Journal of Aegean Scientific Research

Journal of Aegean Scientific Research has started its publication life in 2018 and is a peer-reviewed journal aiming to inform its readers about the problems in the fields of science, language, education, art and society in Turkey and the world, as well as solutions and developments related to them. Tje journal is published once a year and no fee is charged for the published studies.

The journal accepts the studies carried out in the following fields that will contribute to science.

• Physical Education and Sports Education
• Computer and Instructional Technologies Education
• Geography Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Social Studies Education
• Education Management and Supervision
• Educational Measurement and Evaluation 
• Science Education
• Fine Arts Education
• Mathematics Education
• Music Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Special Education
• Psychological Counseling and Guidance
• Art and Design Education
• Classroom Education
• Social Studies Education
• History Education
• Technology and Design Education
• Turkish Education
• Distance Learning
• Foreign Language Education

Author Guidelines

Before uploading your article, please upload it using the article template created according to the journal's spelling rules.

Article Template

Copyright Transfer Form

Ethics Committee Approval Report: The document must be uploaded to the system in pdf file format.

Plagiarism Report: A maximum similarity rate of 20% is accepted. The document must be uploaded to the system in pdf file format.


APA version 6 style in-text citation method should be used in the article.

In-text references:

Text text text text text (Dogan, 2014).
or
According to Dogan (2012), text is text text text text text text text text text text.

When citing a work by two authors:

Text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text (Dogan and Celik, 2014).
or
According to Dogan and Celik (2012), text is text text text text text text text text text.

To cite works with three or more authors, use 'et al.' after the surname of the first author instead of using the surnames of other authors. expression is used.
Text-to-text-text-to-text (Dogan et al., 2014).
or
Dogan et al. (2012) text text text text text text text text text text.

If the reference is made at the end of the sentence;
First send
(Turkish Statistical Institute [TSI], 2017)

Second and subsequent submissions
(TUIK, 2013)

If the reference is in a sentence
First send
Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI, 2017)
Second and subsequent submissions
(TUIK, 2013)
Multiple references in the same parenthesis: Multiple references in the same parenthesis should be in alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author and separated by semicolons.
Example: (Celik, 2015; Dogan, 2013; Patat, 2014)

Bibliography
Single-authored Book:
Surname, A. (Year). Title of the book (italics). City: Publisher.
Book with multiple authors:
Surname, A, Surname, A. and Surname, A. (Year). Title of Book (Italic), City: Publisher.
Book Section:
Surname, A. (Year). Title of chapter, in Editor's A. SURNAME, Title of Book (Italic) (p. range), City: Publisher.
Journal Article:
Surname, A. (Year). Title of the article, Name of the Journal (Italic), Volume (Issue), p.DOI:
Thesis:
Surname, A (Year). Thesis title (Italic), (Unpublished master's/doctoral thesis) University, Institute, Department of Science, City.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
In line with the decisions taken by Ulakbim TR Index, Ethics Committee Permission is required for studies to be published as of 2020. When uploading your study to our journal, you must also upload your Ethics Committee document along with your article file. If your study is not included in the working group that requires ethics committee approval, you must sign the declaration form stating this situation and indicate the relevant situation in your article text.
In studies that require ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last page of the article.
In addition, you are expected to upload the similarity report of your study when you upload your publication to our journal. The similarity report should have a maximum of 20% similarity, with a maximum of 2% from a publication.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
It accepts the Publication Ethics guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Incoming articles are evaluated after passing through the plagiarism screening program.

The manuscripts submitted to Journal of Aegean Scientific Research for publication should be original ones that have not published before or not submitted to anywhere else for publication.

Authors agree on the requirements of the open-access policy and Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). 

