Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of The Institute of Educational Sciences applies the Continuous Publishing Model to ensure that accepted manuscripts reach readers in a timely manner. An editorial decision of acceptance does not imply immediate publication; technical and editorial production steps are completed after submission of the publication-ready final file. The normal target is approximately 14 calendar days. Author response times, technical preparation, or the need for additional editorial or ethics review may affect this timeframe; authors are informed of delays through DergiPark.

1. MANDATORY POST-ACCEPTANCE PRODUCTION STEPS

A) Final Linguistic and Formal Review (Author's Responsibility) Authors complete requested revisions and submit the final manuscript within 5 calendar days. The editorial office may grant a reasonable extension when a justified request is made before the deadline.

• Grammar, citation/reference style, and compliance with the current template are checked.
• Metadata must include the title, abstract, keywords, author information, affiliation, country, and ORCID.
• Manuscripts derived from a thesis or dissertation include the relevant explanatory footnote.
• Critical Note: New data/findings, extensive rewriting, or other major content changes cannot be made without the editor's written approval. Changes that may affect the findings, method, analysis, or conclusions are assessed by the editor and may be referred for additional expert or peer review.

B) Layout, DOI, and Metadata Verification (Journal Responsibility) The technical team verifies layout, table/figure resolution, the full article citation, title, abstract, keywords, author information, affiliation, country, ORCID, and DOI or other persistent identifiers where available.

C) Proofreading and Approval (Author's Responsibility) The layout proof is sent to the author. Within 3 calendar days, the author checks typographical, typesetting, and metadata errors only and approves the version to be published. A reasonable extension may be granted for a justified request made before the deadline; delays may affect the publication date.

D) Final Publication Check (Editorial Responsibility) Before publication, the editorial office verifies together the author's final approval, ethics approval/consent and declaration documents, copyright and open-license steps, similarity and ethics checks, final metadata, DOI where available, layout file, and the article's correct issue record. An article is not published until any missing or inconsistent record is resolved.

E) Publication Articles are published digitally in the relevant issue in the order in which they complete the final publication check and become ready for publication.

1. KEY EDITORIAL POLICIES

• Publication Order: The Editorial Board may arrange the publication sequence for editorial reasons, including field balance, technical readiness, and special issue planning.
• Missing Documentation: A manuscript is not forwarded to production until the similarity report, ethics approval or exemption statement, consent information, author declarations, copyright/open-license steps, and required metadata are complete.
• Communication: Process follow-up, extension requests, and editorial correspondence are conducted through the DergiPark messaging system.