About this Chapter
This Chapter was established in January 2022, although the Korean Council of Science Editors have a long history with EASE having been Group members since 2010.
Despite Korea’s GDP being the world’s 10th largest, the quality of its science journals’ does not yet meet international standards. This reality calls for the rapid improvement of domestic academic journals to an international level and the internationalization of our scientific journals so that they have the value of attracting global attention. It is with this intention that the Council seeks ways to improve the editorial competency of domestic academic journals and plans to facilitate the further development of academic journals by conducting various projects for editors.
Aims and scope
KCSE aims to promote the quality of scientific journals published in Korea by exchanging information on the editing and publication of member journals and discussing editorial policies, thereby contributing to scientific development. Specific actions include:
- Creating projects that promote mutual exchange and cooperation among editors of scientific journals
- Developing guidelines to improve the quality of scientific journals
- Providing education on writing and reviewing scientific papers and editing journals
- Advising on the registration of scientific journals in domestic and foreign indexing databases
- Advising, when necessary, on research and publication ethics in scientific papers and academic journals
- Acting as a conduit for exchange with domestic and foreign scientific editors’ groups
- Other projects recognized as necessary for the development of Korean scientific journals.