Management team and publishing credentials
Management team (2024)
Posted on August 15, 2024
Journal manager
Sun Huh, Hallym University, Korea
Review process managers
Ji Yeon Byun, Dermatology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea
Hae-Sun Chung, Laboratory Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea
Na Rae Yang, Neurosurgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea
Ethics editor
Wook Bum Pyun, Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea
Statistics editor
Kyoung Ae Kong, Preventive Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea
Language editors
Andrew Dombrowski, Linguistics and Slavic Languages/Literatures, Compecs Co., Korea
Hyeyoung Erin Jeun, Emergency Medicine, New York Medical College, USA
Manuscript editor
Ji Eun Lee, Guhmok Publishing Co./Guhmok Info Inc., Korea
Layout editor
Ha Hyung Kim, Guhmok Publishing Co./Guhmok Info Inc., Korea
Website and JATS XML producer
Yeonwook Kim, Guhmok Publishing Co., Korea
Administrative assistant
Yoojin Kil, Ewha Medical Research Institute, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea
Publishing credentials (2024)
Posted on August 15, 2024
Name and title: Sun Huh, M.D., Ph.D, Editor-in-chief
Responsibilities: Journal manager
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Huh has volunteered as an editor-in-chief of Ewha Medical Journal (EMJ) since September 2023. He took on the role of journal manager because EMJ is a non-profit publication of the Ewha Womans University College of Medicine. No honorarium is paid to the editor-in-chief.
Dr. Huh graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1982 and received a PhD in parasitology in 1990. He became a tenure-track faculty member in parasitology at Hallym University in 1988. He retired in February 2024 but continues teaching as an Emeritus professor for medical students. In 1991, he joined the Korean Journal of Parasitology (Now Parasites, hosts and Diseases) editorial board and continued in this role until 2021. As a founding member, Dr. Huh has participated in the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors since 1996. He has also edited the Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions since 2005. His passion for medical journals in Korea has flourished through the establishment of KoreaMed and KoreaMed Synapse, as well as the foundation of the Editors' Academy. He has also worked as a founding member of the Korean Council of Science Editors since 2011. He has served as a member of the Steering Committee for Scopus Expert Content Selection & Advisory Committee (2021-Present).
He has published articles on editing and publishing, a list of which is available at http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8559-8640. His main interests include adopting measurement theory in medical education and journal consulting. He has always respected expert colleagues in manuscript editing, English proofreading, illustration, PDF layout design, information technology engineering for XML production, homepage management, and e-submission system management. He enjoys attending orchestra or opera recitals with these colleagues or editorial board members.
Membership in professional associations: Korean Society for Parasitology (1982-Present), Korean Medical Association (1982-Present), Korean Society of Medical Education (1988-Present), Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (1996-Present), European Association of Science Editors (2009-Pressent), Council of Science Editors (2010-Present), Korean Council of Science Editors (2011-Present).
Name and title: Ji Yeon Byun, M.D., Ph.D, Associate editor
Responsibilities: Review process manager
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Ji Yeon Byun has been a professor of dermatology at Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea, since 2012. Dr. Byun has voluntarily served on the board of the Ewha Medical Journal and currently holds the position of Associate Editor.
Dr. Byun earned her medical degree from Ewha Womans University College of Medicine in 2004 and completed her Ph.D. in dermatology in 2012. She has been a faculty member at Ewha Womans University Hospital since 2014.
In addition to her dermatology roles, Dr. Byun has contributed to various editorial committees for the KDA and KSID and has been involved with the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, particularly on the Committee for Planning and Administration from 2017 to 2020. Her current primary interests are dermatology, immunology, and journal editing.
Membership in professional associations: Dr. Byun is an active councilor of the Korean Dermatological Association (KDA) and participates in several of its member societies, including the Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology (KSID), the Korean Society for Immunopathology, and the Korean Society for Psoriasis. She also served as the Director for International Relations in the Korean Society for Psoriasis from 2022 to 2023.
Name and title: Hae-Sun Chung, M.D. Ph.D, Associate editor
Responsibilities: Review process manager
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Chung has voluntarily worked for Ewha Medical Journal since 2016 and currently serves as an Associate editor. She graduated from Ewha Womans University College of Medicine in 2005 and received a Ph.D. in laboratory medicine in 2015. Dr. Chung has worked as a clinical faculty member in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Ewha Womans University Hospital since 2012. She worked as a board member of the Korean Association of Medical Journal Editor for Information Management from 2020 to 2023. She has been Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Clinical Microbiology since 2022; before that, she was an Assistant Editor of the Annals of Clinical Microbiology from 2012 to 2021. Additionally, she has been an Editorial board member of the Korean Journal of Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and Prevention since 2019.
Membership in professional associations: Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine (2010-Present), Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology (2010-Present), Korean Society for Genetic Diagnostics (2010-Present), Korean Society of Infectious Diseases (2012-Present), Korean Society for Healthcare-associated Infection Control (2015-Present).
