Journals

    International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture
    eISSN
    2950-9831
    doi prefix
    https://doi.org/10.23124
    Issues per year
    2
    Indexing
    Not applicable
    Country, Region
    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Aims & Scope

    Aims

    International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture (JBNC) is a peer-reviewed, international, and transdisciplinary journal exploring recent developments in body studies. JBNC is committed to the conception of the body not as an entity with a fixed boundary but as a materializing process intertwined with other bodies human and non-human. With this ethical commitment coupled with theoretical openness, JBNC invites academic articles from a broad range of scholars in the fields of body studies. In addition, JBNC also welcomes notes, discussions, and reviews that stimulate new perspectives on body-related studies and encourage interdisciplinary exchange. Articles in this journal are subject to double-blind peer review. JBNC is published two times yearly by the Institute of Body & Culture (IBC) in Korea, which, since its foundation in 2007, has led and shaped body studies in the fields of philosophy, sociology, science, anthropology, cultural studies, environmental studies, feminism, and many others.

    For further information, visit us online: http://ibc.konkuk.ac.kr/main.do  

    Archives

    Current

    • Editor's Note: Precarious life and the Anthropocene, and Literature
      Jonggab Kim
      DOI : https://doi.org/10.23124/JBNC.2023.2.2.105
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    • Navigating Precarity: From Refugee Camps to Colonies
      Arunjot Kaur and Meenu Gupta
      DOI : https://doi.org/10.23124/JBNC.2023.2.2.115
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    • Reading and Reflecting Upon Precarious Lives of Capitalism through Korean Drama My Mister
      Tanya Kaur and Meenu Gupta
      DOI : https://doi.org/10.23124/JBNC.2023.2.2.131
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    • A Simulation Theory of Musical Expressivity: An Expanded Version
      Hye-yoon Chung
      DOI : https://doi.org/10.23124/JBNC.2023.2.2.151
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    Indexing

    Not applicable

    Editors

    • Prof. Jonggab Kim Editor-in-Chief
      International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture
      Director of Institute of Body & Culture; Professor for English Dept. at Konkuk University, South Korea
    • Dr. Shunqing Cao
      Distinguished Professor at Sichuan University, China

    • Dr. Jeffrey K.H. Chan
      Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences/Design and Artificial Intelligence, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore.
    • Dr. Simon C. Estok
      Full professor and Senior Research Fellow at Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea’s first and oldest university
    • Dr. Tom Cohen
      Professor at the Department of English at the University at Albany, SUNY

    • Dr. Masatake Shinohara
      Associate professor at Kyoto University, with a primary focus on contemporary philosophy, environmental humanities, architecture, and art.
    • Dr. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
      Professor at the School of Global Communication Director and Global Centre for Technology in Humanities, Kyung Hee University.

    • Dr. David R. Cole
      Associate Professor in Literacies, English and ESL in the Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney.
    • Dr. Irving Goh
      Associate professor of Literature, University of Singapore.
    • Dr. Meenu Gupta
      Associate professor at the Department of English and Cultural Studies Panjab University, Chandigarh.
    • Dr. Hsien-hao Sebastian Liao
      Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Dean of the Institute for
      Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University.

    For Authors / Submit

    1. The scope of the journal

    1.1 Aims & Scope

    International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture (JBNC) is a peer-reviewed, international, and transdisciplinary journal exploring recent developments in body studies. JBNC is committed to the conception of the body not as an entity
    with a fixed boundary but as a materializing process intertwined with other bodies human and non-human. With this ethical commitment coupled with theoretical openness, JBNC invites academic articles from a broad range of scholars in
    the fields of body studies. In addition, JBNC also welcomes notes, discussions, and reviews that stimulate new perspectives on body-related studies and encourage interdisciplinary exchange.
     
    1.2 Article types

    JBNC welcomes original articles, review articles, and special issues that make contributions to body studies in the fields of philosophy, sociology, science, anthropology, cultural studies, environmental studies, feminism, and many others, regardless of methodology. 
    The original research provides a substantial amount of new information and includes an abstract, keywords, text, references, appendices, notes, as well as figures and tables. It should not exceed 8,000 words. 
    The review articles review books and other significant contributions to the field. The target word counts 3,000 words.
    The special issue, editorial issue, and interview usually contain up to 2,000 words in length. 
     
