The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) publishes original papers with the aim to advance our knowledge of theory and practice in education and social sciences.

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) is a peer-reviewed and online free journal. The manuscripts which are accepted for publication in the EPESS are invited from the conferences. EPESS is published in the last four months (September, October, November and December) of the year. The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) welcomes any research papers on education and social sciences using techniques from and applications in any technical knowledge domain: original theoretical works, literature reviews, research reports, social issues, psychological issues, curricula, learning environments, book reviews, and review articles. The articles should be original, unpublished, and not in consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission to the EPESS. The full paper versions of the conference papers are published in the EPESS.

Submission 

Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) online submission and review web site. This site will guide authors stepwise through the submission process. Authors are requested to submit the text, tables, and artwork in electronic form to this address.

Ethics in publishing 

The articles may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Authors alone are responsible for the contents of their articles. The journal owns the copyright of the articles. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of the research material. All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations regarding the submitted work.

Language
Papers are accepted only in English.

Word Count.

Although there is no specific word limit for manuscripts, authors are encouraged to write concisely.

File Type

File should be saved in Word .doc or .docx file type.

Page Setup

• Please use margins of 2.5 cm (1 inch).
• Please use A-4 page size.
• Please use font style as Times New Roman.

Title Page

• Please use 14-point bold for your article title, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns. Please margin the article title to the center.  
• All the authors of a paper should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses on the title page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author. Please use one line for all author names and one line for all author information.
• An informative 10-point bold abstract (100 to 200 words) presenting the main points of the paper and conclusions.
• Please include descriptive keywords (4 to 5). Separate keywords with a comma. Capitalize the first letter of each keyword (e.g., Science education, Survey development).

Main Text

• Please use 10-point font size.
• Please margin the text to the justified.
• Manuscripts should be single-spaced.
• Footnotes and endnotes are not accepted. All relevant information should be included in main text.
• Do not indent paragraphs; leave a space of one line between consecutive paragraphs.
• Do not underline words for emphasis. Use italics instead.
• Both numbered lists and bulleted lists can be used if necessary.
• Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure that every in-text citation has a corresponding reference in the reference list. Conversely, ensure that every entry in the reference list has a corresponding in-text citation.

Headings

• Subdivide text into unnumbered sections, using short, meaningful sub-headings. Please do not use numbered headings.
• Please limit heading use to three levels.
• Please use 12-point bold for first-level headings, 10-point bold for second-level headings, and 10-point italics for third -level headings with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
• Leave one blank line after each heading and two blank lines before each heading. (Exception: leave one line between consecutive headings.)
• Please margin all headings to the left.

Tables and Figures

• Please embed tables and figures in appropriate areas within the document and center them horizontally. Tables and figures should not exceed the given page margins.
• Provide captions (maximum length: 6 to 8 words) for each table or figure. Centre the caption above the table and below the figure. Please reference the table or figure in the text.
• Please do not use vertical lines in tables.
• For figures, GIF and JPEG (JPG) are the preferred formats.

Acknowledgements or Notes
Please collate acknowledgements or notes in a separate section at the end of the article before the references.

References

• Manuscripts are submitted in APA style. Please refer to the latest Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
• At the end of the article, please list all references in alphabetical order (based on authors’ last names).
• Please use the first-level heading: “References”

Examples of APA style:
Do not number in-text citations. Provide the last name(s) of the author(s) and the date of publication in parentheses. If the author’s name appears within the sentence, then provide only the date of publication in parentheses.

Examples:

Citation 
According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners.
APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998).

Journal article 
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(30), 5-13.

Article in a Magazine
Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31.

Newspaper article 
Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.

Book, authored 
Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Book, edited 
Duncan, G. J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.

Edited Book with an Author or Authors
Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals. K. V. Kukil (Ed.). New York, NY: Anchor.

Edition Other Than the First
Helfer, M. E., Kempe, R. S., & Krugman, R. D. (1997). The battered child (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York, NY: Springer.

Dissertation, Published
Lastname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Name of database. (Accession or Order Number)

Dissertation, Unpublished
Lastname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Name of Institution, Location.

Conference Proceedings
Schnase, J. L., & Cunnius, E. L. (Eds.). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL '95: The First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Internet reference 
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) has adopted a free and open access publication policy. EPESS uses the dergipark database. Dergipark is a non-commercial database. 

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) takes reasonable steps to identify and prevent publication of articles where research misconduct occurs. If ISRES Publishing, the publisher of EPESS, or its editors are notified of any allegations of research misconduct, the publisher or editor will carefully review the allegations.If unethical practices are detected, the editors and publishers of the EPESS journal have the right to delete the relevant article. The responsibility of the legal processes to be initiated against such violations belongs to the authors.

All articles sent to EPESS journal will be evaluated after the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Program. The similarity rate for Turnitin is 20%. However, in quantitative studies with high statistical density, up to 30% similarity rates can be accepted. Standard templates used in statistics can hold high rates in similarity reports. Whether there is plagiarism in a paper is determined by the editor according to the plagiarism report. The EPESS’s Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement is based, in large part, on the guidelines and standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) is a a peer-reviewed and online free journal. As an open access journal, the Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS) does not charge article submission or processing fees.