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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Announcement: The <i>Journal of Korean Studies</i> Online Manuscript Submission and Peer Review via Editorial Manager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The<i> Journal of Korean Studies (JKS)</i> is pleased to announce the <b>August 15, 2017</b> launch of a new online system that will facilitate all aspects of manuscript submission, peer review, and manuscript tracking. Through the <b>Editorial Manager</b>, <i>JKS’</i>s author, reviewer, and editorial community will perform all tasks associated with the peer review process over the web in a user-friendly environment. Please visit <i>JKS</i>’s new online system at </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121'><a href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/jks/Default.aspx">http://www.editorialmanager.com/jks/Default.aspx</a></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> and register to submit an article or to serve as a reviewer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>We encourage all new users to register at the same URL by clicking “Register” in the main navigation bar at the top of the page. An email then will be sent to you to create your username and password. After you log in, you can click "Update My Information" in the blue menu bar and change your username and password if you wish. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>We encourage you to update your profile in the <i>JKS’</i>s Editorial Manager system. The Editors will use designated areas of expertise in the profile data as a resource for selecting potential reviewers. Keeping this information up to date will ensure that potential referees have opportunities to review new papers in the fields in which they have the most interest and/or expertise.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Please note that manuscripts submitted before the <b>August 15, 2017</b> launch of the <i>JKS</i>’s Editorial Manager system will continue in the review process using our traditional e-mail-based procedures. If you have such a manuscript under review, do not attempt to upload your revised files into Editorial manager; instead, email the revised manuscripts to <a href="mailto:jk2857@columbia.edu">jk2857@columbia.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Authors and reviewers of manuscripts submitted before<b> August 15, 2017</b> should send correspondence and reviewer reports, as usual, via e-mail to the appropriate JKS Editorial Office. If you have any questions about a manuscript currently in the peer review process, please contact the editorial office, via e-mail, at <b><a href="mailto:ckrinfo@columbia.edu">ckrinfo@columbia.edu</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>For manuscripts submitted <b>on or after August 15, 2017</b>, all participants in the peer review process must use <i>JK</i>S’s new site at </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121'><a href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/jks/Default.aspx">http://www.editorialmanager.com/jks/Default.aspx</a></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>. If you have any questions or encounter problems, please contact by clicking the 'contact us' in the main navigation bar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Contact information for the <i>JKS</i>’s Editorial Offices is available in the “About Us” link, located on the site <a href="http://jks.weai.columbia.edu/">jks.weai.columbia.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Thank you for your ongoing support of the<i> Journal of Korean Studies</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>