The Journal of the Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance and Inspection (JKSMI), a journal published bimonthly by the Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance for Inspection(KSMI), reports on advanced scientific aspects of engineering in structural maintenance, NDT, monitoring, repair and rehabilitation technology for all kind of infrastructures.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted to the on-line submission system at http://ksmi.or.kr following all screen prompts. Technical difficulties can be resolved by contacting to: The Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance for Inspection, In: Korea Institute for Structural and Inspection, #907 main building, Korea Federation of Science Societies, 635-4, Yeoksam1-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea (Phone: +82-2-563-7228, Fax: +82-2-568-7289, Email: KSMI@chol.com).
Manuscripts are to be submitted in their final form and must be written in Korean or English, and authors are urged to aim for clarity, brevity, and accuracy of information and language. Authors whose first language is not English should have their manuscripts checked for linguistic accuracy by a fluent English speaker. Using the JKSMI template available at http://journal.auric.kr/jksmi/ would be helpful for meeting the journal's formatting requirements. A properly completed "Copyright Transfer Agreement" should also be supplied before the manuscript is published. The corresponding author is asked to sign it on behalf of all authors
Editorial and Review Policy
Editorial policy
Manuscripts submitted for publication should contain no materials that violate any copyright. Submission of a manuscript to JKSMI involves the tacit assurance that no similar paper has been or will be submitted for publication in other journals. Manuscripts that have been published in a conference or meeting proceedings without peer review may be submitted to JKSMI.
It is the responsibility of the authors, not the KSMI, to determine whether disclosure of their material requires the prior consent of other parties and to obtain that consent. Statements and opinions given in work published by JKSMI are the expressions of the authors. Responsibility for the contents of published papers rests upon the authors, not the KSMI.
Publication type
JKSMI accepts the following types of manuscripts: original research articles, review articles, and technical notes. An original research article represents an original, important contribution to structural health monitoring and inspection, rehabilitation and retrofit technology. The manuscript should clearly state the scope and purpose of the research work. The information presented must be objective and well organized, and the conclusions should be adequately supported. Review articles should be a critical evaluation of the existing state of knowledge on a particular aspect of structural health monitoring and inspection, rehabilitation and retrofit technology. Simple literature surveys will not be accepted for publication. Technical notes should be brief descriptions of the development of devices, equipment, techniques, or applications that offer definite advantages in research or practice over those already available.
Peer-review process
All manuscripts are subject to peer review for the validity of the experimental design and results, significance, and appropriateness for JKSMI.
When manuscripts are submitted successfully to the journal online system, they are initially subjected to a pre-screening step by the Editor-in-Chief. Manuscripts that are poorly written or fail to meet the required format will be rejected in the pre-screening step without further review. Manuscripts that pass this step will be reviewed by three anonymous reviewers selected by the Editor-in-Chief or associate editors. The corresponding author is notified as soon as possible regarding the decision to accept, reject, or request revision of a manuscript. The manuscripts evaluated as "accept" or "request minor revision" by all of the reviewers are considered to be accepted for publication, although some revisions may be required to address the concerns of the reviewers and Editor-in-Chief. In cases where a manuscript is evaluated as "make major revisions" or "reject" by at least one of the reviewers, the Editor-in-Chief will analyze the reviewers' comments thoroughly and make a decision on acceptance or rejection. If there are major flaws in the results of the research or the methodological design, the Editor-in-Chief may ask the author to clarify and resubmit or may reject the manuscript. If a manuscript is classified as "accept with revisions," the author is expected to respond within 3 months, addressing all the comments raised by the reviewers, making appropriate corrections or stating why the comments are unreasonable. The responsible editor or a reviewer will consider the revisions, and recommend that the Editor-in-Chief either accept the manuscript for publication or reject it. The author will be informed by the Editor-in-Chief of the final decision on the publication of the manuscript.
When the final revised manuscript meets all JKSMI content and format requirements and has been accepted for publication without additional revisions, it is scheduled for publication in the next available issue.
Page proofs
Page proofs and reprint order forms are sent to the corresponding author, together with instructions on the payment of page charges and reprint costs. This proof stage is not a time for extensive corrections, additions, or deletions. It is advised that editing be limited to the correction of typographical errors, incorrect data, and grammatical errors, and for updating information on references that had been in press. The corrections to page proofs should be sent immediately by e-mail or a fast mail service, preferably within 2 business days.