    2. Editorial policies
     
    2.1 Peer review policy
    The journal operates an anonymous peer review process. The full name of each author should not be included in the manuscript. Reviewers and authors are withheld from each other. The peer review process typically takes from one to three months and the average turnaround time can be longer under special circumstances. Editorial decisions on articles include “accept after minor revisions, reconsider after major revisions, and reject.”
    Accept after minor revisions: The manuscript is accepted after minor revisions based on the reviewers’ comments. Any revision in length by less than 10% should be a minor revision.  
    Reconsider after major revisions: The authors need to make substantial revisions by providing a point by point response to reviewers’ comments and resubmitting the updated paper within a suitable time frame. 
    Reject: The manuscript that has serious flaws and/or makes no original significant contribution is not suitable for publication. Rejected manuscripts may be reconsidered for reviewing process as new manuscripts after substantial revision. 
     
    2.2 Authorship 
    Authors should be all parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. 
     
    2.3 Acknowledgements
    An acknowledgments section includes all contributions that do not meet the criteria for authorship. For instance, those who provided purely technical help or writing assistance from individuals or a communications company should be listed in an acknowledgments section.
     
    2.4. Declaration of conflict interests
    The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) states in its Guidelines on Good Publication Practice (2003) that:
    ‘Conflicts of interest arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that are not fully apparent and that may influence their judgments on what is published. They have been described as those which, when revealed later, would make a reasonable reader feel misled or deceived.’ 
    If authors have any conflicting interests to declare, they are encouraged to include a declaration of conflicting interests. Authors are not required to submit the declaration if there are no potential conflicts of interest. 
     
    3. Publishing policies
     
    3.1 Publication ethics
    JBNC follows the standard for Ethics and Publication Malpractice set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and treats any ethical misconduct seriously. For instance, plagiarism, falsification or fabrication of data, and misappropriation of the work are unacceptable practices. Please read the standard to uphold the integrity of the academic record. 
     
    3.1.1 Plagiarism
    JBNC takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism, or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgment, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
     
    3.1.2 Prior publication
    JBNC generally does not accept a manuscript that has been previously published. However, under certain circumstances previously published research can be considered for publication. 
     
    3.2 Contributor’s publishing agreement
    Before publication, the author as the rights holder is required to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement in order to grant JBNC the sole and exclusive right and license to publish for the full legal term of copyright. This guarantees that the author retains copyright in the manuscript. 
     
    4. Manuscript preparation 
    Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with conventions listed in the Public Manual of the Modern Language Association (MLA; 8th ed.). JBNC publishes manuscripts of between 6,000 and 8,000 words in English (inclusive of references, tables, figures, appendices, and notes). Submission of more than a hundred words beyond the target word count will not be generally considered for reviewing process. Authors must use Microsoft™ Word to submit their articles. 
     
    4.1 Title page
    Each submission should contain a title page with a full title and subtitle (if any). The title page includes the full name of each author with current affiliation and address, phone, email details as well as a short biographical note. It should be submitted separately on the site and not include the manuscript.  
     
    4.2 Main text
    Use Times New Roman font, size 12, with double spacing. The text should be clearly organized, with a logical hierarchy of headings and subheadings, and quotations exceeding 40 words to be displayed and indented, in the text. US or UK spelling may be used. For the purpose of anonymous peer review, the authors must remove all identifying information from the electronic file of the manuscript. The author may be referred to as “the author(s)” and/or “he, she, or they,” if needed. 
    Prepare an abstract of 100-150 words along with 5 keywords on a separate page. 
    Tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic numerals with a brief descriptive title. They should be placed after references and cited in the text. Figures must be contained in a form suitable for reproduction. 
    References should be listed in accordance with conventions listed in the MLA manual and cited in the text. Authors should provide the DOIs (Digital Object Identifier) of the listed articles in the reference list.  
     
    4.3 Cover letter 
    A cover letter should be separately submitted and include statements regarding the disclosure of a third party who is not listed as an author, including the individual’s name, company, and level of input, and confirmation that the listed authors have authorized the submission and approved any statements of declarations such as conflicting interests, funding, etc. It should also include statements that the content has not been published previously and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. 
     
    4.4 English language editing services
    International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture (JBNC) does not offer an English language editing service. When necessary, authors are required to personally seek assistance with English language editing, translating, and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s submission guideline. Submissions can be rejected due to language insufficiencies.
     
    5. Manuscript submission
    Visit A SUBMISSION LINK to log in and submit your article online.  
     
    6. Further information
    For any correspondence, queries, or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process, please contact the International Journal of Body, Nature, and Culture editorial office at kkbody@konkuk.ac.kr.

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