Manual for  
             Research and Publication Ethics  
             in Science and Engineering
           Authors:   Eun Seong Hwang, Eun Hee Cho, Young-Mog Kim, Kibeom Park, Wha-Chul Son,  
              Tae-Woong Yoon, Jeong Mook Lim
           Title: Manual for research and publication ethics in science and engineering
           Published by Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Seoul, Korea (http://kofst.or.kr/). 
           Printed and bound in Korea on January 22, 2016
           © Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
           This is an open-access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution  
           License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided  
           the original work is properly cited.
           National Library of Korea Cataloging In Publication (CIP) 
           Manual for Research and Publication Ethics in Science and Engineering / Eun Seong Hwang,  
           Eun Hee Cho, Young-Mog Kim, Kibeom Park, Wha-Chul Son, Tae-Woong Yoon, Jeong Mook Lim  
           [Authors]. -- Seoul: Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, 2016 
           p. ; cm 
           ISBN 978-89-5938-345-0 93190 : Not for sale 
           Science and engineering 
           Ethics 
           Research and development 
           195.94-KDC6
           174.95-DDC23           CIP2016000472
           http://dx.doi.org/10.6087/manual_ethics_2016_01
           Amount of print copies: 1,000
           This book was supported by the Korean Government (2015). 
           This book is printed on acid-free paper.
              Manual for  
              Research and Publication Ethics 
              in Science and Engineering
              Eun Seong Hwang, Eun Hee Cho, Young-Mog Kim, Kibeom Park, 
              Wha-Chul Son, Tae-Woong Yoon, Jeong Mook Lim
          AIMS & SCOPE, TARGETED READERS, LIMITATIONS, AND USE
           Aims & scope
           This manual covers a wide range of issues regarding research and publication ethics in science 
           and engineering, and written to raise South Korea and other Asian countries’ standards of 
           research and publication ethics in the sciences up to the international level. 
           Targeted readers
           This manual is for anyone interested in scientific research or journal editing: in other words, 
           researchers or students in the sciences, journal editors, editorial staff members, publishers, 
           manuscript editors, statistical editors, peer reviewers, employees of journal publishing houses, 
           librarians, etc. Authors or journalists who write professionally on scientific topics or members 
           of the public who are interested in research and publication ethics are well suited to join the 
           audience as well. But, this manual is also helpful to the students who are performing scientific 
           researches and writing research articles.
           Level of content
           This manual will be most helpful to scientific researchers, managers of journals, and the 
           readers of those journals. In order to fully understand the contents, one must have at least 
           submitted or evaluated a research paper, or must be currently involved in journal-related 
           work. But, this manual is also helpful to scientists and students at any level once they are 
           performing researches and writing research articles.
           Limitations
           This book addresses the international standards of ethics and the level of ethics of ordinary 
           South Korean researchers and citizens as of 2014. Because ethics may evolve over time, it 
           would be hasty to conclude that the contents of this manual will forever indicate the correct 
           standard. As time passes, more appropriate standards of ethics may be proposed for certain 
           circumstances.
           Use
           Anyone may use the contents of this manual for research purposes by disclosing sources 
           according to the Creative Commons Attribution License. This manual may be especially useful 
           in workshops for editors, manuscript editors, and journal article reviewers and contributors. 
           When citing parts of this manual, we recommend citing the original works listed in the reference 
           section.
           Expected time for comprehension
           At least one hour; at most 96 hours
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