Author Guidelines
1. General Information
The Journal of Global Arts Studies (JGAS) is an international peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Korea Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (KIHSS). JGAS welcomes original scholarly manuscripts that fall within the aims and scope of the journal. All manuscripts submitted to JGAS must comply with the journal’s applicable policies, including the Journal Regulations, Editorial and Peer Review Policy, Publication Ethics, AI Ethics Policy, Copyright and Open Access Policy, Privacy Policy, and other relevant guidelines published on the journal website.
2. Submission Language and Publication Language
JGAS accepts initial manuscript submissions in English, Korean, or Chinese. The official publication language of JGAS is English. Manuscripts submitted in Korean or Chinese may proceed through editorial screening and peer review, where applicable. Once a manuscript is accepted or conditionally accepted for publication, the author(s) must submit a complete English version of the final manuscript. The English version must accurately reflect the content, argument, data, citations, references, figures, tables, and conclusions of the reviewed manuscript. The author(s) are responsible for the quality, accuracy, and academic standard of the English translation. The final English manuscript must meet the academic writing and presentation standards of JGAS before publication.
3. Article Types
JGAS accepts scholarly manuscripts that fall within the aims and scope of the journal. Article types may include: a. Research Articles; b. Review Articles; c. Case Studies; d. Essays; e. Interviews; f. Book Reviews; g. Exhibition Reviews; h. Conference Reports; i. Special Issue Articles; j. Other scholarly materials approved by the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board may determine whether a submitted manuscript is suitable for the selected article type. Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Studies, and Special Issue Articles are treated as peer-reviewed scholarly articles. Other scholarly materials may be subject to editorial assessment or external peer review depending on their nature, length, academic content, and editorial judgment.
4. Originality and Exclusive Submission
Manuscripts submitted to JGAS must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal, book, conference proceeding, or publication platform. Authors must not submit the same manuscript to more than one publication at the same time. If the manuscript is based on a thesis, dissertation, conference presentation, working paper, preprint, or prior public version, the author(s) must disclose this at the time of submission and clearly explain the relationship between the submitted manuscript and the prior version.
5. Manuscript Preparation
Authors should prepare manuscripts clearly, consistently, and in accordance with academic standards. A manuscript should generally include the following elements: a. title; b. abstract; c. keywords; d. main text; e. acknowledgements, where applicable; f. funding statement, where applicable; g. conflict of interest statement; h. AI use disclosure statement, where applicable; i. ethics approval or informed consent statement, where applicable; j. data, image, or materials availability statement, where applicable; k. references; l. tables, figures, images, appendices, or supplementary materials, where applicable. Authors should ensure that the manuscript is complete before submission.
6. Title Page
The title page should include: a. manuscript title; b. full name of each author; c. institutional affiliation of each author; d. email address of the corresponding author; e. ORCID iD, where available; f. acknowledgements, where applicable; g. funding information, where applicable; h. conflict of interest statement.
For double-blind peer review, author information must be provided only in the title page or submission form. The manuscript file submitted for review must be anonymized and must not include author names, affiliations, academic ranks, job titles, administrative titles, acknowledgements, self-identifying references, file metadata, or any other information that may reveal the identity, institutional background, or status of the author(s).
Author names and institutional affiliations may appear in the title page, submission form, and final published article. Academic ranks, job titles, administrative titles, or other hierarchical position titles should not be included in the manuscript file submitted for review or in the final published article, unless specifically required for editorial, ethical, or legal reasons. Any such information, where collected, is used only for editorial administration, publication metadata, and research ethics records and must not be used as a basis for editorial or peer review decisions.
7. Abstract and Keywords
Each manuscript should include an abstract that clearly summarizes the purpose, scope, approach, main argument, findings, and contribution of the study. For Research Articles, Review Articles, and Case Studies, the abstract should normally be between 150 and 250 words. Shorter abstracts may be accepted for other scholarly materials where appropriate.
Authors should provide keywords that accurately represent the subject, field, method, and key concepts of the manuscript. The abstract and keywords must be written in English for the final published version.
Abstracts may be reviewed for clarity, accuracy, completeness, readability, and consistency with the manuscript during editorial screening, peer review where applicable, copyediting, proofreading, and final production. Authors may be asked to revise the abstract if it does not adequately reflect the content, method, findings, argument, or contribution of the manuscript.
8. Format-Free Initial Submission
JGAS allows format-free initial submission. At the initial submission stage, authors are not required to follow a strict journal template, provided that the manuscript is complete, readable, and contains all essential scholarly elements, including title, abstract, keywords, main text, references, and any necessary figures, tables, or supplementary materials. The manuscript must be prepared in a clear and consistent format and submitted in an editable document format, unless otherwise specified by the journal. After the manuscript has been accepted or conditionally accepted for publication, the author(s) must revise the manuscript according to the official JGAS manuscript template and formatting requirements. The final version must comply with the journal’s required structure, APA citation and reference style, figure and table format, copyright requirements, and publication standards before it can be published.
