Research and Publication Ethics

Guidelines & Policies

Culinary Science & Hospitality Research (CSHR), published by the Culinary Society of Korea, is committed to the highest standards of publication ethics. These policies are aligned with the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the ICMJE Recommendations, and are based on the Research Ethics Regulations of the Culinary Society of Korea. For any matter not specified here, the guidelines of COPE apply.

1. Scope

These policies apply to all members of the Society and to every author whose work appears in CSHR or in the Society's conference proceedings, as well as to editors and reviewers involved in the publication process.

2. Research Integrity

Authors must conduct all research activities — including the proposal and performance of research, the reporting and presentation of results, and the review and evaluation of research — transparently and truthfully. The original results of research should be recorded and maintained in a form that allows analysis and review, both by collaborators before publication and by other researchers for a reasonable period after publication. Exceptions may be appropriate to preserve privacy, to assure patent protection, or for similar reasons. The fabrication or falsification of data, the selective reporting of data with intent to mislead, and the theft of data or research results from others are egregious departures from the expected norms of scholarly conduct.

3. Authorship

Authorship credit should be based on: (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet all three conditions and take responsibility only for research to which they have actually contributed. The corresponding author represents the co-authors and is responsible for the accuracy of the data, the list of named authors, final approval by all authors, and responses to all correspondence. Authorship order is determined by scholarly contribution, regardless of relative status. Affiliations are stated as at the time the research was conducted, and funding sources and any relationship to a thesis or dissertation must be disclosed.

4. Conflict-of-Interest Statement

If there are any conflicts of interest, authors should disclose them in the manuscript. A conflict of interest may exist when an author has financial or personal relationships that could inappropriately influence the work. Authors are expected to disclose all relevant financial interests and relationships (e.g., employment or affiliation, grants or funding, consultancies, stock ownership or options, royalties, or patents filed, received, or pending), particularly those present while the research was conducted and through publication. All disclosures are made by the corresponding author on behalf of each co-author as part of the submission process. Authors without conflicts of interest are requested to state so.

5. Originality and Duplicate Publication

All submitted manuscripts must be original and must not be under consideration by other journals at the same time. No part of an accepted manuscript may be duplicated in any other journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. "Self-plagiarism" or redundant publication — reusing a substantial part of one's own previously published, copyrighted work in the same language, with or without minor modification and without explicit citation — is prohibited. If duplicate publication is detected, the matter will be announced in the journal, the authors' institutions will be informed, and penalties will apply.

6. Plagiarism

Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off another's paper as one's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper without attribution, to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism — the appropriation of another's ideas, research content, or results without proper authorization or citation — in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

7. Citation and References

Authors must ensure accuracy in attributing sources and compiling the reference list, verifying all citation elements (author, volume/issue, pages, year) against the original source. References must include only literature directly relevant to the manuscript. Authors must not deliberately include questionably relevant references to manipulate citation metrics or improve the likelihood of acceptance, and must not selectively cite only literature favorable to their own data or theory while omitting contradictory works.

8. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must evaluate assigned manuscripts faithfully and report within the required period; a reviewer who is not an appropriate referee must notify the Editorial Board without delay. Reviewers respect the author's independence as a scholar, state their judgments clearly, and explain the reasons for any requested revision. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript and must not use or disclose its contents without the author's consent. Delegating a review to a third party, discussing a manuscript under review with colleagues, retaining review materials after completion, using language that constitutes personal attack, and evaluating a manuscript without reading it are prohibited. Reviewers must not reject a manuscript merely because it conflicts with their own views.

9. Responsibilities of the Editorial Board

The Editorial Board bears full responsibility for publication decisions, secures the integrity of the review process, and supervises editorial members. The Board respects authors' scholarly independence and, upon request, discloses the review process. It does not reveal an author's personal information or a manuscript's content to any person, including reviewers, until publication is decided.

10. Research Ethics Committee, Investigation, and Sanctions

The Research Ethics Committee verifies violations of these regulations and the integrity of research. It is chaired ex officio by the Senior Vice-President and comprises up to nine members, with the President, Editor-in-Chief, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief serving ex officio. The Committee receives reports of suspected misconduct and conducts investigations. The identities of whistle-blowers and persons under investigation are protected, and both complainant and respondent are guaranteed equal rights to state opinions, raise objections, and defend themselves. Where a violation is confirmed, sanctions may include expulsion, suspension of membership, removal of the article from the journal, a four-year submission ban, and public notice on the Society's website; relevant cases are reported to the National Research Foundation of Korea. If no misconduct is found, the Committee takes appropriate measures to restore the reputation of the person investigated.

These regulations were first enacted in 2003 and have been revised continuously, most recently in January 2026. The full Korean-language text of the Research Ethics Regulations is available on the Culinary Society of Korea website.