Name and title: Na Rae Yang, M.D. Ph.D., Associate Editor
Responsibilities: Review process manager
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Yang joined the editorial board of Ewha Medical Journal in 2020 and has been serving as an Associate Editor since 2022. She graduated from Ewha Womans University College of Medicine in 2007 and received her Ph.D. in 2018. Dr. Yang has been a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Ewha Medical Center since 2014, specializing in surgery and treating cerebrovascular diseases. She serves as a review board member for the Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery and Acute and Critical Care.
Membership in professional associations: Korean Medical Association (2007-Present), The Korean Neurosurgical Society (2012-Present), Korean Society of Cerebrovascular Surgeons (2012-Present), Korean Society of Interventional Neuroradiology (2012-Present), Korean NeuroEndovascular Society (2012-Present), Korean Neurotraumatology Society (2012-Present), Korean Neuro-Intensive Care Society (2022-Present)
Name and title: Wook Bum Pyun, M.D., Ph.D, Ethics editor
Responsibilities: Management of ethics issues
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Pyun has worked for Ewha Medical Journal as an Ethics editor since 2022. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine] and received a Ph.D. in internal medicine from Yonsei University College of Medicine. He has worked as an editorial board member of the Korean Circulation Journal. Primarily, Dr. Pyun has worked as an editor-in-chief for Clinical Hypertension since 2023. He is one of the top medical editors in Korea.
Membership in professional associations: Korean Medical Association, the Korean Association of Internal Medicine, Korean Society of Cardiology, Korean Society of Hypertension.
Name and title: Kyoung Ae Kong, M.D, Ph.D., Statistics editor
Responsibilities: Management of statistical issues during the peer review process
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Kong has worked for Ewha Medical Journal as a Statistical editor since 2022. She served EMJ as an editorial board member from 2017-2021, and statistical editor from 2011 to 2016. She has been a faculty member in the Department of Preventive Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine since 2017. After graduating from Ewha Womans University College of Medicine in 1997, she got the board of family medicine in 2002. She received her Ph.D. in preventive medicine in 2009. She has experience working as a consultant for epidemiology and statistics in the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency from 2009 to 2011. She has also worked as a member of the committee of an institutional review board of the Ewha Womans University College of Medicine since 2017.
Membership in professional associations: Korean Medical Association (1997-present), the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (2007-Present), Korean Society of Epidemiology (2007-Present)
Name and title: Andrew Dombrowski, Ph.D., language editor
Responsibilities: Proofreading of the English language for all manuscripts accepted
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Dombrowski received a joint PhD in 2013 from the University of Chicago in Linguistics and Slavic Languages/Literature. Subsequently, he completed a post-baccalaureate health professions program at UC Berkeley Extension and has worked as a professional biomedical editor since 2015 at Compecs Co., Korea. During that time, he has edited over 3,500 articles from diverse medical fields, ranging from public health and policy to surgical specialties and basic research. His magical English proofreading has made the manuscripts more logically structured and easily understandable.
Membership in professional associations: Korean Council of Science Editors (2015-Present)
Name and title: Hyeyoung Erin Jeun, M.D., language editor
Responsibilities: Provision of English language
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Dr. Jeun has voluntarily worked as a language editor for Ewha Medical Journal since 2022. She graduated from Ewha Womans University College of Medicine in 2007. She finished her residency at the University of Alabama, Internal Medicine, in 2009 and at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Emergency Medicine, in 2012. She has worked as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at New York Medical College—Metropolitan Hospital since 2015. Although she works in the United States, her love for alumnus college is reflected in the journal promotion, which has excellent English-language quality.
Name and title: Ji Eun Lee, BA., Manuscript editor
Responsibilities: Manuscript editing of all accepted manuscript
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Ms. Lee has worked for Ewha Medical Journal since 2023. She has also worked for several journals, including Food Science of Animal Resources and Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology at Guhmok Publishing Co./Guhmok Info Inc., Korea. She has a Korea Manuscript Editor Certification issued by the Korean Council of Science Editors. Her manuscript editing quality is top-level, so editors can have confidence in the journal's style and format.
Name and title: Ha Hyung Kim, BA., Layout editor
Responsibilities: Layout editing for PDF format
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Mrs. Kim has worked for Ewha Medical Journal since 2022. She has also worked for several journals, including Development & Reproduction, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, etc. at Guhmok Publishing Co./Guhmok Info Inc., Korea. She is excellent at producing PDF files.
Name and title: Yeonwook Kim, B.Sc., Website and JATS XML producer
Responsibilities: Management of journal homepage, e-submission system, and JATS XML producing
Prior experience in scientific publishing: He has produced the website and JATS XML at Guhmok Publishing Co./Guhmok Info Inc., Korea. He works for several PubMed Central (PMC) journals, including the Journal of Animal Science and Technology, Food Science of Animal Resources, etc. His XML production was excellent, so there was no problem validating the JATS XML to deposit to PMC. Also, the journal homepages he produced were excellent for readers.
Name and title: Yoojin Kil, B.Sc. Administrative assistant
Responsibilities: Management of the financial balance, Reporting budget income and outcome
Prior experience in scientific publishing: Ms. Kil joined EMJ in 2024. She is excellent at administrative work. Her support helps editors devote themselves to journal editing.
