As an open access journal, the Journal of Conservation Science (JCS) will follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://doaj.org/bestpractice) developed by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

1. Website

The URL of official journal web site is http://www.e-jcs.org/.

The JCS team endeavors to make a good website. JCS website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.

2. Name of Journal

The official journal title is Journal of Conservation Science, the abbreviation of ISO is J. Conserv. Sci.

3. Peer Review Process

The JCS has on online submission and peer review system at http://submission.conservation.or.kr/.

All papers, including those invited by the Editor, are subject to peer review. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of the Journal or does not adhere to the Instructions for Authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after receipt and without a review. Before reviewing, all submitted manuscripts are inspected by Similarity Check powered by iThenticate (https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/), a plagiarism-screening tool.

• • The journal uses a double-blind peer review process: the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and vice versa.
• • Acceptance of the manuscript is decided based on the critiques and recommended decision of the reviewers. An initial decision will normally be made within 3 weeks of receipt of a manuscript, and the reviewers’ comments are sent to the corresponding author by e-mail. The corresponding author must indicate the alterations that have been made in response to the reviewers’ comments item by item. Failure to resubmit the revised manuscripts within eight weeks is regarded as withdrawal from the publication by author(s). If further revision period is required, author should contact editorial office.
• • The corresponding author is notified as soon as possible of the editor’s decision to accept, reject, or request revision of manuscripts. When the final revised manuscript is completely acceptable according to the JCS format and criteria, it is scheduled for publication in the next available issue. Rejected papers will not be peer-reviewed again.

4. Ownership and Management

This journal is owned by the publisher, the Korean Society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage (http://www.conservation.or.kr/).

5/6. Governing Body / Editorial Team and Contact Information

The governing body is the journal's editorial board. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors and members of journal management team are displayed on the About (Editorial Board) tab of journal homepage, and the contact information for the Editor and editorial office is on the About (Contact Us) tab.

7. Copyright and Licensing

Copyright to all published materials is owned by the Korean Society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage. All authors should agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.

JCS is an open access journal. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To use the tables or figures of JCS in other journals, books or media for scholarly, educational purposes, the process of permission request to the publisher of JCS is not necessary. All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

8. Author Fees

Article processing charges are required for publication. An invoice for article processing charge will be sent to the first author before publication.

• Basic: ￦200,000 (US$200) per article.
• Extra charge:
      - Research articles supported by research fund: ￦200,000 (US$200) per article.
      - Over 10 printed pages: ￦30,000 (US$30) per page.
      - Color figure: ￦100,000 (US$100) per page

9. Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct

The editorial board of JCS have carefully examined all submitted manuscripts whether these are abided by the ethical guidelines of the ICMJE and COPE. When the Journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by the COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The editorial board of JCS will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. JCS will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

10. Publication Ethics

JCS follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org), Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations). Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy (Research and Publication Ethics) tab of journal homepage.

11. Publishing Schedule

JCS published bimonthly (20th February, April, June, August, October and December).

12. Access

JCS is an open access journal. A free full-text service both in the XML and PDF formats is available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

13. Archiving

Full text of JCS has been archived in National Library of Korea (http://www.nl.go.kr). According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of Sherpa/Romeo (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk), authors cannot archive pre-print (i.e., pre-refereeing), but they can archive post-print (i.e., final draft post-refereeing). Authors can archive publisher's version/PDF. JCS provides the electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event the journal is no longer published by archiving in National Library of Korea.

14. Revenues Sources

Revenue sources of journal are from the support of publisher (The Korean Society of Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage) and author fees.

15. Advertising

JCS does not accept any commercial product advertisements until policy changes otherwise.

16. Direct Marketing

Journal propagation has been done through the journal web site and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.