As an open access journal, Annals of Child Neurology (ACN) will follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://doaj.org/bestpractice) developed by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

Table of Contents

• 1. Website
• 2. Name of Journal
• 3. Peer Review Process
• 4. Ownership and Management
• 5. Governing Body
• 6. Editorial Team and Contact Information
• 7. Copyright and Licensing
• 8. Author Fees
• 9. Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct
• 10. Research & Publication Ethics
• 11. Publishing Schedule
• 12. Access
• 13. Archiving
• 14. Revenue Sources
• 15. Advertising
• 16. Direct Marketing

1. Website

The URL of official journal web site is https://www.annchildneurol.org.

The ACN team endeavors to make a good website. ACN website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.

2. Name of Journal

The official journal title is Annals of Child Neurology (herein “ACN”), the abbreviation of ISO is Ann Child Neurol. Prior to launching ACN thorough checks are made to ensure no journal of a similar name already exists.

3. Peer Review Process

Type of peer review: Double-blind review

Method of peer review

The ACN has on online submission and peer review system at http://submit.annchildneurol.org.

ACN reviews all manuscripts received. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of the Journal or does not adhere to the Instructions for authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after receipt and without a review. Before reviewing, all submitted manuscripts are inspected by Similarity Check powered by iThenticate (https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/), a plagiarism-screening tool.

The manuscripts are sent to two or more most relevant investigators for review of the contents. The editor selects peer referees by recommendation of the Editorial Board members or from the specialist database owned by the Editorial Board. The peer review process takes usually four to 8 weeks after the manuscript submission.

All manuscripts from editors, employees, or members of the editorial board are processed the same way as other unsolicited manuscripts. During the review process, they will not engage in the selection of reviewers and decision process. Editors will not handle their own manuscripts even if they are commissioned ones.

4. Ownership and Management

This journal is owned by the publisher, the Korean Child Neurology Society (http://www.cns.or.kr).

5/6. Governing Body / Editorial Team and Contact Information

The governing body is the journal's editorial board. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors and members of journal management team are displayed on the About (Editorial board & Journal management team) tab of journal homepage, and the contact information for the Editor and editorial office is on the About (Contact us) tab.

7. Copyright and Licensing

Copyright to all published materials is owned by the Korean Child Neurology Society. All authors should agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.

ACN is an open access journal. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To use the tables or figures of ACN in other journals, books or media for scholarly, educational purposes, the process of permission request to the publisher of ACN is not necessary. All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

8. Author Fees

There is no author's submission fee or other publication related fee since every cost for the publication process is supported by the publisher.

9. Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct

The editorial board of ACN have carefully examined all submitted manuscripts whether these are abided by the ethical guidelines of the ICMJE and COPE. The published articles have involved the statements of conflict of interest, institutional review board, informed consent, and human/animal rights.

When the Journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by the COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The editorial board of ACN will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. ACN will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

10. Publication Ethics

ACN follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org), Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations), and Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (http://kamje.or.kr).

Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy (Publication ethics) tab of journal homepage.

11. Publishing Schedule

ACN is published 4 times (January, April, July, and October) a year. The e-pub versions of all articles have been promptly seen after the acceptance in the journal homepage.

12. Access

ACN is an open access journal. A free full-text service both in the XML and PDF formats is available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

13. Archiving

Full text of ACN has been archived in National Library of Korea (http://www.nl.go.kr) from the first volume, 1993. According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk), authors cannot archive pre-print (i.e., pre-refereeing), but they can archive post-print (i.e., final draft post-refereeing). Authors can archive publisher’s version/PDF. Ann Child Neurol provides the electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event the journal is no longer published by archiving in National Library of Korea.

14. Revenues sources

Revenue sources of journal are from the support of publisher (Korean Child Neurology Society), author fees, and advertising rates.

15. Advertising

ACN accepts advertisements. The policy of advertising is displayed on the Editorial Policy (Advertising policy) tab of journal homepage.

16. Direct Marketing

Journal propagation has been done through the journal web site and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.