Notes for Contributors to the Korean Journal of Sociology

A. Submission

The Korean Journal of Sociology, an official journal of the Korean Sociological Association, is published four times a year (February 28, May 31, August 31, and November 30). All submissions and publications are subject to the publication procedure and manuscript writing guidelines.

Authors should submit an electronic copy of their manuscript to kjseditor@gmail.com in either MS word or hwp format. Or authors may submit the copy on the official webpage (http://submission.ksa21.or.kr/) after signing in (in Korean). All contributions except when acknowledged by the editorial committee, should not be published elsewhere or be under consideration for publication in other journals or books. Significant findings that have already appeared (or will appear) elsewhere must be clearly identified.

For detailed inquiries, please contact  kjs.korean@gmail.com.

 

B. Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be double-spaced and typed in English on single sides of paper. Sections in a manuscript may include the following:

 

1) Cover Page

Cover page must include

  • full article title and running title
  • each author’s full name and institutional affiliation(s)
  • acknowledgements (with funding information)
  • total word count (including notes and references)
  • corresponding author (name, address, phone/fax, e-mail)
  • each author’s brief biographical sketch of 80 words or fewer

 

2) Abstract and Keywords

Abstract and keywords should be prepared on a separate page headed by the title. Omit author information. Abstract should not exceed 150 words.

 

3) Text

Begin article text on a new page headed by the title. No author identification.

1. Headings and subheadings: three levels of headings are sufficient to organize the text. Do not give indent to each heading or subheading. Headings and subheadings should be like the following (do not use numbers such as “1” and “I”):

 

KOREAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

Korean Journal of Sociology

Korean Journal of Sociology

 

2. Type the footnotes in numerical order in the text. Footnotes need to be as concise as possible.

3. References in the text. Examples of the citations in the text are:

  • Lee (1974); Lee (1974: 30-35); (Lee 1974: 30-35); (Shilling and Mellor 1998: 171)
  • For more than three authors, use “et al.” (Meyer et al. 1997)
  • List a series of citations in alphabetical order separated by semicolons. (Bourdieu 1977: 24; Grusky 2004: 12; Hauser 1992: 788)

 

4) References

On a separate page, this section begins with “REFERENCES.” All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically. For the references written in language other than English, give the title pronounced in English first, followed by parenthetical title in English translation. As for the reference in Korean, provide an English translation of it, followed by“[in Korean].” Examples are:

 

Books

Tilly, Charles. 1978. From Mobilization to Revolution. New York: Addison-Wesley.

Weber, Max. [1896] 1976. The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations, translated by R. I. Frank. London: NLB.

 

Book Chapters

Stepan, Alfred. 1985. “State Power and the Strength of Civil Society in the Southern Cone of Latin America.” pp. 317-43 in Bringing the State Back In, edited by Peter B. Evans, Diestrich Rueschemeyer, and Theda Skocpol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Periodicals

Kim, Hong-Jung. 2007. “The Landscape of Modern Reflexivity and the Allegory of Reflexive Subject.”Korean Journal of Sociology41(3): 186-214 [in Korean].

Snow, David A., E. Burke Rochford Jr., Steven K. Worden, and Robert D. Benford. 1986. “Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation.” American Sociological Review 51(4): 464-81.

 

5) Tables and Figures

All tables and figures should be prepared on separate pages and attached at the end of the paper. Each table and figure must have a descriptive title and number. Author (s) should indicate clearly in the text where tables and figures are to be inserted.