Eun Seong Hwang | Chair of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; Department of Life Science, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea ( eshwang@uos.ac.kr) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8580-8444

Eun Hee Cho | Vice-chair of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; Department of Biology Education, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea ( ehcho@chosun.ac.kr)

Young-Mog Kim | Member of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; Department of Food Science & Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea ( ymkim@pknuac.kr)

Kibeom Park | Member of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; Division for Innovation Policy Research, Science & Technology Policy Institute, Sejong-Si, Korea ( soli@stepire.kr)

Wha-Chul Son | Member of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; Global Leadership School (Philosophy), Handong Global University, Pohang, Korea ( phtechhd@gmail.com)

Tae-Woong Yoon | Member of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea ( yoon.tw@gmail.com)

Jeong Mook Lim | Member of the Committee on Publication ethics, Korean Council of Science Editors; Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea ( limjm@snu.ac.kr)

Yunhee Whang and Jocelyn Graf | Compecs Inc., Seoul, Korea

Hye-Min Cho and Hee-Kyung Chung | Infolumi, Seongnam, Korea

Kyoung-Mi Jung | Academya, Anyang, Korea