Asia Pacific Journal of Language, Culture, and Education
(e-ISSN 2733-8096)
[Editorial Board Regulations]
Enacted: January 8, 2026
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Article 1 This Committee shall be called the Editorial Board of the Asia Pacific Journal of Language, Culture, and Education.
Article 2 This Committee is established within the Society in accordance with Article 29 of the Bylaws of the Asia Pacific Journal of Language, Culture, and Education.
Chapter 2. Composition
Article 3 (Composition) The Editorial Board shall be composed as follows, in accordance with Article 11, Chapter 3 of the Bylaws:
- Ex officio members: Editor-in-Chief, Director of Research.
- Appointed members: A certain number of members appointed by the President upon the recommendation of the Editor-in-Chief.
Article 4 (Number of Members) The Editorial Board shall consist of approximately 30 members, including ex officio members.
Article 5 (Appointment of Members) When appointing Editorial Board members, scholars representing various fields of English linguistics from both Korea and abroad shall be selected.
Article 6 (Convocation) The Editorial Board shall be convened at the request of the Editor-in-Chief.
Chapter 3. Submission and Publication of Manuscripts
Article 7 (Qualifications) Members and Regular Members may submit papers to the Society’s journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Language, Culture, and Education (APJLCE), in accordance with Chapter 2 of the Bylaws.
Article 8 (Submission Method) When a member wishes to publish a paper and submits a manuscript, they must follow the methods determined by the Editorial Board. Specific regulations regarding submission methods, including review fees, publication fees, and manuscript formatting, shall be determined separately by the Editorial Board.
Article 9 (Publication and Copyright Assignment) Submitted papers may be published once publication is confirmed following the review of the Editorial Board. The copyright of the published papers shall belong to the Society. Submitters must complete a Copyright Transfer Agreement or sign the online Copyright Transfer Agreement form at the time of submission.
Chapter 4. Manuscript Review
Article 10 (Receipt and Notification) Upon receipt of a manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief shall notify the Section Editor (Responsible Editor) of the relevant division regarding the receipt of the paper and request the formation of a review committee. However, if there are special circumstances regarding the researcher, an emergency review may be conducted following discussion between the Editor-in-Chief and the Section Editor.
Article 11 (Composition of Manuscript Review Committee) To review a submitted paper, the Section Editor of each division shall select three reviewers from among the Editorial Board members belonging to that division and notify the Editor-in-Chief of the composition of the review committee. In selecting reviewers, the Section Editor must fully consider the specialized area of the submitted paper. If there are not enough suitable reviewers within the division to review the submitted paper, the Section Editor may request a review from a reviewer who is not a member of the Editorial Board, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief.
Article 12 (Chair of Manuscript Review) The Editor-in-Chief shall serve as the Chair of the Review Committee and assist the Section Editor’s review process to ensure the smooth review of each submitted paper.
Article 13 (Review Procedure) Submitted papers shall follow the review procedure below:
- Preliminary Review (Compliance Check): The Chair shall review whether the submitted paper complies with the submission regulations. The Chair may return papers that do not follow the submission regulations or are deemed unsuitable for the Society’s purpose to the author, requiring revisions to meet the regulations. If the author does not comply with the revision request or does not withdraw the submission, the paper shall be rejected following a decision by the Editorial Board.
- Main Review (Content Review): A. The Chair shall send the paper that has passed the preliminary review to the Section Editor, who shall form a review committee based on their recommendations. B. The Section Editor shall request the review of the submitted paper from two reviewers. C. The reviewers shall examine the submitted paper and grade it according to four categories: <Accept>, <Accept with Revisions>, <Re-review after Revisions>, and <Reject>. D. If two reviewers grade the paper as publishable—<Accept with Revisions> or <Accept>—the Chair shall send the reviewers’ comments to the author. Upon arrival of the revised manuscript, the Section Editor shall verify whether the required revisions have been appropriately reflected and then send the revised manuscript to the Editor-in-Chief for the Editorial Board to make the final decision to publish. E. If one or more reviewers grade the paper as <Re-review after Revisions>, the Chair shall send the reviewers’ comments to the author and request revisions. Upon arrival of the revised manuscript, the Section Editor shall request a re-review from the original reviewers or, depending on the case, new reviewers. Upon receipt of the re-review comments, the Chair shall proceed according to clause (D) or the procedure above based on the results. Re-reviews are limited to two rounds. If the paper is not judged as publishable even after two rounds of re-reviews, or if the revised manuscript is not submitted, the Section Editor shall notify the Editor-in-Chief to make a final decision of rejection. F. If two reviewers grade the paper as <Reject>, the Section Editor shall notify the Editor-in-Chief, and a decision of rejection shall be made following discussion by the Editorial Board. G. If a paper finally determined as <Reject> by the Editorial Board is resubmitted with the same title and content, the Editor-in-Chief may refuse to review the paper. H. The Editor-in-Chief, Section Editors, and reviewers shall maintain the confidentiality of matters related to the review.
Article 14 (Notification of Results and Request for Materials)
- The Editor-in-Chief shall notify the author whether the publication of the reviewed paper has been confirmed.
- The Editor-in-Chief shall request the author of a paper confirmed for publication to submit the necessary materials for publication to the Editorial Board.
Article 15 (Review Evaluation Form) The format of the manuscript review evaluation form shall be determined separately by the Editorial Board.
Article 16 (Prohibition of Plagiarism and Duplicate Publication) Papers submitted to this journal must not have been published in other domestic or international journals. Submitters must conduct a KCI Similarity Check at the time of submission and attach the result report. If serious plagiarism (partial or total) that infringes on the originality of the paper is discovered, the Editorial Board shall be convened immediately to decide on rejection. Publication may also be cancelled even after the paper has been published.
Article 17 (Use of Generative AI)
- If an author cites results from Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Bard, DALL-E, Midjourney, etc.) in a paper, the author must verify the factual accuracy and plagiarism status of the content.
- If the author decides to cite results from Generative AI in the paper, they shall do so as follows: A. Indicate the following in the main text or footnotes (The parts in < > shall be modified to fit the content of the manuscript). (Example) <ChatGPT-4 (OpenAI, 2024)> results were cited in drafting <this section>. Specifically, <_________> was done. B. References shall be written as in the following example: (Example) OpenAI. 2024. ChatGPT-4 [Large Language Model]. http://chat.openai.com/chat.
Chapter 5. Publication of Journal
Article 18 (Frequency of Publication) This journal is an online journal published twice a year online.
- Issue 1: June 30 (Rolling submission)
- Issue 2: December 31 (Rolling submission)
Addendum
Article 1 These regulations shall be effective from January 8, 2000.