Ethical Considerations
Research ethics
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
Plagiarism takes many forms, from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper. Publication of some kinds of articles (e.g. clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.
Authorship
Manuscript authorship should be restricted to those who meet any of the following conditions: 1) substantial contribution to the conception and design of the study; 2) acquisition, interpretation, and analysis of data; 3) drafting the article or revising it critically for the important intellectual content. In addition, all listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript to be published.
Conflict of interest
All authors are asked to inform the Editor-in-Chief of the any actual or potential conflict of interest possibly influencing their interpretation of the data. Such conflicts may include but are not limited to financial support or personal relationships with other people or organizations, political pressure from interest groups, or academic problems.
Copyright policy
All copyright and other intellectual property rights related to the content of the journal are licensed to KSMI. Hence, a completed "Copyright Transfer Agreement" form should accompany any original material when it is first submitted to JKSMI. Once a manuscript is accepted, KSMI asserts its copyright and applies it to an open access policy. Articles may be reproduced and distributed only for non-commercial purposes. KSMI allows others to reproduce and distribute the works it publishes, as long as the authors are properly attributed and the content is not plagiarized, misrepresented, or used for commercial purposes. Duplicate publications should not be represented as original publications; rather, JKSMI should be cited as the original site of publication. Apart from these misuses, anyone is free to read, download, copy, share, store, print, search, link, and crawl the full- text of the work.
Organization of the Manuscript
The manuscript should be organized in the following sequence.
Title and Authorship
Abstract and Keywords
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Conflict of Interest
Acknowledgements (optional)
References
Appendix or Nomenclature (optional)
1. Title and Authorship
The title should communicate key information about the article's content. The list of authors should include the full names and institutional affiliations of all the authors. The name of the corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk. The telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author should be provided in a footnote.
2. Abstract and Keywords
The abstract should summarize the most important points from the text of the article. It should include the purpose of the research, a brief description of the experimental methods, a summary of the significant results, and major conclusions or implications of the findings for research or practice. The method and results should be presented as specifically as possible within the constraints of the word limit. The abstract must be no more 300 words. Maximum five keywords should be listed for indexing purpose.
3. Introduction
The introduction should be used to review the published literature and issues related to the topic. A thorough introduction will help the reader recognize how the research contributes to the current knowledge in the subject area. Thus, the introduction should include a literature review, a description of the problem addressed by the study or the gap in current research findings, and the purpose of the study.
4. Materials and Methods
Information about materials and methods should be provided in enough detail to allow a competent researcher to repeat the experiments and verify the results. In the materials section, material preparation, specification of the materials, and equipment used in the experiments should be described. The experimental procedure and the data analysis methods should also be stated in this section.
5. Results and Discussion
A solution to the problem stated in the introduction should be provided in the results and discussion section. Tables and figures are commonly used to visually show the results. Rather than restating the entire content of tables and figures, only the critical data can be restated in the text to emphasize evidence on which the conclusions are based. The data should also be interpreted in this section. Because the results and discussion are combined, the author may choose to address each finding and then discuss it before moving on to the next point, or present the results followed by the discussion. The discussion should include a comparison with previous findings by identifying how and why there are differences and where there is agreement. Any limitations of the study should be addressed.
6. Conclusions
The main findings of the research should be summarized in the conclusions section. This section should not contain extensive repetition of the Results and Discussion section or reiteration of the Introduction section.
7. Conflict of Interest
The author(s) of the manuscript should mention any potential conflicts of interest related to the paper. If there are none, the following statement may be used: "The authors have no conflicting financial or other interests.".
8. Acknowledgments
The sources of financial or material support can be listed in the acknowledgements section. Also, any individuals whose contributions were significant but not deserving of authorship should be described.
9. References
There must be a text citation for each reference and vice versa. The required method for giving references in the text is the last name-publication year system as in Kim (2010) or (Kim, 2010), depending on whether the author is mentioned in the sentence or not. For two authors, the format of Park and Hong (2001) or (Park and Hong, 2001), and for three or more authors, Kim et al. (2004) or (Kim et al., 2004) should be used. When more than two references are cited for the same content, they should be arranged chronologically from oldest to most recent. The references cited in the text should be listed in the reference section in alphabetical order of the last name of the first author. The references published by the same author in the same year are indicated by placing a, b, and so on, next to the publication year (e.g. 1999a, 1999b, etc.).
