Article 1 (Purpose)

This rule intends to specify contribution of literatures to be published on the International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Economy (hereinafter referred to as “e-NAVI”).

Article 2 (Qualification for Contribution)

The author who wants to contribute to the Journal is to be a member of the International Association of e-Navigation and Maritime Economy (hereinafter referred to as “I-NAVI”) in principle and even for the co-authors.

Article 3 (Subject and Scope of Manuscript)

“e-NAVI” is intended to be an outlet for theoretical and empirical research contributions for scholars and specialists in the fields of e-navigation technology and maritime economy. A multidisciplinary and international refereed journal, it brings together papers on the many different topics that concern the fields of e-navigation and maritime economy. e-Navi invites manuscripts mainly in the areas of technology, information system, traffic engineering, education and training, policy and law, management and economy in the fields of transport, logistics and navigation. Applications of theory and research in these areas are highly welcomed.

Article 4 (Essentials for publishing in e-NAVI)

Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be currently under consideration for publication with another journal. Conference papers may only be submitted if it has been completely rewritten and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted. All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of the submitted article. See our "Publication Ethics". All articles for this journal must be submitted using our e-NAVI online submissions system. The corresponding author must sign a copyright agreement form after reading the explanatory notes below.

• It is herein agreed that: The copyright in and to the paper is transferred to International Journal of e-Navigation and Maritime Economy. This copyright transfer covers the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the paper, including reprints, translations, photographic reproductions, microform, electronic form (offline, online), or any other reproductions of similar nature.
• The Author(s) must not publish the above paper anywhere else without the prior written permission of the publisher, I-NAVI but is (are) allowed to post and disseminate it without any commercial purpose.
• The Author(s) warrants that his/her contribution to the above paper is original, except for such excerpts from copyrighted works as may be included with the permission of the copyright holder and the author(s) thereof, that it contains no libelous statements, and does not infringe on any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory right, or propriety right of others. The Author(s) signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of any and all co-authors.
• All the authors hereby assign and transfer the copyright in and to the above paper to I-NAVI.

Chapter 2 Manuscript Reception

Article 5 (Receipt of manuscript)

All manuscripts should be received through the e-NAVI online submissions system. Further information about submitting, please contact the editorial office.
Web address : http://www.e-navi.kr/
Email address : 9850zang@mmu.ac.kr, Tel : + 82-61-240-7159
Mail address : 91 Haeyang Daehak-ro, Mokpo City, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea, (58628)

Article 6 (Manuscript submission)

All manuscripts should be submitted through the e-NAVI online submissions system along with the completed "Author's Checklist" attached below <Table 1>.

Article 7 (Original manuscript printout)

All manuscripts should be submitted followed the guide of the e-NAVI online submissions system.

Chapter 3 Peer Review and Publication Process

Article 8 (Acceptance or rejection)

The Editor-in-Chief will make a final decision on the approval for publication of the submitted manuscripts through the Editorial Board members meeting.

Article 9 (Revision)

After the reception of the manuscripts, it is a rule to deny in principle the request of revision and addition from the authors.

Article 10 (Review of manuscripts)

Editor-in-Chief should be confirmed the completed "Author's Checklist" prior to assignment of editors. Then, the review of manuscripts is assignment of editors in the corresponding field by the Editor-in-Chief. The consulting editor will assign two reviewers to each manuscript to review it. Selected reviewers screening the manuscript accroding to e-Navi’s paper review and editorial board regulations. According to the reviewers' opinion, the consulting editor will make the decision on the manuscript whether it will be accepted or not, except the case of any difficulties which needs the Editorial Board's opinion. Here, the names of reviewers will not open to the authors.

Article 11 (Reply to Reviewers)

After revising the manuscript according to the reviewer's opinion, the author should upload the revised files with a reply to each item of the reviewer's opinion.

Article 12 (Correction)

The accepted manuscript for publication, which contains uncommon terms, characters, spells etc. in general, might be corrected by the Editorial Board. In the process of printing the final manuscript, the correction by author is allowed only once. In this case the author shall not change the content of the body.

Article 13 (Manuscript Return)

The submitted manuscripts are not to be returned to the authors.

Article 14 (Copyright)

When submit the final Manuscript, should be submitted along with the completed “Statement of copyright transfer” attached below <Table 2>.