Education Science and Sports

In 2019, the journal, which started its publication life under the name of International Sports Sciences Student Studies, continues its scientific activities as ‘Education Science and Sports’ (ISSN: 3023-8668) since 2024. It is a peer-reviewed, academic, electronic, open access and non-profit journal.

The aim of our journal is to include original, review and research articles in the field of educational sciences and sport sciences. These articles can be prepared with an interdisciplinary approach and can cover fields such as philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, biology, political science, economics, business, information technologies, statistics and architecture. The target groups of our journal are researchers who are interested in or working in the field of educational sciences and sports.

The publication language of the journal is Turkish and English.

Education Science and Sports is published online twice a year (March and October). However, special issues are also included if deemed necessary.

It is recommended to submit your article via logging into https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/i4s, Studies not sent via the system are not accepted.

This journal requires intihal.net similarity report. When the full text file is uploaded in step 3 of the article upload phase, it will be forwarded to intihal.net.  Preparation of the report may take time. For this reason, an e-mail will be sent to you when the process is completed. In the last step, you can complete the article submission according to the result report or repeat the process by going back to step 3. When you upload more than one file and receive a similarity report, all reports will be forwarded to the editor.

Worksheets and References should not be numbered. 

Study pages and References should not be numbered.

The article will include Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and Reference. Titles are flush left and the first letter will be capitalized.

Manuscripts should be uploaded to the system in Microsoft Word format. Please use the templates under the Forms page when organising your work.

It is mandatory to include Extended summary according to the language of the publication.

Reference must be 10 pt. and Indent must be special (hanging) and line gap must be 0 pt (before and after) and single.

Abstract should not exceed 200 words.

Turkish extended summary should be on the last page of the study and at least 750 words.

3-7 keywords related to the content of the study should be given and keywords should be separated by commas.

Figure text and the number should be written in italics and the text part should be written normally. The example is given below.

Figure 1. Path diagram of the first level confirmatory factor analysis

Table text and the number should be written normal. The text should be written in italics in second line. The example is given below.

Reliability results of scale application

For more references, please click APA Style Reference Examples.

The guidelines given by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) are taken as reference in case of any disputes related to the studies in our journal.

Author's responsibilities:

General

Multiple Publication

Originality, Plagiarism and Acknowledgement of Sources

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author will ensure that all contributing co-authors are included in the author list. The corresponding author will also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. Author/s attest to the fact that all Authors listed on the title page have contributed significantly to the work, have read the manuscript, attest to the validity and legitimacy of the data and its interpretation, and agree to its submission to the Education Science and Sports Journal. All authors agree that author list is correct in its content and order and that no modification to the author list can be made without the formal approval of the Editor, and all authors accept that the Editor’s decisions over acceptance or rejection or in the event of any breach of the Principles of Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement in Education Science Sports Journal being discovered of retraction are final. No additional authors will be added post submission unless editors receive agreement from all authors and detailed information is supplied as to why the author list should be amended. On behalf of all Co-Authors, the Corresponding Author shall bear full responsibility for the submission. Any violation of the terms of Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement may lead to retraction the paper.

Conflicts of Interest

All authors should include a statement disclosing any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that may be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors

Editors work with an international advisory board that guides the shaping of the journal, as well as with international board of editors for submitted manuscripts. Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accept ethical guidelines.

Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication. Editors should always consider the needs of the authors and the readers when attempting to improve the publication. Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.

Editors should base their decisions solely on the papers’ importance, originality, clarity and relevance to publication’s scope. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between authors, reviewers and board members.

Editorial board must confirm receipt of submitted papers and to ensure the efficient, fair and timely review process of submitted papers (Review procedure).

The Editor is required to deal fairly with an author’s appeal against the rejection of a submitted manuscript. Editor should decide to accept or reject a manuscript for publication with reference only to the manuscript’s importance, originality and clarity, and its relevance to the journal. The Editor can reject any article at any time before publication, including after acceptance if concerns arise.

Editors should make known any conflicts of interest that might arise, specifically, in cases where an editor is an author of a submitted manuscript, the manuscript must be passed to another editor for independent peer review.

Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.

Editors are responsible to take a decision regarding any academic misconduct or convincing evidence that a published manuscript is erroneous, usually through consultation with the author. This may require the publication of a formal ‘retraction’ or correction.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

All reviewing judgments should be objective

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author(s) is inacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments. Reviewers are expected to respond promptly to requests to review and to submit reviews within the time agreed. Reviewers’ comments should be constructive, honest, and polite.

Reviewed articles should be treated confidentially

Reviewers should regard a submitted manuscript as a confidential document and not meant to be public, and so should not use, share or disclose unpublished information in a manuscript. Reviewers must not publicly discuss an authors’ work before the manuscript is published. Reviewers must not retain the manuscript for their personal use and should destroy copies of manuscripts after submitting their reviews.

Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to reviewed articles

Reviewers must disclose to editors any conflicts of interest that could bias their opinions of the manuscript, and should recuse themselves from reviewing specific manuscripts if the potential for bias exists. Reviewers must not use knowledge of the work they’re reviewing before its publication to further their own interests.

Reviewers should assess the manuscript in a timely manner.

Reviewers must fulfill their responsibility by rigorously assessing a given research manuscript within time limits specified. If reviewers are unable to review the paper in a specified time, they should inform the editorial board immediately by e-mail to the editor.

Reviewers should point out relevant published work which is not yet cited

Reviewers should call to the editor’s attention any substantial similarity between the manuscript under consideration and any published paper.

Unethical Behaviour

If you encounter any unethical action or content in Education Science and Sports journal other than the ethical responsibilities listed above, please notify us by sending an e-mail to ilyasgorgut@hotmail.com or esasjournal@gmail.com.

No article processing or submission fee is charged for submitted or accepted articles.

Other Indexes

	Online Journal Platform and Indexing Association (OJOP) (2024...)
	Bibliothek Hamburg (2024...)
	Central & Eastern European Academic Source Database Coverage List (2025...)
	ROAD (2019...)
	Cosmos (2024...)
	Max-Planck-Institut Hamburg (2024...)
	Max Perutz Library, Vienna (2024...)
	Index Copernicus (2025...)
	Google Scholar (2019...)
	Osmikon.search (2024...)
	Sicilit (2024...)
	Crossref (2024...)
	ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences)(2024....)