Journal of information and
communication convergence engineering
(J. Inf. Commun. Converg. Eng.)

The Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering (JICCE) strictly adhere to the research and publication ethics outlined below and prohibit any malpractices regarding publication. Ethical standards for publication encourage high quality scientific research and papers and thus very important for the development of promising and respected network of knowledge. For the policies on research and publication ethics that are not stated in these instructions, the Guidelines on Good Publication Practice (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines) can be applied.

• A. Research Results
  The original results of research should be recorded and maintained in a form that allows analysis and review, both by collaborators before publication and by other scientists for a reasonable period after publication. Exceptions may be appropriate in certain circumstances to preserve privacy, to assure patent protection, or for similar reasons. Fabrication of data is an egregious departure from the expected norms of scientific conduct, as is the selective reporting of data with the intent to mislead or deceive, as well as the theft of data or research results from others.
• B. Conflict of Interest Statement
  If there are any conflicts of interest, authors should disclose them in the manuscript. A conflict of interest may exist when an author has financial or personal relationships or affiliations that could influence the author's decisions, work, or manuscript. Authors are expected to provide detailed information about all relevant financial interests and relationships or financial conflicts (e.g., employment/affiliation, grants or funding, consultancies, stock ownership or options, royalties, or patents filed, received, or pending), particularly those present at the time the research was conducted and through publication, as well as other financial interests (such as patent applications in preparation) that represent potential future financial gain. All disclosures of any potential conflicts of interest, including specific financial interests and relationships and affiliations (other than those affiliations listed in the title page of the manuscript) relevant to the subject of their manuscript, will be disclosed by the corresponding author on behalf of each coauthor, if any, as part of the submission process. Likewise, authors without conflicts of interest will be requested to state as part of the submission process. Failure to include this information in the manuscript will prohibit commencement of the review process of the manuscript.
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• C. Authorship
  Authorship credit should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet these 3 conditions.
  In order to prevent an Illegitimate Authorship, the National Research Foundation of Korea (hereafter, NRF) and the Korea University Council of Heads of University Research & Industry Cooperation (hereafter, KUCRI) provide the guidelines on authorship (please download it) that research institutes, universities and researchers should comply with:
• D. Originality and Duplicate Publication
  All submitted manuscripts should be original and should not be considered by other scientific journals for publication at the same time. Any part of the accepted manuscript should not be duplicated in any other scientific journal without the permission of the Editorial Board. If duplicate publication related to the papers of this journal is detected, the authors will be announced in the journal and their institutes will be informed, and there also will be penalties for the authors.
• E. Plagiarism
  Plagiarism takes many forms, from 'passing off' another's paper as the author's own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.