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This journal is a peer reviewed, subsidized open access journal where National Science Museum of Korea and Korea National Arboretum pays the OA fee. Authors do not have to pay any open access publication fee.
Peer review under the responsibility of National Science Museum of Korea and Korea National Arboretum.

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All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute.

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Note: If you need to comply with your funding body policy, you can apply for the CC BY license after your manuscript is accepted for publication.

Author rights

For open access publishing, this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to National Science Museum of Korea and Korea National Arboretum, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.

Publishing schedule

This journal is published quarterly; March, June, September, and December.

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