Preliminary Evaluation Process
Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM) is the first editorial review after uploading to its system. These evaluations check whether the research can be published in terms of general principles and sent to the referee. As a result of the evaluation, studies that are not original, do not comply with ethical rules, and do not comply with publication and writing rules are rejected. However, the articles that need to be removed, completed, corrected/edited are returned to the author. The author is expected to complete these deficiencies.
Bilateral Blind Arbitration and Evaluation Process
For the studies, referees can be determined from the referee pool by looking at the content and expertise of the referees. Referees may be suggested by a field expert or a member of the journal editorial board or by the authors. The editors examine the referee candidates and the articles requested to be examined are sent to the referees appointed according to the double-blind refereeing system. If two reviewer accepts the article proposal, the article can be published. If two referees accept the article proposal, the article can be published.

The double-blind refereeing method is based on the objective evaluation of scientific studies. In this system, our journal uses a double-blind refereeing system in which the identities of the referees and authors are kept confidential from each other. For this reason, referee names are not published. Authors and reviewers should strive to keep their identities confidential.

The double-blind peer-review process has an important place in the publication quality of the Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM), in terms of authors and referees. Studies submitted to the Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM) are evaluated according to the following stages.

Introduction and literature: It includes the presentation of the problem discussed in the study and its aims, the importance of the subject, the scope of the literature on the subject, its actuality, and the originality of the study.

Method: It includes information about the suitability of the method used, the selection and characteristics of the research group, validity, and reliability, as well as an opinion about the data collection and analysis process.

Findings: It includes opinions on the presentation of the findings obtained within the framework of the method, the accuracy of the analysis methods, the consistency of the findings with the aims of the research, the presentation of the needed tables, figures, and visuals, and the conceptual evaluation of the tests used.

Evaluation and discussion: Discussion of the topic based on the findings includes views on relevance to the research questions and hypothesis(s), generalizability, and applicability.

Conclusion-suggestions: Contribution to the literature includes opinions on suggestions for future studies and applications in the field.

Style and expression: It includes opinions on whether the title covers the content, the use of language in accordance with the rules, the structuring of citations and references in line with the examples shown in the journal publication, and writing principles.

General evaluation: It includes the originality of the prepared work, its contribution to the literature and applications in the field, or opinions about the publication and writing criteria. The opinions and evaluations of the referees cannot be in the nature of disrupting the general structure and features of the study.

The referees are given a certain amount of time for the referee evaluation process. The referees make their evaluations and submit their reports during this period. Correction suggestions from referees or expert editorial board members are completed by the authors in accordance with the Editorial Principles and Writing Rules and within the appropriate time given. The referees can decide on the suitability of the study by examining the corrections, as well as requesting corrections more than once and reporting their final opinions/decisions. If two referees accept the article proposal, the article can be published.

Reviwers Reports
Peer reviews of the studies in general; It is based on originality, the method used, compliance with ethical rules, consistent presentation of findings and results, and review of the literature.

Editors' Final Evaluations and Editorial Board Decision
The opinions of the referees are reviewed by the field editor within a certain period of time. As a result of the review, the field editor conveys the final decision on the study to the editors. Based on the opinions of the editors, field editors, and referees, the study and its evaluation and correction results are presented to the Editorial Board. According to the opinion of the Editorial Board, it determines the opinions regarding the return of the article, the decision to be published, or its correction. They forward these views to the authors without delay.

Objecting to the Evaluation Result
Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM) editors are forwarded to the authors as a result of the evaluation. Authors have the right to object to the opinions formed as a result of the evaluations of the editorial board or scientific committee. Authors can send their reasoned objections regarding the evaluation result to the digital address of our journal in scientific language and by citing their references. Objections made are reviewed by the editorial board as soon as possible. Opinions can be requested from the relevant referees about the objections made. Positive or negative feedback is given to the authors regarding the results. If the objections of the authors to the evaluation result are found positive, new referees may be appointed by the editorial board or the editors. In this case, the referee evaluation process will be restarted.

After Acceptance
In the Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM), arrival and acceptance dates, personal information of the authors, and international author identification number, namely ORCID, are added to the first page of the accepted studies. After these processes, it is published as open access online. This publication is given a DOI number. After this process, the DOI number is added to the first page of the articles by rearranging. This last copy is uploaded to the system and the publication is updated online.

Language Arrangement
Journal of STEAM Education (J-STEAM), submitted works must be written in plain, clear, clean, and fluent language, in accordance with the English language rules and their scientific literature. Otherwise, editors may request proofreading. The language control of the articles to be uploaded to the system will ensure that the publication processes are carried out more healthily in terms of completing one of the acceptance criteria of the study.
layout
The articles whose processes are completed are sent to the layout process and are expected to be arranged in accordance with the journal template.
DOI Number
Completed studies are published online. A CrossRef DOI number is obtained for each study through DergiPark. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is an accession number that enables the international identification and accessibility of every work published electronically.