Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems (APJIS)

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Editorial Policy
- Submission of a paper to the Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems for possible publication means that the authors certify that the manuscript has not been published previously nor is currently submitted for publication elsewhere. All legal responsibilities and duties about the contentss of the work belong to the authors.
- Submitted manuscripts are reviewed by at least two reviewers nominated by the editorial board.
- If all reviewers agree to recommend the publication of a manuscript, the manuscript will be accepted for publication. If not, the editor-in-chief confers with the associate editor who handles the manuscript and oversees deliberation in the editorial board meeting.
- The journal can request minor and/or major revisions to the manuscript.
- Copyrights to make digital and/or hard copy of, republish, and redistribute part or all of the work belong to the Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems. All legal issues related to copyrights are the responsibility of the authors.

Ethics in Research
- Objectives
  This code of ethics is aimed at preventing misconduct in research by providing the essential ethical standards necessary for manuscripts submitted to and published in the Asian Review of Financial Studies (ARFR, hereafter) and by supplying rules on decisions and procedures for those manuscripts for which suspicions of plagiarism are raised.
- Definition of Plagiarism
  Plagiarism is defined here as an act of using ideas or words from another article that has already been published in a journal or book without proper citation or crediting of its source, thereby, misleading readers to overestimate the academic contribution of an article.
- Types of Plagiarism
  Plagiarism is classified into two types.
  1. 1) Simple Plagiarism
    Simple plagiarism is an act of borrowing the whole or a part of an original research output, by way of directly copying or superficially paraphrasing an original expression without proper citation, thus giving the misconception that the intellectual property is one's own. It also includes an act of publishing a translation of the whole or a part of an article published in a foreign language without proper citation. It also includes copying a significant part of a source article without using quotation marks even if credit has been given to the source.
  2. 2) Self Plagiarism
    Self plagiarisim is an act of presenting the whole or a part of one's own research output that has already been published without citing the original source, thus providing the misconception that the work is new and thereby acquiring double recognition for a single research output.
- Investigation on Plagiarism and Judgment
  1. 1) Once a suspicion of plagiarism is raised on a published or accepted article, the editor forms the Research Ethics Special Committee. The primary role of the Research Ethics Special Committee is to judge whether an article has been plagiarized or not. The committee consists of five to seven members and must include two or more members from outside the editorial board.
  2. 2) The chairman of the Research Ethics Special Committee should give a rebuttal period of 30 days to the author(s) of the article under suspicion in order to defend his/her/their position before the Committee judges on the plagiarism by a 2/3 vote of the entire committee.
  3. 3) When a suspicion of plagiarism is raised during a review process, the editor should solicit an opinion from the reviewer or an associate editor and then give a rebuttal period of 30 days to the author(s) before judging plagiarism.
- Course of actions and Procedures on Plagiarized Articles
  1. 1) For an article that has been accepted for publication or is still in a review process, judging by the significance of the plagiarism, the editor can request the author(s) to revise the article and give another opportunity for review or the editor can decline a review and return the article to the author(s).
  2. 2) For an article that has already been published, the editor should report the related matters to the President of the Korean Finance Association (the Association, hereafter) including the raising of a suspicion of plagiarism, any related major developments in the handling process, and the judgment made by the Research Ethics Special Committee. The president then reports the matters to the board of directors. The board of directors determines actions corresponding to whether plagiarism has been committed or not and to how serious the plagiarism was that occurred.
  3. 3) When the final actions by the board of directors includes the revocation of the article's publication, in accordance with Article 9 and Clause 1 of Article 9 of "the Management Guide on the Listed Articles" by the Korean Research Foundation, the Association must remove the article from the list of articles published in the ARFR, ban any future submissions of manuscripts by the involved author(s) to the Journal for the following three years, announce the above facts on the webpage of the Association as well as in the subsequent issue of the ARFR, and report the related matters to the Korea Research Foundation.
  4. 4) When the final actions taken by the board of directors do not include a revocation of the article's publication, the Association may, when deemed necessary, announce the related matters on both the webpage of the Association and in the subsequent issue of the ARFR.
- Preparation and Storage of Related Documents
  1. 1) Documents related with investigations, judgments, and actions on plagiarism must be archived in the following three categories.
    1. �� Logs on investigations of plagiarism
    2. �� Evaluation documents by the editorial board and its reports to the board of directors
    3. �� Discussions, decisions, and actions by the board of directors
  2. 2) Anonymity must be guaranteed in all matters related to reports of suspicion and investigations into plagiarism. For this purpose, for each case two copies of related documents with the involved person's name (or persons' names) being removed must be created and kept, respectively, one by the executive office and one by the editorial board. The original document that states the involved person's name (or persons' names) must be kept permanently by the editor.
- By-Laws
  1. 1. Effective Date
    1. �� The ethics code shall be effective from the date of enactment.
    2. �� The amended code shall be effective from the date of amendment

Submission Guidelines
General Guidelines

Manuscripts should be written in English and submitted through the APJIS Online Submission System (http://www.manuscriptlink.com/journals/apjis).

