International Journal of Primary Education Studies

International Journal of Primary Education Studies is an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that is online publishes once times in a year. IJPES in all areas of basic education, aims to contribute to the shaping of high quality to provide a platform for the publication of research and policy related to education in Turkey and in the world. IJPES provides instant open access to the content of research to support a broad global exchange of information.

As an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, IJPESprovides a platform for the publication of scientific research in the all areas of education on primary grades. IJPESis a multidisciplinary journal, committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology or paradigm. It is concerned with elementary education in general and devoted to all concerned with elementary education. IJPES welcomes original research. The papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological approaches. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of primary education.

Writing Rules

Every manuscript we receive is first evaluated by our editors. Studies that are not original, outside of the scope, consist of major scientific mistakes, or poorly written are rejected with no further consideration. The authors of such studies receive an email within two weeks after the submission with the details of rejection. Other manuscripts are sent to reviewers. Two reviewers with the expertise in the subject area evaluate the studies in six weeks. The authors have to reply the reviewers’ comments in four weeks. All manuscripts submitted to IJPES are double-blind reviewed. IJPES uses the double-blind review method in the review process of all studies. Double-blind review the identity of the reviewers and the authors are not disclosed to either party. In this method the identities of the authors and reviewers are confidential. Articles must be written in Turkish or English (British or American). All manuscripts should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition; for more details, please see: http://www.apastyle.org/). Documents that are not written in APA style will be returned to the sender for reformatting.

Please upload your articles to the system using the manuscript template on the journal web page.