Volume: 4 Issue: 4th Year Special Issue

International Journal of Educational Spectrum (IJES) is an internationally refereed scholarly journal published online every six months. It started publishing academic articles in 2019. IJES is an open-access and double-blind reviewed journal that aims to involve scholars from all international academic and professional communities.

The journal supplies a platform for diverse theoretical and thematic approaches to educational sciences. IJES includes a wide range of research methods (case study, ethnography, phenomenological research, narrative research, historical research, quantitative research− descriptive survey research, experimental research, single-subject research, causal-comparative research, correlational research, and meta-analysis, etc.). The articles inquiring noteworthy research questions from a wide range of perspectives are encouraged to be sent to IJES. IJES welcomes theoretically or practically original articles previously unpublished anywhere. The articles sent to IJES cannot be published or under review elsewhere. All submitted papers will be initially reviewed and assessed by the editorial board in terms of the requirements of the journal. The articles which are found suitable and acceptable by the editorial board will be submitted for scientific assessment to referees. Authors are responsible for any view stated in the articles. In IJES, both English and Turkish articles are published (English only from 2023).

Writing Rules

1) In IJES (International Journal of Educational Spectrum), the articles and reviews are submitted for evaluation.

2) The articles submitted to the journal should not be previously published anywhere or should not be under review at any other journal.

3) If the articles, partly or full, were previously submitted to a conference, symposium or an assembly, they could be published if they are approved by the publication board, providing the date and venue are defined. All responsibility for this issue belongs to the authors.

4) The articles submitted to IJES (International Journal of Educational Spectrum) are initially examined by the editorship. If there is any part that should be corrected, the article is returned to the corresponding author who is required to make related corrections. So, the authors have to add their personal data (Name-surname, Institution, E-mail address, ORCID number) in the Word file of the manuscript. After the preliminary assessment, all the personal data are deleted by the editor before the blind review process.

5) The articles which do not correspond to the publication principles are not sent to referees to be reviewed and consequently not published.

6) This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity. The articles approved by the editorship are sent to at least two referees to be reviewed. If it is required, the manuscript may be sent to more than two referees to examine. The final decision about the paper to be published is made by the majority of referees. Any recommendation stated by the referees is carefully followed by the editor. The journal has the right to make corrections in the articles and publish or reject them. The names, affiliations, and e-mails of the authors will be added in the papers. In the blind-review process, all the author related data will be deleted by the editors.

7) The authors may object to the negative views of the referees providing they submit evidence. This objection is examined and if it is required, opinions of different referees can be benefitted.

8) The authors will be informed about the published volume of the journal.

9) The overall process is conducted online.

10) The paper should start with an “introduction” part containing the approaches in the literature about the aim, content, and the methods of the study. There should be a “result” part in which the findings are examined. (Abstract, Introduction, Methodology, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion)

11) In the beginning of the manuscript, there should be a (200-250 words) abstract (English and Turkish) which shortly describes the study. 3-5 keywords should be included by leaving one blank line from the abstract. The text of the abstracts, both in English and Turkish should be written with 10 font size, using Times New Roman font and leaving one blank line.

12) The APA style must be strictly followed by the papers.

13) The papers should not pass the limit of 25 pages including notes, tables, figures, graphics, pictures and references. Numbers should be given for the tables, figures, graphics, and pictures, and when they are used in the text, the numbers should be mentioned.

14) The articles should be written in Word for Windows in order to accelerate the process of composition, correction and edition.

15) The language of the journal is English.

16) The author is responsible for any kind of grammar or spelling problems.

17) The copyrights of the articles are reserved by the journal and they cannot be published, multiplied or used without giving a reference in anywhere unless it is permitted.

18) In the articles, the last version of APA should be employed. Further, the accuracy of the sources is of the responsibility of the authors.

19) Even if the articles sent to IJES completed the referee process, they may be rejected by the editorship board.

20) The articles sent to IJES should be prepared with the American Psychological Association (APA 7) in the reference system, footnotes and preparing references.

21) IJES Plagiarism Policy: Similarity Check is a multi-publisher initiative to screen published and submitted content for originality. IJES uses the iThenticate software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

22)IJES is free of charge. The journal does not charge any article submission, processing or publication fee.

23) About the principles of spelling and publication, the abridged version of the expressions above is given below.

