The URL of official journal web site is http://jdcr.org/
The JDCR team endeavors to make a good website. JDCR website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.

The official journal title is the Journal of Digestive Cancer Research (JDCR) the abbreviation of ISO is JDCR.

The JDCR has on online submission and peer review system at http://jdcr.org/submission.

All papers, including those invited by the Editor, are subject to peer review. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of the Journal or does not adhere to the Instructions for Authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after receipt and without a review.

The journal uses a double-blind peer-review process: the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and vice versa. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least 2 external experts and editors. JDCR’s average turnaround time from submission to decision is 2 weeks. The editor is responsible for the final decision whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected.

This journal is owned by the publisher, the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research (KSGCR). (http://www.gicancer.or.kr/main.html).

The governing body is the journal's editorial board. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors and members of journal management team are displayed on the About (Editorial Board & Journal Management Team) tab of journal homepage, and the contact information for the Editor and editorial office is on the About (Contact Us) tab.

Copyright to all published materials is owned by the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research. (http://www.jdcr.org/). All authors should agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.

JDCR is an open access journal. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To use the tables or figures of JDCR in other journals, books or media for scholarly, educational purposes, the process of permission request to the publisher of JDCR is not necessary. All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

JDCR uses the Open Access publishing model in which all published articles are freely available to readers directly from the Journal's website. This publishing model, however, is based on author fees. The submissions of a manuscript and peer-review process are free of charge. The processing fee applies only to manuscripts accepted for publication.

The editorial board of JDCR have carefully examined all submitted manuscripts whether these are abided by the ethical guidelines of the ICMJE and COPE. The published articles have involved the statements of conflict of interest, institutional review board, informed consent, and human/animal rights.

When the Journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by the COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The editorial board of JDCR will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. JDCR will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

JDCR follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org), Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
(http://www.icmje.org/recommendations)

Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy (Publication Ethics) tab of journal homepage.

JDCR is three times per year on April 20th, August 20th and December 20th.

JDCR is an open access journal. A free full-text service both in the XML and PDF formats is available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

Full text of JDCR has been archived in National Library of Korea (http://www.nl.go.kr). Authors can archive publisher's version/PDF. JDCR provides the electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event the journal is no longer published by archiving in National Library of Korea.

Revenue sources of journal are from the support of publisher (Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research) and advertising rates.

Advertisements are reviewed in light of appropriate ethical considerations before being accepted for publication. The publication of advertisements relies on the responsibility of the advertiser to comply with all legal requirements relating to the marketing and sale of the products or services advertised. The publication of an advertisement neither constitutes nor implies a guarantee or endorsement, by the Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer of the product or service advertised, or the claims made for it by the advertiser. The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research reserves the right to discontinue any advertisement it so wishes.

Journal propagation has been done through the journal web site and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.