Epidemiology and Health

Principles of transparency and best practice of scholarly publishing

Sixteen check list of compliance of the journal to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published 15 January 2018 (joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, WAME, and ASPA; (http://doaj.org/bestpractice) was as follows:

No.	Item	Subitems	Corresponding URL, or content
1	Website	Website URL	http://www.e-epih.org
		Aims & scope statement	http://www.e-epih.org/about/about.php
		Readership
		Authorship criteria	http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
		ISSN	eISSN:2092-7193
2	Name of journal		Epidemiology and Health (http://www.e-epih.org)
3	Peer review process		http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
3	Peer review process	Method of peer review	Double blind peer review http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
4	Ownership and management		http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
5	Governing body	Editorial boards	http://www.e-epih.org/about/editorial.php
6	Editorial team/contact information		http://www.e-epih.org/about/editorial.php
6	Editorial team/contact information		http://www.e-epih.org/about/contact.php
7	Copyright and Licensing		http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
7	Copyright and Licensing		http://www.e-epih.org/about/open_access.php
8	Author fees		http://www.e-epih.org/authors/Processing_Charge.php
9	Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct	Step to prevent research misconduct	http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
9		COPE's guideline	http://www.e-epih.org/authors/authors.php
10	Publication ethics	Authorship and contributor-ship	http://www.e-epih.org/policy/ethics.php
		Complaints and appeal	http://www.e-epih.org/policy/ethics.php
		Conflicts of interest	http://www.e-epih.org/policy/ethics.php
		Ethical oversight (research ethics, informed consent, IRB)	http://www.e-epih.org/policy/ethics.php
		Intellectual property	http://www.e-epih.org/authors/copyright_transfer_agreement.php
		Postpublication discussions	http://www.e-epih.org/policy/ethics.php
11	Publishing schedule		Annual http://www.e-epih.org/about/catalog.php
12	Access		http://www.e-epih.org/about/open_access.php
13	Archiving		http://www.e-epih.org/articles/archive.php
14	Revenue sources		Korean Society of Epidemiology and Korea Government’s support http://www.e-epih.org/authors/Processing_Charge.php
15	Advertising		epiH does not accept any commercial product advertisements until policy changes otherwise.
16	Direct marketing		Journal website(http://www.e-epih.org/) and Korean Society of Epidemiology’s blog (http://ksepi.org)

COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics; DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals; WAME, World Association of Medical Editors; OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association; IRB, institutional review board.

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Principles of transparency and best practice of scholarly publishing