Regulations on Preprinting of the Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers

[Enacted on July 01, 2024]

Article 1 (Purpose)
This regulation establishes policies on preprinting the Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers (hereinafter referred to as the “journal”).

Article 2 (Definition of Preprint)
A preprint refers to a manuscript that an author shares on a publicly accessible platform before submission to a journal or at the time of submission.

Article 3 (Permission of Preprint)
The journal fully supports and recommends storing preprints on authorized non-profit preprint servers.

Article 4 (Duplicate Publication of Preprints)
The journal allows a duplicate submission. The journal does not consider a preprint as a duplicate submission or duplicate publication.

Article 5 (The Author’s Obligation to Notify Preprint)
The author must notify the existence of a preprint version at the time of the manuscript submission and provide a link.