| Title | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category / Classification | Criteria | Check (√) |
| Author Membership Status | Both the first author and the corresponding author are full members | □ |
| Title Page | ||
| Structure | Title, article type, authors, corresponding author, Korean keywords, disclosures, notes to the editor, in this order | □ |
| Author Information | Names, affiliations (institutions), and positions of all authors in Korean and English; ORCID IDs for both the first author and the corresponding author | □ |
| Corresponding author’s name, address, postal code, telephone number, and e-mail in Korean and English (Telephone number in international format, e.g., 82-2-2234-0123) | □ | |
| Keywords (Korean/English) |
Up to 5 keywords (use MeSH terms if possible; list Korean and English keywords in the same order) | □ |
| Disclosure Statement | Thesis or dissertation, funding support, conflicts of interest (attach the original published article and IRB application if related publication is disclosed) | □ |
| Notes to the Editor | KCI similarity index result (≤10%) | □ |
| IRB approval (IRB number, approving institution, approval date) | □ | |
| Permission from the original author and translator (research instrument) | □ | |
| AI-assisted technology use disclosed, if applicable | □ | |
| Manuscript Format | ||
| Format | A4, Times New Roman, 10-point font, double-spaced | □ |
| Margins: 30 mm (top), 25 mm (bottom), and 25 mm (left and right); others 0 mm | □ | |
| Page numbers at the bottom of each page | □ | |
| English Abstract | ||
| Word count | 200 words or less (excluding the title) | □ |
| Title | Capitalize the first letter of the title and all major words, except prepositions and articles (proper nouns and abbreviations excepted) | □ |
| Main Text | Structured under the subheadings Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion, without paragraph breaks | □ |
| Keywords | Up to 5 keywords (use MeSH terms if possible; match the order of the Korean keywords) | □ |
| Capitalize only the first letter of the first word (for compound terms, capitalize only the first word) | □ | |
| Author Information | No author information in the abstract | □ |
| Main Text | ||
| Structure | Title, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion (including recommendations); literature review optional; structure may vary for qualitative studies or review articles | □ |
| Author Information | No author information in the main text | □ |
| Number of pages | 20 pages or less, including the English abstract, main text, references, tables, and figures (excluding the title page, Korean abstract, and appendices) | □ |
| References | ||
| References | No more than 50 references, all written in English (theses and dissertations: 10% or less) | □ |
| Arranged in the order of citation | □ | |
| Author names, journal titles, volume and issue numbers, and page numbers verified for accuracy | □ | |
| Use full journal titles, with the first letter of each word capitalized. | □ | |
| Include both volume and issue numbers when page numbering restarts with each issue | □ | |
| Include only the volume number when page numbering is continuous within the same year (omit the issue number) | □ | |
| Capitalize only the first word in the titles of books, theses, and reports | □ | |
| Indicate the type of thesis ([dissertation] or [master’s thesis]) | □ | |
| For articles with a DOI, use the format: https://doi.org/ | □ | |
| Comply with all other requirements in the Instructions for Authors | □ | |
| Table/Figure | ||
| Basic | 10-point font, double-spaced; data consistent with the main text and free of typographical errors | □ |
| Format | Use horizontal rules only (top and bottom solid lines whenever possible; dotted internal lines if necessary) | □ |
| Title | Place table titles above the table and capitalize the first letter of each major word (e.g., Table 1. Results of Analyzing Structural Model) | □ |
| Place figure titles below the figure and capitalize only the first letter of the title (e.g., Figure 1. Path diagram of the model) | □ | |
| Abbreviations | List nonstandard abbreviations in table footnotes in alphabetical order; do not use “and” before the last abbreviation (e.g., PF=Physical function; SM=Safety management) | □ |
| Symbols | Indicate symbols as superscripts in table footnotes in the following order: *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, #, **, ††. (e.g., *Specialty nursing unit; †Multiple responses) | □ |
| Placement | Place each table and figure on a separate page and indicate only the insertion point in the main text | □ |
| Number | No more than 5 tables and figures in total | □ |
| General Guidelines | Use “Man/Woman” for sex and “Age (yr)” for age | □ |
| Report age, weight, and height to one decimal place | □ | |
| Report means, standard deviations, and test statistics to two decimal places, and percentages to one decimal place | □ | |
| For values less than 1 that cannot exceed 1, omit the leading zero before the decimal point (e.g., t=0.26, F=0.92, p<.001, r=.14, R2=.61, B=0.21, SE=0.20, β=.06) | □ | |
| Report p-values as exact values without footnotes, to three decimal places (e.g., p=.003; if p=.000, report as p<.001) | □ | |
