example: Brown, LS (1993, July 15). New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from heart failure. The Washington Post, p. 112. ⑤ Book: List in the following order: Author (year of publication). Title (Edition). City of publication: Name of publisher.
Examples: Mitchell, TR, & Larson, JR, Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. • Edited books
Example: Bjork, RA (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H L Roediger III & FIM Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309–330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• If there is no author or editor name
Example: Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
• Reprinted Books
Example: Rosenthal, R. (1987). Meta-analysis procedures for social research (Rev. ed.). Newbury park, CA: Sage.
• Encyclopedia or dictionary
Example: Sadie, S. (ed.). (1980). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (6th ed., Vols. 1-20). London: Macmillan. ⑥ Papers in the edited book: Author (Year). title. Editor’s name, book title (number of pages). City of publication: Publisher.
Examples: Miller, C. (1988). Women’s access to health information. In CJ Leppa & C. Miller (ed.), Women’s health perspectives: An annual review (pp. 1-13). Phoenix: Oxy Press.
⑦ Thesis: Author (year). title. Graduation school, region. • Doctoral dissertation
Example: Yoo, EK (1993). An ethnography study about Sanhujori, the phenomenon of Korean postpartal care. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Example: Shin, MJ (1994). A study of the lived experiences of clients receiving long-term hemodialysis. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Chung Ang University, Seoul.
• Master’s thesis
Example: Huh, MS (2005). Effect of Danjeon breathing on stress urinary incontinence and quality of life in middle aged women. Unpublished master’s thesis, Dongeui University, Busan. ⑧ Citations from secondary sources: The secondary sources are quoted from the primary sources as follows. • If Seidenberger and McClelland’s study is cited in Coltheart et al.’s study: Examples: Coltheart, M., Curtis, B., Atkins, P., & Haller, M. (1993). Models of reading aloud: Dual-route and parallel-distributed-processing approaches. Psychological Review, 100, 589-608. • If Lee’s research is cited by Kim
Example: Kim, SN (1999). A structural model for quality of life in women having hysterectomies. Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing, 29 (1), 161-173.
• As in Sedenberg and McClelland’s study (cited in Coltheart, Curtis, Atkins, & Haller, 1993) ...
• In Lee’s study (cited in Kim, SN, 1999), ⑨ Conference or symposium materials (proceedings) • Published symposium materials.
Example: Deci, EL & Ryan, RM (1991). A motivational approach to self: Integration in personality. In R. Dienstbier (ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 38. Perspectives on motivation (pp. 237-288). Lincoln: University of Nebraska press.
• Unpublished academic conference materials
Examples: Lankntree, C. & Briere, J. (1991, January). Early data on the trauma symptom checklist for children (TSC-C). Paper presented at the meeting of the American professional Society on the Abuse of Children, San Diego, CA.
• Poster Session
Example: Ruby, J. & Fulton, C. (1993, June). Beyond redlining: Editing software that works. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the society for scholarly publishing, Washington, DC. ⑩ Unpublished • If not contributed
Examples: Stinson, C., Mibrath, C., Reidbord, S., & Bucci, W. (1992). Thematic segmentation of psychotherapy transcripts for convergent analysis. Unpublished manuscript.
• If belonging to a university
Example: Dépret, EF, & Fiske, ST (1993). Perceiving the powerful: Intriguing individuals versus threatening groups. Unpublished manuscript, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
• In-press or contributed but not yet accepted.
Example: McIntosh, DN (1993). Religion as schema with implications for the relation between religion and coping. Manuscript submitted for publication.
• Untitled raw data from a study
Example: Bordi, F. & LeDoux, JE (1993). [Auditory response latencies in rat auditory cortex]. Unpublished raw data.
Example: Kim, SJ (1999). [A structural model for health-promoting behaviors in patient with chronic respiratory disease]. Unpublished raw data. ⑪ Others: E-mail, personal contact, manuscript in publication, abstract. • Receiving journal abstracts via FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Examples: Meyer, AS & Bock, K. (1992). The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon: Blocking or partial activation? [Online]. Memory & Cognition, 20, 715-726. Abstract from: DIALOG File: PsycINFO Item: 80-16351.
• Receiving journal manuscripts via FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Example: Central Vein Occlusion Study Group (1993, October 2). Central vein occlusion study of photocoagulation: Manual of operations [675 paragraphs]. Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials [Online serial]. Available: Doc. No. 92.
• In case of receiving by e-mail
Example: Funder, DC (1994, March). Judgmental process and content: Commentary on Koehler on base-rate [9 paragraphs]. Psychology [Online serial], 5(17). Available E-mail : psyc@pucc Message: Get psyc 94-xxxxx
• E-mail is also included in personal communication, and when citing after personal communication by phone, memo, or letter, it is not cited in the references and recorded only within the main text.
Example: Meleis, IA (personal communication, April 30, 1993) discusses nursing theory and -
Example: The importance between nursing theory and research and practice began (Meleis, IA, personal communication, April 30, 1993).

Addendum

1. This regulation is effective from March 2013.
2. This regulation is effective from April 2016.
3. This regulation is effective from February 2017.
4. This regulation is effective from February 2019.
5. This regulation is effective from May 2019.
6. This regulation is effective from December 2019.
7. This regulation is effective from June 2020.