The Kırıkkale University Journal of Education (KUJE) is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal that adopts national and international academic publishing standards in all published manuscripts. In order for a submission to be considered for the review process, the manuscript must fully comply with the journal’s formal, structural, and ethical writing requirements. Authors are therefore required to carefully examine and strictly follow the Article Template and Author Guidelines provided by the journal when preparing their manuscripts.
All submissions to KUJE undergo a preliminary technical and formatting review prior to the peer-review process. At this stage, manuscripts are examined in terms of font type, font size, line spacing, paragraph formatting, heading structure, table and figure layout, abstract format, and keyword requirements. The journal requires the use of Times New Roman throughout the manuscript, and authors are expected to adhere to the specified standards for font size, alignment, spacing, and heading levels in order to ensure consistency across published articles.
All in-text citations and reference lists must be prepared in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition guidelines. Authors should ensure that all citation types—including multiple-author works, multiple publications by the same author, institutional authors, indirect citations, and direct quotations—comply with APA 7 standards. Only sources cited in the text should be included in the reference list, which must be arranged alphabetically by authors’ surnames using a hanging indent format.
To ensure academic coherence and clarity, manuscripts are expected to be structured around the main sections of Introduction, Method, Results, Conclusion–Discussion–Recommendations, and References. Abstracts in both Turkish and English must be prepared within the specified word limits and should clearly present the purpose, methodology, and main findings of the study. Tables, figures, and visual materials included in the manuscript must be formatted according to APA 7 guidelines, appropriately numbered and titled, and designed to be suitable for black-and-white printing.
This document provides a general overview of KUJE’s author guidelines; however, all detailed formatting and structural requirements are specified in the official article template. Authors’ adherence to these standards is essential for ensuring a smooth review process and maintaining the academic quality and consistency of the journal.
You can access the article submission template here: 📝 Article Submission Template.docx 

The Kırıkkale University Journal of Education (KUJE) is the official publication of the Faculty of Education of Kırıkkale University and publishes peer-reviewed, open-access scientific studies written in Turkish or English across all subfields of educational sciences. The journal is published twice a year, in December and June.
Manuscripts submitted to KUJE must:
• Not have been previously published elsewhere,
• Not be under review by another journal,
• Not be submitted simultaneously to multiple journals.
• Papers presented at scientific meetings may be considered if they have not been published as full texts and the event at which they were presented is clearly stated.
Authors must prepare their manuscripts in accordance with APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Association) formatting and citation guidelines. The evaluation process is conducted using a double-blind peer review system, in which the identities of authors and reviewers remain confidential.
KUJE obtains the right to publish accepted manuscripts. The views expressed in published articles are the responsibility of the authors and do not reflect the official view of the journal or the university. The journal adopts a completely free publication policy and does not request any fees during submission or publication. Manuscripts that do not comply with the publication principles may be rejected without being sent out for review.
Manuscripts submitted to the Kırıkkale University Journal of Education (KUJE) must be original works that have not been published elsewhere, submitted for publication, or under simultaneous review by another journal. If it is determined that a manuscript has been submitted to multiple journals, the evaluation process will be terminated immediately.
All submitted manuscripts first undergo a preliminary review by the journal secretariat to check for compliance with the journal’s formatting and publication guidelines. Manuscripts that fail to meet these requirements are returned to the authors. Manuscripts deemed appropriate are forwarded to the editor-in-chief for the assignment of a field editor.
Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial review are evaluated by at least two independent experts in the relevant field. In cases where the reviewers’ reports conflict, a third reviewer is assigned. Reviewer comments, suggestions, and revision requests are communicated to the authors by the editor. Authors are required to revise their manuscripts in line with the reviewer feedback and resubmit them through the system. Multiple rounds of revision may be requested when necessary.
The final decision on the publication of a manuscript is made by the editors and the editorial board, based on the reviewers’ evaluations. Accepted manuscripts are sent to the authors for final proofreading before publication.
KUJE conducts all stages of the evaluation process using a double-blind peer review model, ensuring that the identities of both authors and reviewers remain strictly confidential.