We recognize the importance of making known to the profession and to the general public the ethical principles that guide the work of the editor, reviewers and manuscript contributors. The following principles of this code are expressed in broad statements to guide ethical decision making. These statements provide a framework; they cannot and do not dictate conduct to cover particular situations.

A) Ethical principles for authors

1. Authors should be honest about their research. The honesty here means honesty in the entire  research processes, such as revealing ideas they did not conceive, financial support of research and publication of research results, and striving to achieve  fair compensation to research participants.

2. Authors should observe the general principles of citation for  academic publication.

3. Authors should not submit the same manuscript to other journals or book editors.

4. Authors should not plagiarize.

5. Authors should report only what they actually did research or when they actually participated in research.

6. Authors should inform the editor of their potential conflict of interest between them and other individuals or institutions and take a measure to minimize it.

B) Ethical principles for the editor

1. The editor is entirely responsible for deciding whether to publish submitted manuscripts. The editor should respect authors and their independence as scholars.

2. In publication decisions, the editor should consider the quality of manuscripts according to the contribution guideline. The editor should ignore the authors' gender, age, affiliated institution, and any prejudice against  and personal relationship with authors.

3. The editor should refer manuscripts to reviewers who have professional or academic expertise and fair judgement. The editor should avoid those who tend to be favorable or unfavorable to certain types of research. A manuscript that is potentially controversial may be sent to multiple reviewers.

4. The editor should not reveal authors' identity to reviewers and should not reveal the contents of manuscripts to other people.

C) Ethical principles for reviewers

1. Reviewers should review the manuscripts conscientiously by the deadline and report the results to the editor. When they feel they are inappropriate as a reviewer, they should report it immediately to the editor.

2. Reviewers should evaluate manuscripts fairly after reading them conscientiously, transcending individual faith or personal relationship with supposed authors. Reviewers should not reject manuscripts because the manuscripts' point of views or interpretations is different from theirs or without any substantial grounds for rejection.

3. Reviewers should respect authors and their independence as scholars. The evaluation report should include their own judgment on manuscripts. If needed, they should explain their evaluation with reasons in detail.

4. Reviewers should keep the contents of manuscripts confidential except for seeking advice from others to evaluate manuscripts. Also they should not cite the contents of manuscripts before their publication.

5. This code of publication ethics will be effective from the issue of the Journal of Human Subjectivity, No. 5, Vol. 2. The journal has been published by the Korean Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity.