i) Definition of Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined here as an act of using ideas or words from another article that has already been published in a journal or book without proper citation or crediting of its source, thereby misleading readers to overestimate the academic contribution of an article. ii) Types of Plagiarism Plagiarism is classified into two types. (1) Simple Plagiarism Simple plagiarism is an act of borrowing the whole or a part of an original research output by the way of directly copying or superficially paraphrasing an original expression without proper citation, thus giving the misconception that the intellectual property is one's own. It also includes an act of publishing a translation of the whole or a part of an article published in a foreign language without proper citation. It also includes copying a significant part of a source article without using quotation marks even if credit has been given to the source. (2) Self Plagiarism Self plagiarism is an act of presenting the whole or a part of one's own research output that has already been published without citing the original source, thus providing the misconception that the work is new and thereby acquiring double recognition for a single research output. iii) Investigation on Plagiarism and Judgment Once a suspicion of plagiarism is raised on a published or accepted article, the editor forms the Research Ethics Special Committee. The primary role of the Research Ethics Special Committee is to judge whether an article has been plagiarized or not. The committee consists of five to seven members and must include two or more members from outside the editorial board. The chairman of the Research Ethics Special Committee should give a rebuttal period of 30 days to the author(s) of the article under suspicion in order to defend his/her/their position before the Committee judges on the plagiarism by a 2/3 vote of the entire committee. The Research Ethics Special Committee consists of 5 persons who are randomly selected from editorial member by Editor. When a suspicion of plagiarism is raised during a review process, the editor should solicit an opinion from the reviewer or an associate editor and then give a rebuttal period of 30 days to the author(s) before judging plagiarism. iv) Course of actions and Procedures on Plagiarized Articles (1) For an article that has been accepted for publication or is still in a review process, judging by the significance of the plagiarism, the editor can request the author(s) to revise the article and give another opportunity for review or the editor can decline a review and return the article to the author(s). (2) For an article that has already been published, the editor should report the related matters to the President of the Korean Finance Association (the Association, hereafter) including the raising of a suspicion of plagiarism, any related major developments in the handling process, and the judgment made by the Research Ethics Special Committee. The president then reports the matters to the board of directors. The board of directors determines actions corresponding to whether plagiarism has been committed or not and to how serious the plagiarism was that occurred. (3) When the final actions by the board of directors includes the revocation of the article's publication, in accordance with Article 9 and Clause 1 of Article 9 of "the Management Guide on the Listed Articles" by the Korean Research Foundation, the Association must remove the article from the list of articles published in the ARFR, ban any future submissions of manuscripts by the involved author(s) to the Journal for the following three years, announce the above facts on the webpage of the Association as well as in the subsequent issue of the ARFR, and report the related matters to the Korea Research Foundation. v) Preparation and Storage of Related Documents (1) Documents related with investigations, judgments, and actions on plagiarism must be archived in the following three categories. ① Logs on investigations of plagiarism ② Evaluation documents by the editorial board and its reports to the board of directors ③ Discussions, decisions, and actions by the board of directors <div class="rule"> <dl> <dt>i) Definition of Plagiarism</dt> <dd> Plagiarism is defined here as an act of using ideas or words from another article that has already been published in a journal or book without proper citation or crediting of its source, thereby misleading readers to overestimate the academic contribution of an article. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>ii) Types of Plagiarism</dt> <dd> Plagiarism is classified into two types. <br><br> (1) Simple Plagiarism<br> Simple plagiarism is an act of borrowing the whole or a part of an original research output by the way of directly copying or superficially paraphrasing an original expression without proper citation, thus giving the misconception that the intellectual property is one's own. It also includes an act of publishing a translation of the whole or a part of an article published in a foreign language without proper citation. It also includes copying a significant part of a source article without using quotation marks even if credit has been given to the source. <br><br> (2) Self Plagiarism<br> Self plagiarism is an act of presenting the whole or a part of one's own research output that has already been published without citing the original source, thus providing the misconception that the work is new and thereby acquiring double recognition for a single research output. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>iii) Investigation on Plagiarism and Judgment</dt> <dd> Once a suspicion of plagiarism is raised on a published or accepted article, the editor forms the Research Ethics Special Committee. The primary role of the Research Ethics Special Committee is to judge whether an article has been plagiarized or not. The committee consists of five to seven members and must include two or more members from outside the editorial board.<br><br> The chairman of the Research Ethics Special Committee should give a rebuttal period of 30 days to the author(s) of the article under suspicion in order to defend his/her/their position before the Committee judges on the plagiarism by a 2/3 vote of the entire committee. The Research Ethics Special Committee consists of 5 persons who are randomly selected from editorial member by Editor.<br><br> When a suspicion of plagiarism is raised during a review process, the editor should solicit an opinion from the reviewer or an associate editor and then give a rebuttal period of 30 days to the author(s) before judging plagiarism. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>iv) Course of actions and Procedures on Plagiarized Articles</dt> <dd> (1) For an article that has been accepted for publication or is still in a review process, judging by the significance of the plagiarism, the editor can request the author(s) to revise the article and give another opportunity for review or the editor can decline a review and return the article to the author(s).<br><br> (2) For an article that has already been published, the editor should report the related matters to the President of the Korean Finance Association (the Association, hereafter) including the raising of a suspicion of plagiarism, any related major developments in the handling process, and the judgment made by the Research Ethics Special Committee. The president then reports the matters to the board of directors. The board of directors determines actions corresponding to whether plagiarism has been committed or not and to how serious the plagiarism was that occurred.<br><br> (3) When the final actions by the board of directors includes the revocation of the article's publication, in accordance with Article 9 and Clause 1 of Article 9 of "the Management Guide on the Listed Articles" by the Korean Research Foundation, the Association must remove the article from the list of articles published in the ARFR, ban any future submissions of manuscripts by the involved author(s) to the Journal for the following three years, announce the above facts on the webpage of the Association as well as in the subsequent issue of the ARFR, and report the related matters to the Korea Research Foundation. </dd> </dl> <dl> <dt>v) Preparation and Storage of Related Documents</dt> <dd> (1) Documents related with investigations, judgments, and actions on plagiarism must be archived in the following three categories.<br> ① Logs on investigations of plagiarism<br> ② Evaluation documents by the editorial board and its reports to the board of directors<br> ③ Discussions, decisions, and actions by the board of directors </dd> </dl></div>
