As an open access journal, Preventive Nutrition and Food Science(PNF)will follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (https://doaj.org/bestpractice) developed by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

• 1. Website

  The URL of official journal web site is http://www.pnfs.or.kr.The PNF team endeavors to make a good website. PNF website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.

• 2. Name of Journal

  The official journal title is the Preventive Nutrition and Food Science(PNF), the abbreviation of ISO is Prev. Nutr. Food Sci.

• 3. Peer Review Process

  The PNF has on online submission and peer review system at http://www.pnfs.or.kr/submission/Login.html
  
  All papers, including those invited by the Editor, are subject to peer review. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of the Journal or does not adhere to the Instructions for Authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after receipt and without a review. Before reviewing, all submitted manuscripts are inspected by Similarity Check powered by iThenticate (https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/), a plagiarism-screening tool.
  
  The journal uses a double-blind peer-review process: the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and vice versa. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least 2 external experts and editors. PNF’s average turnaround time from submission to decision is 5 weeks. The editor is responsible for the final decision whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected.

• 4. Ownership and Management

  This journal is owned by the publisher, the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN). (http://www.kfn.or.kr).

• 5/6. Governing Body / Editorial Team and Contact Information

  The governing body is the journal's editorial board. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors and members of journal management team are displayed on the About (Editorial Board & Journal Management Team) tab of journal homepage, and the contact information for the Editor and editorial office is on the About (Contact Us) tab.

• 7. Copyright and Licensing

  Copyright to all published materials is owned by the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN). All authors should agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.
  
  PNF is an open access journal. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To use the tables or figures of PNF in other journals, books or media for scholarly, educational purposes, the process of permission request to the publisher of PNF is not necessary. All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

• 8. Author Fees

  PNF uses the Open Access publishing model in which all published articles are freely available to readers directly from the Journal's website. This publishing model, however, is based on author fees. The submissions of a manuscript and peer-review process are free of charge. The processing fee applies only to manuscripts accepted for publication.

• 9. Process for Identification of and Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct

  The editorial board of PNF have carefully examined all submitted manuscripts whether these are abided by the ethical guidelines of the ICMJE and COPE. The published articles have involved the statements of conflict of interest, institutional review board, informed consent, and human/animal rights.
  
  When the Journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by the COPE
  (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The editorial board of PNF will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. PNF will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

• 10. Publication Ethics

  PNF follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org), Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations), and Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (http://kamje.or.kr).
  
  Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy (Publication Ethics) tab of journal homepage.

• 11. Publishing Schedule

  PNF is published 4 times (the lastday of March, June, September, December) a year.

• 12. Access

  PNF is an open access journal. A free full-text service both in the XML and PDF formats is available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

• 13. Archiving

  Full text of PNF has been archived in National Library of Korea (http://www.nl.go.kr). According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of Sherpa/Romeo (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk), authors cannot archive pre-print (i.e., pre-refereeing), but they can archive post-print (i.e., final draft post-refereeing). Authors can archive publisher's version/PDF. PNF provides the electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event the journal is no longer published by archiving in National Library of Korea.

• 14. Revenues Sources

  Revenue sources of journal are from the support of publisher (Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition) and advertising rates.

• 15. Advertising

  Preventive Nutrition and Food Science does not accept any commercial product advertisements until policy changes otherwise.

• 16. Direct Marketing

  Journal propagation has been done through the journal web site and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.