Editorial Policy

Boğaziçi University Journal of Education follows Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on Code of Conduct. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal should not have been published or submitted for publication review elsewhere. They could be a research report, a systematic literature review or an original opinion article discussing a new idea or model. The languages of the Journal are Turkish and English. Every year the first issue is published in English, the second in Turkish. All manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the specifications of the APA publication manual (7th Edition). Manuscripts that do not conform with the specifications of the guideline are not taken into consideration.


Peer Review Process

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal are reviewed by two anonymous reviewers as well as the editor. The evaluation process takes approximately 6-8 weeks. Upon receiving the reviewers’ comments and suggestions, the editor informs the author/s about the decision taken, accompanied with the detailed evaluation of the manuscript.


Revision and Withdraw System

Authors should inform the Editor(s) if they identify errors with their data or manuscripts and cooperate with them to revise or withdraw their manuscripts.


Research with Humans or Animals

Research conducted with humans or animals should be approved by relevant ethics committee(s) and should follow international ethical and legal standards for research.

Open Access

All published articles are freely available to interested users. 

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain the copyright to their article and grant Boğaziçi University Faculty of Education a non‑exclusive licence to publish it. This grant includes the right of first publication and distribution under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) licence.

Authors also retain all other proprietary rights and may deposit the article’s submitted, accepted, or published versions in institutional repositories, personal websites, or other archives without restriction.

Plagiarism Detection

In accordance with its publishing policies, the Bogazici University Journal of Education requires all submitted articles to be screened for plagiarism to ensure academic integrity. Plagiarism detection is performed automatically within the DergiPark system using intihal.net. This process is conducted free of charge; no fees are requested from the author(s).

The matches found in each study after the plagiarism detection are analyzed in detail, and matches with correct references and cross-references are filtered out. In the next step, potential errors in the remaining matches are identified and reported to the Editorial Board. The Board then makes a final decision based on the plagiarism detection report. The author(s) may be asked to correct the issues listed in the report, or the study may be returned to the author(s).

Publication Fees

There is no fee for article submission, article processing or publication.