I am Seung-Kwon MYUNG, Editor-in-Chief of the Korean Journal of Health Promotion (KJHP). KJHP is an open access, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research in various areas of the medical, nursing, nutritional, physical educational (kinesiological), epidemiological, and public health sciences associated with health promotion and disease prevention. KJHP, which is an official journal of the Korean Society for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, has been published continuously since 2001. In order to advance and disseminate new knowledge and scientific information in all the areas associated with health promotion and disease prevention, KJHP has published academic papers written in English and Korean for mainly Korean researchers and readers for the past two decades.

However, in recent years, it has been strongly suggested among the members of the Korean Society for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention that KJHP should be indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded in order to share and disseminate the new knowledge and scientific information related with health promotion and disease prevention for international readers as well as Korean readers. Therefore, KJHP has decided to reform the publication system. First, KJHP has converted to a journal publishing academic papers written in from English and Korean to English only from this issue, 2024. Second, we have opened the new English KJHP homepage and online manuscript submission system in January, this year. Last, no review (submission) fees are charged for all the submitted articles from now on. Article processing charges are required for publication in the KJHP. Publication fees for all the accepted original or review articles are 300,000 Korean Won (250 US dollars). Additionally, if the article exceeds 6 pages of the journal, additional fees (50,000 Korean Won or 40 US dollars per extra page) will be charged.

On behalf of the editors, I hope that all the readers and researchers submit valuable manuscripts to KJHP and support KJHP’s growth and development.