9. Citation and References
JGAS uses the APA style for citations and references. Authors must provide complete and accurate citations for all sources used in the manuscript. All in-text citations and reference list entries must follow the APA style required by the journal. All cited works must appear in the reference list, and all entries in the reference list must be cited in the manuscript. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all citations, references, quotations, translations, archival sources, image credits, and other source information. Where applicable, authors should include DOI, URL, publisher information, access date, or other source information required by APA style.
10. Figures, Tables, Images, and Multimedia Materials
Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy, quality, legality, and ethical use of all figures, tables, images, artworks, photographs, diagrams, maps, audio, video, performance documentation, archival materials, and other media included in the manuscript. Each figure, image, or table should include a clear caption and source information. Where permission is required, authors must obtain permission before publication. Permission documents may be requested by the editorial office. Authors must clearly disclose any digital modification, restoration, enhancement, reconstruction, colorization, or AI-assisted generation or modification of images, artworks, figures, or multimedia materials. Third-party materials may be subject to separate copyright, licensing, moral rights, image rights, cultural rights, or community rights restrictions.
11. Research Ethics and Informed Consent
Manuscripts involving human participants, interviews, surveys, fieldwork, personal information, identifiable images, performance documentation, community-based research, or vulnerable individuals must comply with applicable ethical standards. Where required, authors must obtain approval from an appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee. Where applicable, authors must obtain informed consent from participants, interviewees, artists, performers, or other identifiable individuals. Authors must protect the privacy, dignity, and confidentiality of research participants.
Where research involves human participants, human-related data, interviews, surveys, user studies, or other human-centered research, authors should consider sex and gender dimensions where relevant and should report participant characteristics appropriately, unless such information is not applicable to the research design or cannot be disclosed for ethical, privacy, or safety reasons.
12.Authorship and Special Relationship Co-authorship
Authorship must be limited to individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions to the manuscript and who agree to be accountable for the work. All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript before submission and publication. Changes in authorship after submission, including addition, removal, or rearrangement of authors, require written explanation and approval by all authors and the editorial office. Inappropriate authorship practices, including guest authorship, honorary authorship, gift authorship, and ghost authorship, are prohibited. AI tools, chatbots, large language models, or other non-human technologies cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
Authors must disclose any special relationship among co-authors that may raise concerns about authorship integrity, research contribution, or conflict of interest. Special relationships may include, but are not limited to, minors, family members, spouses, children, relatives, students, supervisors, close personal relationships, financial relationships, or other relationships that may affect the fairness or transparency of authorship.
Where a manuscript includes a co-author with a special relationship to another author, the corresponding author must disclose the relationship at the time of submission and may be asked to provide a clear authorship contribution statement, research records, data, drafts, correspondence, or other evidence demonstrating that all listed authors meet the journal’s authorship criteria.
JGAS may conduct additional editorial or ethical review when special relationship co-authorship is disclosed or suspected. If inappropriate authorship, honorary authorship, gift authorship, ghost authorship, misrepresentation of contribution, or other research misconduct is confirmed, the journal may reject the manuscript, retract the published article, restrict future submissions by the responsible author(s), and notify relevant institutions where appropriate.
Where a confirmed case of misconduct involving a special relationship co-author has resulted in or may result in an improper academic, educational, admission-related, employment-related, or research-related benefit, JGAS may notify the relevant institution in accordance with journal policy, applicable law, and data protection requirements.
13. Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest that may influence the research, interpretation, submission, review, or publication of the manuscript. Conflicts of interest may include financial, institutional, academic, personal, professional, political, or ideological relationships. If there is no conflict of interest, authors may state: Conflict of Interest Statement: The author(s) declare no conflict of interest.
14. Funding Statement
Authors must disclose all funding sources, grants, sponsorships, institutional support, or financial assistance related to the research or preparation of the manuscript. If the research received no funding, authors may state: Funding Statement: This research received no external funding.
15. AI Use Disclosure
Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in accordance with the journal’s AI Ethics Policy. Disclosure is required when AI tools are used to draft, rewrite, translate, summarize, analyze, generate, modify, or substantially edit scholarly content, including text, references, images, figures, tables, audio, video, or data. Minor use of AI for spelling correction, grammar checking, or basic formatting does not normally require detailed disclosure, unless the tool substantially changes the meaning, structure, analysis, or scholarly content of the manuscript. Authors may use the following statement: AI Use Disclosure Statement: During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [name of AI tool, version if known] for [specific purpose]. The author(s) reviewed, edited, verified, and approved all AI-assisted content and take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and ethical compliance of the final manuscript. If no AI tool was used, authors may state: AI Use Disclosure Statement: The author(s) declare that no generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used in the preparation of this manuscript.