Manuscripts must be prepared using word-processing software and should not exceed 35 pages.

When a manuscript is accepted for publication, authors will be asked to email short author biographies of no more than 150 words in electronic form, portrait photographs, and the final version of the work.

The title and abstract of the work should be indicated in the first page. A concise abstract is required. The abstract should not be more than 200 words. Authors should select no more than five keywords to describe their paper's theoretical and methodological orientation. The keywords should be placed under the abstract on the first page in the manuscript file.
APJIS-Cover title page-sample APJIS-Paper-sample

Authors should not identify themselves (e.g. author's name and affiliation) in the manuscript file. Authors' biographies and research interests should be provided as a separate document when submitting a manuscript.

All figures and tables (including titles, numbers, table notes, figure elements and explanatory notes) in the manuscript should be presented clearly in black and white to prevent delays and challenges encountered in the production stage.

Footnotes should be placed on the pages following the text body and should be numbered consecutively, indicated as a superscript to the text.

Reference Format

References in text should be formatted as in the examples below and must be included in the Reference section, and vice versa. A few examples are (Adams, 2007), (Adams, 2007; Brown, 2008), According to Adams (2007), etc.

Citation ordering and format should follow the articles published in APJIS. References must be complete, i.e., include, as appropriate, last name and initials of all authors, volume, issue, year, publisher, city and state, editors, page numbers, etc.

Sequence: Entries should be ordered alphabetically (in text and Reference section) according to authors' or editors' last names, or the title of the work for items with no author or editor listed.

References in text: These must be included in the Reference section and vice versa. References in text should be of the format (Jhon et al., 1995; Smith, 1996).

References to items in periodicals: These must include author, year, title, journal, volume, issue, pages. For authors, last names are given first, even for multiple instances.

References to reports or proceedings: These must include the author's name and title of report (same style as above), report number, source, editor and/or publisher as appropriate, city and state/country of publisher or full name of conference as appropriate, including date and pages.

References to books: These must include the author's name (same style as above), year, title, city, state/country, publisher, page, or chapter.

Use of et al.: Authors may not use "et al." in the Reference section. The names of all authors and editors must be listed. APJIS encourages you to use Endnotes. When you use Endnotes, please check your references to ensure that the settings are correct and all authors are listed in the references.

Following the acceptance for publication in APJIS, authors are required to fill up and submit a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.
APJIS-Copyright Transger Agreement

Submission/Publication Fees

No submission and publication fees are required for all submissions.

Review Process
The Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems uses the following review process

The editor-in-chief first screens the submission, evaluating whether the manuscript complies with the editorial format of the Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems. Next, the editor-in-chief selects an associate editor and sends the manuscript to the associate editor to request the nomination of reviewers. The editor-in-chief then notifies the first or corresponding author about receipt of the manuscript.

The associate editor nominates at least two reviewers with a high level of expertise in the topic area of the manuscript and sends the manuscript to them. The associate editor notifies the editor-in-chief of the list of reviewers.

The panel of reviewers informs the associate editor of the review results.

The associate editor reports the review team's decision to the editor-in-chief. However, the first round of review process will be completed with a month.

If the review result is "conditionally accept" or the revisions requested are inconsequential, the manuscript will be conditionally accepted. The associate editor returns the manuscript and requests author revision based on the reviewers' comments and feedback. The author then sends the revised work to the associate editor, who asks the review team whether the changes made by the author are satisfactorily in compliance with the recommendations requested. The review team informs the associate editor of the final review result, and the associate editor reports it to the editor-in-chief.

If the review result is "revise and resubmit" or the revisions requested are substantive, the manuscript will be sent out for review again. The associate editor returns the manuscript and requests author revision based on reviewers' comments and feedback. The author sends the revised work to the associate editor and the associate editor solicits additional review from the review team. The review team informs the associate editor of the final review result, and the associate editor reports it to the editor-in-chief. This process will be repeated as necessary.

Revision requests can be made more than twice if necessary.

When accepted for publication, the author sends the electronic copy of the work to the editor-in-chief with complete payment, if necessary. The editor-in-chief then sends the author the certification of publication with the volume, number, and publication date of the prospective issue indicated.

Publication Period

The Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems publishes quarterly. Publication is made on the last day of March, June, September, and December each year. Special issues can also be published if necessary.

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