SUEFD attaches importance to writing articles in accordance with the article writing templates on the journal's article template page. We kindly request our authors to consider the relevant template (APA 7) when submitting articles to our journal. All studies submitted to our journal must have "Ethics Committee Approval" if necessary. Studies without ethics committee approval will not be included in the evaluation process. In order for candidate articles submitted to the journal to be accepted into the referee process, they must be appropriate to the journal's subject area, original, unpublished anywhere else, prepared in accordance with the journal format, and have a similarity report (Ithenticate or Turnitin report) score of less than 15%.

You can access the Journal Article Template and Forms here. Please fill out the required documents when submitting an article to the journal.

Articles sent to Sinop University Journal of Education Faculty as research articles, compilations, review articles, case reports, meta-analyses are evaluated.

• Articles sent to the journal should not have been published in another publication or should not be in the publication process. Studies previously presented as papers in a congress, workshop or meeting may be published if deemed appropriate by the editorial board, provided that the date and place are specified. All responsibilities in this regard belong to the authors.
• Articles can only be sent to our journal by becoming a member of Dergi Park. All processes of the journal are carried out electronically.
• The author fills out the Author Copyright Transfer Form and sends it as an attachment to the article. If there is more than one author, an Author Contribution Form explaining the contributions of the others is prepared.

Articles sent to the journal are first reviewed by the editorial board. Articles that do not comply with the journal's writing and publishing principles are returned to the author for correction. If the authors of the article do not complete their duties by the end of the periods defined by the editors regarding the arrangements, the evaluation process may be terminated by the journal management.
• Articles approved by the editorial office are sent to at least two referees for evaluation, with the names of the author and referee kept confidential. New referees are appointed by the editorial office in place of referees who do not send their reports within the specified time.

• The journal may request corrections to submitted articles upon the request of the referees, or it may also have the right to reject the article. Requested corrections are notified to the authors via the Dergi Park article tracking system. Referees may request to see the corrections before the article is published. The final decision on the publication of articles is made by the editorial office, taking into account the opinion of the majority of the referees. Authors are notified of articles that have been decided to be published.

• It is preferred that the entire text, including articles, notes, tables, figures, graphics and references/bibliography, does not exceed 10,000 words.

• At the beginning of the article, there should be an abstract in Turkish and English, not exceeding 300 words, that briefly and concisely expresses the subject. The article should start with an “Introduction” section that addresses the scope and approaches in the literature related to the research, then reflect the methodological information of the article such as the purpose and hypothesis/model/research problems with the title “Method” and end with a “Results and Recommendations” section where the findings are evaluated and recommendations are presented.

• In addition to the Turkish and English abstract, an extended English abstract of 1500-2000 words should be added at the end of the articles in accordance with international standards. (Extended English abstracts are not required for English articles.)
• Articles are written on 21x29.7 cm (A4) pages adjusted to leave 2.5 cm space from the top, bottom, right and left, and 0.4 cm space for the footer.

• The main text should be written in 11 points and 1.5 line spacing; Turkish and English abstracts, footnotes and references should be written in 10 points and single-spaced; footnotes should be written in 12 pt. and single-spaced. The first line of the paragraphs and the second line of the references should be indented by 1.25 cm. Calibri font should be used throughout the study.

• Turkish and English keywords should consist of a maximum of 5 words.

• Turkish article title should be in capital letters. Only the first letters of the English title, Abstract, Keywords, Abstract and Keywords should be written in capital letters and these words should be 0.6 pt. away from the abstract text.

• Tables, figures, photographs, graphics and drawings should be numbered sequentially, the first letter of each word in their naming should be written in capital letters and the table title should be italic. The title and content text should be in 10 points and 12 pt. line spacing, and there should be no distance between them and the table (Table 1: Age-Gender Status).

• Block quotations exceeding three lines in the text should be in italic 10 points in “quotation marks”, 1.25 cm line indented from the left and 0.5 cm line indented from the right and 0.6 pt. away from the main text.
• In APA writing, explanations are given under the Endnotes heading before the references, not under the text, in the order of footnote numbers.

• During the evaluation process, information about the author (author name, title, institution and e-mail address) should not be given in the text. This information should be included in the Title Page file.

• In Turkish studies sent to the journal, it is mandatory to comply with the grammar and spelling rules of the Turkish Language Association (TDK).

• The accuracy of the sources is the responsibility of the authors.

• The American Psychological Association (APA 7) style is used as the reference system for articles sent to Sinop University Journal of Faculty of Education.

• Authors who send articles to our journal must have up-to-date Institution, Title, ORCID and Country information in their Dergi Park user records.

• The journal is digitally indexed using the LOCKSS system used by Dergi Park.