16. Copyright and Permissions
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts do not infringe copyright, moral rights, image rights, privacy rights, licensing terms, database rights, or other intellectual property rights.
Authors must obtain permission to reproduce or adapt third-party materials where required, including artworks, photographs, museum or archive images, figures, tables, maps, audio, video, performance documentation, long quotations, and copyrighted digital materials.
Authors retain the copyright of their articles published in JGAS, in accordance with the journal’s Copyright and Open Access Policy.
17. Open Access, Licensing, Self-Archiving, and Full-Text Access
JGAS provides access to published articles in accordance with the journal’s Copyright and Open Access Policy. Articles published in JGAS are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), unless otherwise stated. Articles may also be distributed, indexed, archived, or hosted through academic databases, journal platforms, indexing services, repositories, or other third-party services under non-exclusive arrangements. The applicable license and reuse conditions shall be clearly stated on the article webpage, PDF file, or article metadata where applicable.
Authors may self-archive the pre-print, post-print, and published PDF versions of their articles in institutional repositories, personal websites, academic profiles, funder repositories, or other non-commercial scholarly repositories, provided that proper citation to the original publication in JGAS is included.
JGAS provides full-text access to published articles without an embargo.
18. Publication Fees
Submission fees, peer review fees, article processing charges, page charges, or other publication-related fees shall be clearly stated on the journal website. Authors should consult the Publication Fees page before submission. Any changes to publication fees will be announced transparently and will not affect manuscripts already accepted unless otherwise specified.
19. Submission Process
Authors should submit manuscripts through the official JGAS submission system or another method designated by the editorial office. Before submission, authors should ensure that: a. the manuscript follows the Author Guidelines; b. the manuscript is original and not under consideration elsewhere; c. all authors have approved the submission; d. all required declarations are included; e. all figures, tables, images, and third-party materials have appropriate permissions where required; f. all references are complete and accurate; g. AI use has been disclosed where applicable; h. conflicts of interest and funding sources have been disclosed; i. ethics approval or informed consent has been obtained where applicable.
20. Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to JGAS undergo initial editorial screening. Peer-reviewed scholarly articles that meet the basic requirements may be sent for double-blind peer review. In principle, each peer-reviewed scholarly article shall be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. After peer review, the editorial decision may be one of the following: a. Accept; b. Minor Revision; c. Major Revision; d. Revise and Resubmit; e. Reject. Reviewer recommendations are advisory. The final editorial decision is made by the Co-Editors-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief where appointed, or the responsible editor.
21. Revision
When revision is requested, authors must submit: a. a revised manuscript; b. a response letter explaining how each reviewer and editor comment has been addressed; c. a marked version of the manuscript, where requested. Authors should respond to reviewer and editor comments clearly, respectfully, and thoroughly. Revised manuscripts may be reviewed again by the original reviewers, new reviewers, or the responsible editor, depending on the extent of revision.
22. Final Manuscript Submission
After acceptance or conditional acceptance, authors must submit the final manuscript in English. The final manuscript must follow the official JGAS manuscript template and must comply with the journal’s formatting, APA citation and reference style, figure and table, copyright permission, and publication requirements. The final English manuscript must be complete, accurate, and ready for copyediting, proofreading, and production.
23. Proofs and Publication
After acceptance, manuscripts may undergo copyediting, formatting, proofreading, and final production. Authors may be asked to review proofs before publication. Authors are responsible for checking the accuracy of names, affiliations, references, figures, tables, captions, and final text. Only minor corrections may be allowed at proof stage. Substantial changes after acceptance may require editorial approval.
24. Corrections, Retractions, and Withdrawal
Authors must promptly inform the editorial office if they identify a significant error in a submitted or published manuscript. Corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, and withdrawal requests will be handled according to the journal’s Corrections, Retractions, and Complaints Policy. Authors should not withdraw a manuscript without reasonable cause after it has entered peer review or production.
25. Privacy and Confidentiality
JGAS handles personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Authors must not include private, sensitive, or identifiable information about individuals without appropriate permission, consent, or ethical justification. Submitted manuscripts, peer review reports, editorial correspondence, and unpublished materials are treated as confidential.
26. Contact
Questions regarding manuscript preparation, submission, peer review, publication ethics, copyright, or journal policies should be directed to the JGAS editorial office. Authors should consult the journal website for the most recent guidelines and contact information.
27. Policy Review
These Author Guidelines may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect changes in journal operations, publication ethics, indexing requirements, editorial standards, and scholarly publishing practices. The most recent version of these guidelines shall be made available on the JGAS website.
Last updated: December 1, 2025