MSKU Journal of Faculty of Education
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Journal of Faculty of Education has been published since November 2014 and has been indexed in TR Index since 2019. Our journal includes original, qualified articles on education, teaching, teacher training and field education; qualitative and quantitative research, test development studies, critical literature reviews and meta-analysis studies. Each article is published in full text in Turkish and English.
Article Submission Guidelines
We kindly request you to pay attention to the following points when submitting an article to our journal:
1. Application Process:
- Please carefully review the Author Guidelines (at the bottom of the journal homepage) for article submission.
- For the first submission, the article does not have to be in English or follow the template. However, if accepted, a template-compliant English version will be requested.
- Articles should be 7500 words (10000 words for qualitative research) including abstract, footnotes and references.
- Tables and figures in the manuscript should be limited in number to best support and explain the content in accordance with the nature of the research or study. These visual elements should be carefully selected to present data clearly, summarize complex information or highlight important findings.
- The following statements should be included in the article (before References):
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Conflict of Interest
Ethical Approval
Funding Sources
Author Contributions
Data Sharing
2. Evaluation Process:
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Faculty of Education Journal has a dynamic, competent and scientifically strong team. You can be sure that the evaluation process is/will be carried out in the fastest way possible.
- Submitted manuscripts are first formally reviewed for compliance with the publication policy and rules.
- The eligible articles are forwarded to the field editor and evaluated by at least two referees.
- In line with the referees' suggestions, the article may be sent back to the authors for correction. Authors may withdraw the article if they do not accept the suggestions.
- Referee-author communication is provided only through the editor, deputy editor or field editor.
- Due to high demand, the evaluation process may take 9-10 months on average. Please submit your manuscript taking this period into consideration.
3. Plagiarism Policy:
- Articles must be scanned with programs such as Turnitin or iThenticate and a similarity report must be submitted.
- Screening settings: Exclude Bibliography (“Exclude Bibliography”) and Exclude sources that are less than 5 words (“Exclude sources that are less than 5 words”).
- Similarity rate: Articles with more than 20% similarity or more than 5% similarity from a single source will not be pre-evaluated.
- For articles with less than 20% similarity, it is checked whether the source is cited at the end of each citation.
- All articles go through advanced plagiarism screening with Cross Check by iThenticate.
- Responsibility for ethical violations belongs to the authors.
4. Publication Process:
- Articles that comply with the writing rules, pass all evaluation processes and are approved by the Editorial Board are published electronically on the journal web page.
Thank you for your interest in our journal. For your questions, you can visit our journal website or contact our editors.