GENERAL GUIDELINES

Manuscripts must be prepared using a current version of MS Word, on A4-sized pages, and in accordance with the Journal's manuscript template. Although there is no strict page limit for manuscripts, authors are expected to present their work in a concise and focused manner.

Manuscripts must be written in clear, comprehensible, and academic English. Authors may use professional language editing services where they consider this necessary.

Page margins must be set as follows: Top: 2.5 cm, Bottom: 2.5 cm, Left: 2.5 cm, Right: 2.5 cm. The text must be written in 12-point font with double line spacing. Times New Roman must be used throughout the manuscript.

Tables: Tables should be concise and as simple as possible. Each table must have a title that clearly describes its content, placed above the table.

Figures: All figures must be clear and easily readable. Figure captions should provide sufficient detail to allow the figure to be interpreted without reference to the main text and must be placed below the figure.

Tables and figures must appear within the main text and must be numbered consecutively. They should be cited in parentheses at the end of the relevant sentence, for example, … (Table 1) or … (Figure 1). Where abbreviations and/or symbols are used in a table or figure, they must be explained below the table or figure in 10-point font.

Article Title: Times New Roman, 16 point, bold

Author Information: Times New Roman, 12 point, bold

Main Text: Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced

Footnotes: Times New Roman, 12 point, single-spaced

Table and Figure Text: Times New Roman, 10–12 point

Table and Figure Titles: Times New Roman, 10 point

Manuscript Structure

Title Page: The title of the manuscript should clearly and informatively reflect the subject, purpose, and main content of the study.

Authors' Names and Affiliations: Authors' full first names, middle initials, surnames, and the affiliations and addresses applicable at the time the study was completed must be provided.

ORCID iD: All authors submitting manuscripts to the Journal are required to provide their ORCID iDs in order to verify author identities and prevent ambiguity arising from name similarities. This practice is intended to support the accurate identification of authors' scholarly work and enhance the reliability of publication records. Authors must create an ORCID account, if they do not already have one, and provide their ORCID iD to the Journal before submitting their manuscript.

Abstract and Keywords: All article types must include an abstract. The abstract must not exceed 400 words and should concisely reflect the purpose and scope of the study, its principal findings or assessments, and its conclusions and implications.

The abstract must be followed by a Keywords section. A minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords must be provided.

For studies requiring ethics committee approval, approval must have been obtained before data collection or access to data begins within the scope of the research. Information concerning the approval, including the name of the committee, date of approval, and decision number, must be stated in the Methods section and under the “Ethics Committee Approval Statement” at the end of the manuscript; the approval document must be uploaded to the system at the time of submission. For studies that do not require ethics committee approval, this must be explicitly stated, together with the justification, in the Methods section and under the same statement heading. Manuscripts that do not comply with these requirements will not be considered for evaluation.

Manuscripts are expected to be written in a scientific style. This includes presenting an introduction that clearly establishes the purpose of the manuscript and discusses relevant perspectives, while integrating evidence-based information and logical arguments from different disciplines. The Introduction should generally be accessible to the Journal's broad readership. Technical terms, symbols, and abbreviations must be defined when first used in the manuscript.

Article Types and Section Structure

JHESP accepts the following article types. The appropriate article type must be selected at submission, and the manuscript must be organized in accordance with the section structure specified for that article type.

Original Research Article. Original Research Articles are studies based on original data or original analysis and must include the following sections:

• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion and Conclusion
• Supplementary Information (if applicable)

Review Article. Review Articles systematically or conceptually evaluate the literature on a particular topic. Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections are not mandatory; the manuscript may be organized under headings that reflect the coherence and structure of the topic. For systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the search and selection methods used must be described under a separate heading.

Case Report. Case Reports scientifically present a clinical observation, diagnosis, treatment course, or other clinically noteworthy circumstance involving one or more patients. The manuscript may be structured under the headings Introduction, Case Presentation, Discussion, and Conclusion; depending on the nature of the case, additional reporting elements specified in the CARE guideline may also be included.

Editorial, Commentary and Policy Brief. These are concise articles addressing a current debate, policy development, or issue of relevance to the field. No mandatory section structure applies; the manuscript may be organized under headings appropriate to the flow and content of the article.

GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Submitted manuscripts must be original, must not have been previously published, and must not have been submitted elsewhere for publication. By submitting a manuscript to the Journal, the authors declare that the manuscript has been approved by all authors. Where permission from the institution in which the study was conducted is required, the relevant permission document must be uploaded to the system at the time of submission; permission may not be presumed or regarded as implicitly granted. Authors are responsible for the scientific quality, language, and style of articles published in the Journal.

Permissions

Authors wishing to use figures, tables, images, or text that have previously been published elsewhere must comply with the applicable copyright and licensing conditions. Where separate permission is required for reuse, the necessary permission must be obtained from the rights holder and documented at the time of manuscript submission. No additional permission is required for materials whose reuse is permitted under an open license; however, such materials must be cited in accordance with the applicable license terms.

Obtaining permission does not remove the obligation to provide appropriate attribution to the original source. Manuscripts for which required permission documentation has not been provided will not be considered for evaluation. For institutional permissions, data access permissions, and permissions relating to scales, questionnaires, and photographs, in addition to copyright permissions, please refer to the “Legal and Specific Permissions and Declarations” section of the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy page.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the study must be defined in full when first introduced and used consistently thereafter.

Footnotes

Footnotes may be used to provide additional information and may include citations to sources listed in the References section. However, a footnote should not consist solely of a citation and must not contain the full bibliographic details of a reference. Figures and tables must not be included in footnotes. Footnotes in the main text must be numbered consecutively; footnotes in tables must be indicated using superscript lowercase letters, with asterisks used for significance levels and other statistical information.

End-of-Manuscript Statements

The headings listed below must appear at the end of the manuscript and before the References section, in the order presented here. All headings must be included even where the relevant circumstance does not apply, and the applicable status must be explicitly stated.

• Ethics Committee Approval Statement: For studies requiring ethics committee approval, the name of the approving committee, the date of the decision, and the decision number must be provided. Where institutional permission was required to conduct the study, the name of the institution granting permission, together with the date and reference number of the permission, must also be stated under this heading. For studies that do not require ethics committee approval, this must be explicitly stated together with the justification.
• Author Contribution Statement: The contribution of each author to the study must be described separately, specifying the relevant areas of contribution. General statements indicating that all authors contributed equally to the study should not be used.
• Conflict of Interest Statement: Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest related to the subject of the study under this heading. Where no conflict of interest exists, this must also be explicitly stated.
• Artificial Intelligence Use Statement: Authors must state under this heading whether artificial intelligence tools were used in preparing the manuscript. Where an artificial intelligence tool was used, the name and version of the tool, as well as the stage at which it was used and the purpose for which it was employed, must be specified.
• Funding and Acknowledgments Statement: Where the study received financial support, the name of the funding institution or organization and, where applicable, the project number must be stated. Where no financial support was received, this must be explicitly declared. Authors may also acknowledge under this heading individuals or organizations that contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship. Where the manuscript is derived from a thesis and the relevant information has not been provided in the Methods section, the title of the thesis, the institution at which it was conducted, the year of completion, and the National Thesis Center number must be provided under this heading.

References and Notes

The reference list must include only published or accepted works cited in the text. Footnotes or endnotes must not be used in place of a reference list. Where editors or reviewers have concerns regarding the use of cited sources, they may request revisions following appropriate examination. References must be listed alphabetically.

The Journal follows APA 7 guidelines for manuscript formatting and requires submissions to comply with the current APA format. Examples of in-text citations and reference-list entries used by the Journal are provided below.

Journal Article

Edwards, A. A., Steacy, L. M., Siegelman, N., Rigobon, V. M., Kearns, D. M., Rueckl, J. G., & Compton, D. L. (2022). Unpacking the unique relationship between set for variability and word reading development: Examining word- and child-level predictors of performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(6), 1242–1256.
https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000696

Newspaper Article

Stobbe, M. (2020, January 8). Cancer death rate in U.S. sees largest one-year drop ever. Chicago Tribune.