Authors submitting publications to the Aegean Journal of Scientific Research must comply with the following rules:
• Submitted articles must be the original work of the author or authors.
• Submitted articles must not have been published anywhere before.
• It is unethical to submit an article to more than one journal simultaneously for publication.
• Any potential conflict of interest should be clearly disclosed.
• The Aegean Journal of Scientific Research should be informed about the data sources used in the development of the article.
• If any errors are found by the submitting author or authors after the article has been sent for publication, the Editor(s) should immediately notify the necessary and made corrections.
• In clinical and experimental quantitative and qualitative studies that require an ethics committee decision, separate ethics committee approval should be obtained for studies on humans and animals, and this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
-If the study does not require ethics committee approval, the text that the study does not need ethics committee approval should be uploaded to the system.
Referees of the Aegean Journal of Scientific Research must abide by the following rules:
• They should evaluate all articles fairly, based on the intellectual content of the article, regardless of the author's gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or political values.
• They should make their assessments objective and constructive, away from hostile or provocative, frightening or disparaging personal comments.
• They have the expertise required to make an accurate assessment and evaluate the articles within the time given to them.
• If they observe a conflict of interest during the review process, they should notify the Editor.
• They should keep all information about the article confidential.
• They cannot use the information obtained during the evaluation process to the advantage of themselves or others or other organizations, or to put others at a disadvantage or undermine their reputation.
• If there is any information that may cause the article to be rejected, they should notify the Editor.
Editors of the Aegean Journal of Scientific Research must comply with the following rules:
• They should evaluate all articles fairly, based on the intellectual content of the article, regardless of the author's gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship or political values.
• They should keep the information about the articles confidential.
• If they observed any conflict of interest regarding the articles, they should disclose them.
• The Editorial Board is responsible for making the decision to publish the article sent for publication based on the referee's evaluations, for the editorial board policies of the journal, and for taking legal measures against plagiarism, insult and copyright infringement.

PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES
• Articles submitted for publication must not have been previously published or sent to another journal for publication.
• Articles that contain swearing, slander, insults, harassment, etc. or that are stolen or not in compliance with the law will not be accepted for publication.
• The articles to be sent to the journal are required to be either an original research article that will contribute to the field, a review article that presents new and remarkable views on this subject, or book introductions in article format.
• Presented at a scientific meeting; however, articles produced from unpublished papers are also accepted, provided that this is clearly stated.
• With the decision of the Editorial Board, Turkish translations of original articles from a foreign language, which are considered to have contributed to the field, are included, provided that they do not exceed one third of the journal. In order for the translated articles to be published, the permission letter to be obtained from the author or the right holder of the original article must be sent to the Editor along with the translated text.
• No fee is charged from the author(s) for the publication of their articles.
• The Aegean Scientific Research Journal electronic journal has an electronic system and is not published in print. For this reason, the published articles of the journal are not sent to the authors in printed form other than electronic media.

Evaluation of Articles
1. Evaluation of manuscripts starts with uploading the article to the Dergipark system.
2. After the electronic document stating that the study has not been published elsewhere or sent to a journal for publication is approved, the article is uploaded to the system for evaluation.
3. In the evaluation of the articles submitted for publication, originality, academic impartiality and scientific quality criteria are adopted.
4. Manuscripts sent to the journal are first reviewed by the Editor within two days in terms of compliance with the journal's principles. Those that are deemed unsuitable are returned to the author for correction.
5. Studies deemed appropriate are forwarded to the Associate Editors and three days are given to be evaluated in terms of compliance with the purpose and scope of the journal. Those that are deemed unsuitable are returned to the author for correction.
6. The articles found suitable are sent to two Editorial Board Members who are known for their work in that field for evaluation within twenty-five days.
7. The names of the Editorial Board Members who made the evaluation are kept confidential and the reports are kept for five years.
8. If one of the reports of the Editorial Board Members is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to a third member and the Editor and Assistant Editors examine the referee reports and make the final decision.
9. Author(s) must notify the editor that they have withdrawn from the evaluation process of their manuscripts.
10. Author(s) take into consideration the criticisms and suggestions of the Editor, Associate Editor and Editorial Board.
11. If the Author(s) disagree with the criticisms and suggestions, they have the right to object with their justifications.
12. Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication are returned to their author(s).
13. After the study is sent to the journal for publication, the names of the authors cannot be deleted, new names cannot be added and the order of the authors cannot be changed.
14. Manuscripts whose publication process has been completed are published on the basis of their arrival date. However, this order may not be applied for some priority works in order not to lose its timeliness. The authority to decide on this rests with the editor.
15. Responsibilities of all studies published in the journal belong to the author(s).
16. All articles uploaded to the journal are screened for plagiarism in order to be prepared for publication after the author/authors have made final corrections.
17. Since the published articles will be archived and stored regularly, they can always be accessed and cited.

No fee is charged from the author or institution under any name.