The Journal of Educational Sciences of Marmara University Atatürk Faculty of Education is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method research. Articles submitted to the journal must meet the following criteria:
General Features
• The publication languages of the journal are English and Turkish.
• Articles submitted to the journal must comply with APA 7 writing guidelines.
• Turkish articles must be written in accordance with the Turkish Language Association's spelling guide, and the Turkish equivalents of English terms must be provided. Turkish terms introduced for the first time in the field must be accompanied by their original forms in parentheses.
• At the initial submission stage, manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words, including the abstract, main text, tables, figures, references, and extended English abstract. Reasonable increases in word count resulting from scientific revisions requested during the peer-review and editorial processes may be accepted at the discretion of the Editor.
• Articles must include the following sections: title, abstract, keywords (4–6 keywords at the end of each abstract), introduction, method, findings, conclusion, discussion, recommendations, and references.
• For articles written in Turkish, it is mandatory to provide an extended English abstract covering the title, introduction, method, findings, conclusion, discussion, and recommendations.
• The short abstract must include the aim, method, main findings, and conclusion of the study, and should be between 200–250 words.
• The uploaded manuscript file must not contain any information identifying the authors. Author names, affiliations, contact information, email addresses, ORCID numbers, or any expression that could reveal authorship should not be included in the article file. This information should be provided on a separate title page.
The Title Page, which must be uploaded as a separate file from the manuscript, should include the following information:
- The title of the manuscript in both Turkish and English,
- Full names of all authors,
- Authors' academic titles and institutional affiliations (Department, Faculty, University, City, Country),
- ORCID iDs of all authors,
- E-mail addresses of all authors,
- Thesis information, if the manuscript is derived from a master's or doctoral thesis (type of thesis, university, and year),
- Funding information, if the study was supported by a research project, funding agency, or any other institution,
- Ethics committee approval information (name of the ethics committee, approval date, and approval number),
- Author Contributions Statement,
- Conflict of Interest Statement.
• To ensure a double-blind review process, self-citations should be formatted in a way that does not disclose the author's identity. These citations should be given as (Author, year) in both the main text and the references section (Citation Removing). Additionally, the titles and bibliographic details of self-cited publications must not appear in any part of the manuscript.
• To maintain anonymity in the double-blind peer review process, authors must use the “Inspect Document” or a similar tool to remove any hidden metadata that could reveal their identity.
Removing Personal Information from the Manuscript File:
When the Word file is closed, right-click on the file and select “Properties.” Go to the “Details” tab and click on “Remove Properties and Personal Information.” In the new window, select “Remove the following properties from this file” and click “Select All” → “OK.” Then close the Properties window.
• The names, surnames, titles, institutional affiliations, phone numbers, ORCID numbers, and email addresses of all authors mentioned in the manuscript should be provided in the separately uploaded “title page” file. One of the authors must be designated as the “corresponding author,” who is accepted by all co-authors to act on their behalf when decisions are needed regarding the manuscript.
Tables, Figures, and Appendices
• Tables, figures, graphs, and similar visual elements must be placed within the main body of the article and should not be presented at the end of the document or in a separate file.
• Figures, images, etc., must be of the highest possible resolution.
• Appendices should be placed after the references section, each starting on a separate page.
Uploading the Manuscript
• Before uploading the manuscript, ensure that all items in the "Manuscript Submission Checklist" have been fulfilled.
• Submissions can be uploaded by registering on the journal’s website: https://dergipark.org.tr/maruaebd
I• n addition to the full text of the manuscript, the following files must be uploaded: Title Page, Ethics Committee Approval, Copyright Transfer Form, and Manuscript Submission Checklist.
• All articles are subject to plagiarism checks. Only articles with a similarity index below 10% are considered for review. Moreover, quotations from a single source must not exceed 4%.
• No publication fee is charged for accepted articles.