Blog Post

Ouellette, J. (2019, November 15). Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling in superfluid. Ars Technica.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/study-you-can-tie-a-quantum-knot-in-a-superfluid-but-it-will-soon-untie-itself/

Authored Book

Kaufman, K. A., Glass, C. R., & Pineau, T. R. (2018). Mindful sport performance enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches. American Psychological Association.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0000048-000

Chapter in an Edited Book

Zeleke, W. A., Hughes, T. L., & Drozda, N. (2020). Home–school collaboration to promote mind–body health. In C. Maykel & M. A. Bray (Eds.), Promoting mind–body health in schools: Interventions for mental health professionals (pp. 11–26). American Psychological Association.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0000157-002

Government Agency Report

National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

Report by an Organization

World Health Organization. (2014). Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_eng.pdf?ua=1

Report by Individual Authors

Winthrop, R., Ziegler, L., Handa, R., & Fakoya, F. (2019). How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education. Center for Universal Education at Brookings.
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/how_playful_learning_can_help_leapfrog_progress_in_education.pdf

Press Release

American Psychological Association. (2020, March 2). APA reaffirms psychologists’ role in combating climate change [Press release].
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/03/combating-climate-change

Conference Presentation

Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States.
https://convention.apa.org/2019-video

Conference Paper

Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116

Theses and Dissertations

Bozgöz, A. (2017). Evaluation of the Treaty of Kadesh from the perspective of peace education in the 6th-grade social studies course and according to student views [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Necmettin Erbakan University.

Miranda, C. (2019). Exploring the lived experiences of foster youth who obtained graduate level degrees: Self-efficacy, resilience, and the impact on identity development (Publication No. 27542827) [Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University]. PQDT Open.

Dissertation from a Database

Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367). [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

Data Set

O’Donohue, W. (2017). Content analysis of undergraduate psychology textbooks (ICPSR 21600; Version V1) [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Web Page

Chandler, N. (2020). What’s the difference between Sasquatch and Bigfoot? howstuffworks.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/sasquatch-bigfoot-difference.htm

Web Page on a News Website

Machado, J., & Turner, K. (2020). The future of feminism. Vox.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/3/7/21163193/international-womens-day-2020

Web Page with a Retrieval Date

Center for Systems Science and Engineering. (2020, May 6). COVID-19 dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, Coronavirus Resource Center. Retrieved May 6, 2020, from
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Research Reports

Eliasson, G., Fölster, S., Lindberg, T., Pousette, T., & Taymaz, E. (1990). The knowledge based information economy (IUI Working Paper No. 256). Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/95060/1/wp256.pdf

Laws / Regulations / International Conventions / Court Decisions

Convention on the Rights of the Child [Çocuk Hakları Sözleşmesi]. (1995, January 27).
https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/22184.pdf

Regulation on Graduate Education and Training [Lisansüstü Eğitim ve Öğretim Yönetmeliği]. (2016, April 20).
http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2016/04/20160420-16.htm

In-text citations must include the surname(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication. For works with two authors, the ampersand (“&”) must be used between author names in parenthetical citations, while “and” must be used in narrative citations. For works with three or more authors, the surname of the first author must be followed by “et al.” When multiple sources are cited within the same parentheses, they must be listed in alphabetical order.

• Single-author works: (Etay, 1999).
• Two-author works: (Tozan & Esen, 2018).
• Works with three or more authors: (Hayran et al., 2009).
• Multiple sources in the same citation: (Aydın & Özen, 2018; Schumpeter, 1934; Wood, 2005)
• Citation to an entire source: (Drucker, 1995).
• Secondary-source citation: (Freud, 1901, as cited in Bonomi, 1998)

Please use the 📝JHESP Template.docx or the 📝 JHESP LaTeX Template Package (.zip) when preparing your manuscript.

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

Before submitting your manuscript, please review the following requirements and ensure that the submission information, manuscript file, and supplementary documents are complete and accurate.

(+) The manuscript must be prepared in accordance with the current JHESP Manuscript Template, Author Guidelines, Ethical Principles, and Publication Policies.

(+) The main manuscript file must be uploaded in Microsoft Word format.

(+) The correct article type must be selected, and the manuscript must be organized in accordance with the section structure specified for that article type.

