Methodology

How Korea Beauty Journal Researches

Korea Beauty Journal publishes through a four-step process: research, draft, fact-check, publish. Every article cites sources. Every clinical claim is checked by the editorial desk against a published source before publication.

Step 1 — Research

The editor identifies a topic from our content calendar, reader letters, or current Korean aesthetic-medicine literature. The editor pulls relevant sources from PubMed (clinical literature), KHIDI (Korean medical-tourism registry), MFDS (Korean regulatory clearance), and peer-reviewed dermatology journals. The editor verifies clinic mentions against our internal clinic database (DB-verified entries only; we do not list clinics without verified contact + regulatory status). External brand mentions are by editorial reading only; we do not accept clinic listing fees.

Step 2 — Draft

The editor drafts the article with a direct-answer opening paragraph (≤40 words) for AI search citation eligibility, a TL;DR summary block at the top, a 4-6 heading structure, and a 5-10 FAQ block at the bottom. Internal sources, external citations, and AEO structural elements are required before draft submission.

Step 3 — Fact-check

Before publication the editorial desk checks every clinical and regulatory claim against the source it cites — PubMed and peer-reviewed journals for clinical evidence, MFDS and MOHW records for device, product and licensing status, and the KHIDI registry for clinic registration. Claims that cannot be matched to a published source are removed. Any clinic named must be listed in our verified clinic database.

Step 4 — Publish + maintain

Articles are published with structured data (Schema.org Article / FAQPage / Person / NewsMediaOrganization), Open Graph + Twitter Card social previews, and Korean medical-law-compliant footer disclaimers. Cornerstone articles are refreshed monthly (dateModified bumped); breaking regulatory or clinical updates trigger immediate edits. Errata are posted at the article footer when factual corrections are made.

Corrections policy

Factual errors are corrected promptly; the article footer carries an Errata note dated to the correction. We do not silently change articles. Substantive editorial revisions (not minor copy edits) trigger a dateModified bump and an Errata note.

Conflicts of interest

We disclose this in every article footer. Editorial judgments — what to cover, how to frame it, which clinics to discuss — are made by the editor, not the agency's commercial team.