Research Articles
Aim & Scope
International Journal of Psychology and Education Studies (IJPES) is an international, peer-reviewed, non-profit, Professional scientific journal. IJPES is a journal that accepts manuscripts related to psychology and education. The journal is published online three times in a year. IJPES publishes research employing a variety of qualitative and/or quantitative methods and approaches in all areas of the psychology and education field. IJPES welcomes articles from different institutions and countries.
IJPES is published online quarterly / every three months / 4 issues per year (January, April, July, October).
Manuscripts can be submitted in English. All manuscripts submitted for publication will undergo rigorous peer review, based on an initial editor screening (format of the manuscript, originality of the study, language used) and then a double blind review process by at least two anonymous reviewers.
The reviewers are usually chosen from either the Editorial Board, or the Reviewers Panel. Typically, the editor will seek reviewers’ feedback before considering your submission for publication. In that case, the editor will wait until he/she receives all reviewer comments on your submission. The editor will then email you directly with a decision. Editorial Board is the only authority to enable the communication between the author(s) and the manuscript reviewers.
IJPES has its own online journal system. All submission process are conducted on this system and free of charge. IJPES does not request any fee for article submission process.
Writing Rules
Manuscripts should be original and written considering the academic and ethical rules. They should not be published or should not be under peer-review elsewhere. Authors should consult APA Manual 7th (http://www.apa.org) while writing the manuscript.
Manuscripts can be submitted in English. The title of the article should be short and should not exceed 15 words. Abstract should not be more than 250 words. Furthermore, 3 to 5 key words should be written.
The problem of the study should be clearly indicated in the Introduction part. Introduction part should be followed by method, results, discussion and conclusion.
Articles should not exceed 8000 words.
The format of the articles should be arranged according to IJPES template and the template can be downloaded from the link provided below
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Psychology and Education Studies (IJPES) adopts the The Council of Higher Education (Turkey)- Instructions for Scientific Research and Publication Ethics guidelines.
Authors of IJPES must confirm the following:
Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s)
Only unpublished manuscripts should be submitted
It is un ethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal concurrently
Any conflict of interest must be clearly stated
Acknowledge the sources of data used in the development of the manuscript
All errors discovered in the manuscript after submission must be swiftly communicated to the Editor.
Reviewers of IJPES must confirm the following:
That all manuscripts are reviewed in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry or political values of author(s)
That they will be objective and constructive in their reviews, refraining from being hostile or inflammatory and from making libelous or derogatory personal comments
That they will review manuscripts for which they have the subject expertise required to carry out a proper assessment and which they can assess in a timely manner
That any observed conflict of interest during the review process must be communicated to the Editor
That all information pertaining to the manuscript is kept confidential
That they will not use information obtained during the peer-review process for their own or any other person’s or organization’s advantage, or to disadvantage or discredit others
That any information that may be the reason for the rejection of publication of a manuscript must be communicated to the Editor
Editors of IJPES must confirm the following:
That all manuscripts are evaluated in fairness based on the intellectual content of the paper regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, citizenry or political values of authors
That information pertaining manuscripts are kept confidential
That any observed conflict of interest pertaining manuscripts must be disclosed
The Editorial Board takes responsibility for making publication decisions for submitted manuscripts based on the reviewer’s evaluation of the manuscript, policies of the journal editorial board and legal restrain acting against plagiarism, libel and copyright infringement.
Plagiarism Policy
During review process we use iThenticate plagiarism software. The authors should scan with iThenticate plagiarism or other plagiarism software of their manuscripts before submitting.
Review process cannot begin in case of failure or missing any of the requirements mentioned in this journal such as detailed biostatement by author or any kind of typing mistake in the submission form, etc. The journal staffs never check the submitted data and notify back the author.
The submitter must provide and maintain all requirements during the evaluation process. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed. Author commits all conditions by sending the manuscript.
Open Access Policy
International Journal of Psychology and Education Studies (IJPES) is a fully open access journal, which means that abstracts and full texts of all articles published in this journal are freely accessible to everyone immediately after publication, without any form of restriction and requiring a subscription to the journal.
The manuscripts that are published in the International Journal of Psychology and Education Studies are distributed under CC BY license. Users can distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon our articles, even commercially, as long as they are cited for the original creation
IJPES provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Creative Commons License
Articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Price Policy
IJPES is an open access database. Article submission/process management is free.