KJRME is published quarterly(February, May, August, and November) by the Korean Music Education Society. The articles are published online immediately after they complete the process of peer review, revision, and final acceptance.

Inquiries regarding the overall manuscript publication process

Phone: 82-43-230-3422 E-mail: kmesjams@naver.com

For more detailed information about the submission, review, and publication of the manuscript, please click “Instructions for Authors”.

Sections

The first page of the manuscript consists of ①English title, ②English author name, ③English abstract, ④Key words in English, ⑤Introduction The following steps should be followed. For details on the preparation of the manuscript, download the template* and follow the detailed guidelines for the manuscript.

Title

A concise statement of the main topic, which informs readers about the study. The full title should be specific, descriptive, concise, and comprehensible to readers outside the subject field.

Author’s Name and Institutional Affiliation

All author names should be listed in the following order: First name–Middle name initials–Last name. No more than two affiliations per author. The order of the names of the authors show the order of their contributions: First A. Author · Second B. Author · Third C. Author. One author should be designated as the corresponding author, and his or her email address should be included on the manuscript cover page.

Abstract and Key words

The length of abstract should not exceed 8 lines and it ranges from 100 to 150 words. The abstract is one paragraph (not an introduction) and complete in itself (no reference numbers, figures, tables are cited). It should indicate subjects dealt with in the paper and state the objectives of the investigation. Newly observed facts and conclusions of the experiments or arguments discussed in the paper must be stated in summary form; readers should not have to read the paper to understand the abstract. Finally provide maximum five keywords (not to exceed one line) below the abstract. Format the keywords strictly following the examples provided herein.

Introduction

Introduction should include an exploration of the importance of the problem, description of relevant, but brief, literature, and the statement of hypothesis or research questions.

Method

The methods section should include sufficient technical information to allow the research to be repeated.

Result

The results of research should be presented in figures and tables, although some results that do not require documentation can be given solely in the text. Extensive discussion should not be given in the results section

Discussion (& Conclusion)

The discussion section should provide an interpretation of the results in relation to previously published works and should not contain extensive repetition of the Results section or reiteration of the Introduction. In short papers, the Results and Discussion sections may be combined.

References

The references section should include all journal articles, books, patents, and theses cited in the text, tables or figures. All references mentioned in the reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa. Arrange the citations in alphabetical order based on the first authors’ name. Single- and double-authored papers are cited by both authors’ last names, whereas papers with more than three authors are cited by the first author’ last name followed by et al. in italic. Examples are as follows.

Manuscripts are submitted in MS Word(.doc or .docx format) or Hwp following format.

Books

Abeles, H., Hoffer, C., & Klotman, R. (1994). Foundations of music education. New York: Schirmer books.

Chapter in an Edited Book

Wall, M. P., & Wall, J. K. (2016). Improvising to learn: A democratic framework for music education. In Lorenzo, L. C. (Ed.), Giving voice to democracy in music education: Diversity and social justice. New York: Routledge. 123-137

Articles in Scholarly Journals

Kang, S. (2016). The History of Multicultural Music Education and Its Prospects. UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education, 34(2), 21–28.

Thesis and Dissertations

Song, J. H. (2014). A Study on competency-based music curriculum design plan. Doctoral dissertation, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.

Books in Korean

Min, K. H., Kim, S. Y., Kim, Y. H., Bang, K. J., Seung, Y. H., Yang, J. M., Lee, Y. K., Lim, M . K., Jang, K. B., Cho, S., Joo, D. C., & Hyun, K. S. (2017). Introduction to music education(3rd ed.). Seoul: Hakjisa.

Articles in Korean

Park, J. H. (2019). Comparative analysis of competencies presented in OECD education 2030 and 2015 revised music curriculum: Focusing on the degree of reflection of competency. Korean Journal of Research in Music Education, 48(4), 161-180.