The most common types of references are as follows:
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Journal Article
Markiewicz-Patkowska, J., Hursthouse, A. and Przybyla-Kij, H., "The interaction of heavy metals with urban soils: sorption behaviour of Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb and Zn with a typical mixed brownfield deposit", Environment International, vol. 31, No. 4, 2005, pp.513-521.
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Journal article
not in English Heo, H. S., Yi, S. T., Noh, J. H.,"Properties and Environmental Effects Estimation of Grout Using Set Accelerating Agent Made From Calcium Aluminate and Viscosity Agent", Journal of the Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance and Inspection, vol 36, No. 2, 2012, pp79-88 (In Korean, with English abstract).
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Book
Xi, M., Methodology and Technology, Gordon and Breach, NY. 2008. pp.77-79.
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Bulletin or Report
Centers for Disease Controal and Prevention. 2000. Infection vectors for E. coli and intervention strategies. CDC Reference No. 9923. Atlanta, GA.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jesperson, D. 1995. United States fruit and vegetable harvest projections: 1996. USDA-1007. Washington, D.C.: GPO.
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Conference proceedings
Miller-Hooks, E. and Krauthammer, "Intelligent Evacuation, Rescue and Recovery Concept: A Functional System Description", 11th International Symposium on the Interaction of the Effect of Munitions with Structures, Mannheim, Germany, May, 2003
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Software
SPSS. 2000. SigmaPlot for Windows. Ver. 3.2. Chicago, IL: SPSS, Inc.
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Dissertation or Thesis
Campbell, M. D. 1991. The lower limit of soil water potential for potato growth. Unpublished PhD diss. Pullman, WA: Washington State University, Department of Agricultural Engineering.
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Online Source
NSC. 2001. Injury Facts Online. Itasca, IL: National Safety Council. Available at: www.nsc.org.
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Patent
Moulton, R. K. 1992. Method for on-site cleaning of contaminant filters in livestock housing facilities. U.S. Patent No. 32455986.
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Appendix or Nomenclature
This optional section can include lists of nomenclature or abbreviations, data, or tables that are too long to include in the body of the article.
Format and Style of Manuscript
Formatting may be simplified by using the downloadable template available at http://www.KSMI.or.kr
1. General Style
Manuscripts must be 1.5-line-spaced on a recent version of a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Hancom Hanword. Line numbers and page numbers should be included on each page, including the title page. The manuscript should be typed either in English in Times New Roman font or Korean in HY Shinmyungjo. The article title should be in bold 14-point font. Any first level headings should be in bold 11-point font with their first letter capitalized. Any second level headings should be in bold 10-point font with their first letter capitalized. Any third level headings should be in italic 10-point font, and the font of the text should be plain 10-point. All units of measurement should be expressed in SI (metric) units. A space should be left between the measurement and unit (e.g., 25 mm) but no space is needed for temperature degrees (e.g., 25°C) and percentages (e.g., 35%).
2. Tables
Tables should be used for reporting extensive numerical data in an organized manner. They should be self- explanatory. The data presented in the tables should neither be duplicated in figures nor discussed exhaustively in the text, but instead, only key findings should be highlighted and discussed. Each table should be specifically referenced and explained in the text. Tables should be placed within the main text. Table titles should be brief, but must sufficiently explain the data included. Tables should be consecutively numbered and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Table titles should be located above the tables.
3. Figures
Figures, including graphs or charts, should be designed to improve the general presentation of technical information and should be of publishable quality. The type of charts or graphs should be chosen based on the key message the author wishes to deliver. Information on and explanation of the figures should be provided in the figure caption or in the text. Figures should be numbered consecutively in the text and referred to as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc. The word "Figure" should be abbreviated when enclosed in parentheses (e.g., Fig. 1).
4. Equations
For new equations, all assumptions and initial boundary conditions should be stated, and a sufficient derivation should be provided for the reader to understand its development. Only those mathematical steps required for comprehension should be shown. All important equations should be displayed on separate lines with consecutive numbers enclosed in parentheses (1) and positioned at the right margin to facilitate their reference within the manuscript.