Paper size	A4
Top margin	2.5
Bottom margin	2.5
Left margin	2.5
Right margin	2.5
Type font	Times New Roman
Font Style	Normal
Font size	12
Line spacing	1.15
Maximum page number (all included)	25
Word count in Abstract	200-250
The range of keywords	5

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Ethical Principles

It is mandatory to follow the standards of required ethical behavior for all parties taking part in the process publishing: the publisher, the journal editor, the peer reviewer and the author. International Journal of Educational Spectrum’s Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statements is totally structured on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. Our journal firmly pursues the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers. International Journal of Educational Spectrum is committed to acting in accordance with the utmost practices on ethical issues. Further, it is dedicated to complying with and maintaining the standards of ethical acts at every phase of the publication process. In case the editors, authors, reviewers, and stakeholders require any explanation about the bellow mentioned statements, they should have a look at the original COPE guidelines.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors

Publication decisions

The editor is in charge of determining which of the submitted papers should be published. Besides, the editor may be leaded by the principles and policies of the journal’s editorial board and confined by constitutional necessities. The editor is also in force in regard to plagiarism and copyright infringement and may discuss this decision with other editors or reviewers.

Policy of Neutrality

Research papers are assessed by looking at their content of high quality without considering the beliefs, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, and political ideology of the authors.

Privacy

The editor, members of editorial and advisory board, or any other authorized staff must not, in any case, reveal any data about a submitted paper to anybody other than the related parties as the corresponding author, publisher, reviewers, potential reviewers, editors, and other editorial advisers.

Conflicts of interest

Unpublished papers must not, in any case, be utilized in an editor’s own paper without the written consent of the author.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

Supporting Editorial Decisions

Peer review supports editors in editorial decisions. Further, reviewers’ editorial correspondence with authors may also support the author in developing the study.

Promptness

The opted referees who feel ineligible to review the reported papers or think that a punctual review will not be possible should inform the responsible editor and exempt them from the review practice.

Privacy

Any submitted paper to be reviewed must be considered confidential texts. They must not, in any case, be displayed to or talked about with third persons other than those authorized by the editor.

Neutrality Standards

Article reviews must be impartially carried out. Personal disapprovals or critiques towards the author are improper. Referees should simply state their opinions through proofs.

Acknowledging Sources

Reviewers should diagnose the related published works which have not been cited by the authors. Any phrase or statement that was formerly mentioned must be followed by the related citation. Reviewers must also inform the editor about any sizable similarity or overlap between the submitted paper and any other manuscript which they personally know.

Conflict of Interest

Confidential data or views acquired by means of peer review must be kept private and not utilized for personal benefit. Reviewers must not, in any case, view papers in which they feel or have conflicts of interest emanating from competing or cooperative relations with any of the authors, publishers, editors, or institutions associated with the manuscripts.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Reporting standards

Authors of original research should demonstrate a precise report of the work conducted besides an impartial discussion of its significance. The related data should be depicted precisely in the manuscript. A manuscript should include adequate definitions and references to allow other researchers to replicate the study. Deceptive or knowingly untrue statements form unethical action and are improper.

Access and Retention of Data

Supplying raw data related to the study may be asked from the authors who should be ready to grant public access to such data and, if applicable, they should be ready to maintain the data for a feasible time after publication.

Plagiarism and Originality

The authors should grant that they have conducted completely original studies, and if they have utilized the study or words of other researchers, they must properly cite or quote them.

Repetitious or Concurrent Publication

Authors must not, in any case, publish papers depicting particularly the same study in more than one journal. Sending the same paper to more than one journal simultaneously forms unethical publishing action and cannot be accepted.

Acknowledging Sources

Appropriate acknowledgment of the studies of other researchers must always be presented. Authors should cite the works which have been conspicuous in establishing the nature of the submitted paper.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be confined to the authors that have provided fundamental support for the idea, construct, completion, or analysis of the paper. All individuals

who have supplied considerable aid for the study should be given as co-authors. Further, if there are other parties who have joined particular facets of the study, they may be listed as contributors. The corresponding author who is responsible for confirming that every co-author is included in the manuscript should grant that every co-author has approved the last version of the study and has accepted its submission for publication.

Hazards

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

Every author should acknowledge any financial or other kind of conflict of interest that may be interpreted as affecting the results or analysis of the study. Furthermore, every source of financial aid for the study should be illuminated.

Errors in Published Papers

Once authors find out a notable error or imprecision in their manuscripts, it is the necessity of authors to rapidly inform the publisher or editor and collaborate with them to delete or correct the study.

The above mentioned ethical instructions of IJES which are based on COPE Standards were formed by the language expert of the journal and it is forbidden to use them without permission. All rights reserved.

Publication Policy

Any research paper published in International Journal of Educational Spectrum (IJES) is licensed with "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License". This license authorizes all parties to copy, share and distribute all the papers, data, and supplementary files published in IJES in search engines, websites, and any other digital platforms as long as supplying references. Being an open access research journal, IJES eases the interdisciplinary communication and fosters cooperation among diverse disciplines. Thus, IJES assists its own field by supplying more access to its research papers and a more evident review process.