(+) All article types must include an abstract of no more than 400 words reflecting the purpose and scope of the study, its principal findings or assessments, and its conclusions and implications, together with 3–5 keywords appropriate to the scope of the manuscript.

(+) The manuscript must be written in clear and comprehensible academic English and must be ready for submission in terms of grammar, spelling, and academic expression.

(+) In-text citations and the reference list must be prepared in accordance with APA 7 guidelines. All sources cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all works included in the reference list must be cited in the text.

(+) Tables, figures, graphs, diagrams, and other visual materials must be numbered according to the order in which they are cited in the text, presented with explanatory titles or captions, and prepared at a resolution suitable for publication.

(+) The manuscript must not have been previously published elsewhere and must not be under simultaneous consideration by another journal.

(+) The final version of the manuscript must have been read and approved by all authors.

(+) The author list, order of authors, and corresponding author must have been finalized with the agreement of all authors.

(+) Authors' names, academic titles, institutional and departmental affiliations, countries, email addresses, and other contact information must be entered completely and accurately into the DergiPark system.

(+) Valid ORCID iDs for all authors must be entered into the system.

(+) Each author's contribution to the study must be clearly and separately described under the “Author Contribution Statement” heading.

(+) The presence or absence of any conflict of interest must be disclosed at the end of the manuscript under the “Conflict of Interest Statement” heading.

(+) The JHESP Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form must be completed and uploaded to the system.

(+) Whether artificial intelligence tools were used in preparing the manuscript must be stated under the “Artificial Intelligence Use Statement” heading at the end of the manuscript and before the References section. Where an artificial intelligence tool was used, its name and version, together with the stage at which it was used and the purpose for which it was employed, must be specified.

(+) The funding status of the study and any relevant acknowledgments must be disclosed at the end of the manuscript under the “Funding and Acknowledgments Statement” heading. Where financial support was received, the name of the funding institution or organization and, where applicable, the project number must be stated; where no financial support was received, this must be explicitly declared. Individuals and organizations that contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship may also be acknowledged under the same heading where appropriate.

(+) Authors must have conducted a similarity check of the manuscript; the overall similarity rate, excluding quotations and references, must not exceed 20%.

(+) The Copyright and License Agreement must be signed by the corresponding author with the knowledge and approval of all authors and uploaded to the system.

Additional Documents and Permissions According to Research Design

(+) Authors are encouraged to prepare their manuscripts with reference to international reporting guidelines appropriate to the research design. Authors may optionally upload the checklist associated with the relevant reporting guideline as a supplementary file. Depending on the nature of the study, CONSORT, PRISMA, PRISMA-ScR, STROBE, COREQ, SRQR, CARE, CHEERS, CHERRIES, StaRI, or other guidelines recommended through the EQUATOR Network may be used.

(+) For studies requiring ethics committee approval, the ethics committee approval document must be uploaded to the system. Where ethics committee approval is considered unnecessary, a signed Ethics Committee Exemption Statement explaining the justification must be submitted.

(+) The name of the institution granting ethics committee approval, the date of the decision, and the decision number must be stated in the Methods section and under the “Ethics Committee Approval Statement” at the end of the manuscript.

(+) For studies conducted using the data, records, employees, or service recipients of a public or private institution, the relevant administrative permission document obtained from that institution must be uploaded to the system.

(+) For studies conducted using patient files, electronic health records, or administrative databases, written permission from the institution holding the data must be provided.

(+) For studies involving human participants for which informed consent is required, the manuscript must state that informed consent was obtained, and the relevant consent documentation must be uploaded to the system where necessary.

(+) Where scales, questionnaires, images, photographs, or other copyrighted materials belonging to third parties are used, the applicable copyright and licensing conditions must be observed; where separate permission is required, the permission obtained from the rights holder must be uploaded to the system.

(+) For manuscripts derived from a thesis, the title of the thesis, the institution at which it was conducted, the year of completion, and the National Thesis Center number must be stated in the Methods section or under the “Funding and Acknowledgments Statement.”

(+) For studies conducted as part of a project or with external support, the name of the supporting institution or organization and, where applicable, the project number must be stated in the manuscript.