Author Guidelines

Journal of Social and Educational Research which accepts the research articles and review articles in English is a double-blind peer-review journal. Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the editorial team at https://www.journalser.com/jser/login. For questions or inquiries about manuscripts, please contact the editors. Inquiries regarding original manuscripts should be directed at editor@journalser.com. Manuscripts may not be submitted via e-mail.

Manuscript Categories

  • Research Articles – reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant empirical and/or novel theoretical contributions to the existing social and education literature. Manuscripts should not exceed 35 double spaced A4 pages (Calibri 12-pt. font), inclusive of references, figures and tables.
  • Reviews Articles – may include meta-analyses or conceptual work resulting in significant new theoretical insights into the field of social and educational sciences. To be considered for publication, these must go beyond merely summarizing the extant literature.
  • Short Communications - are typically narrower in scope than a Research Article. Nonetheless, they contribute to the literature, e.g., due to their: unique sample; replication of a high-profile finding in need of independent confirmation; validation of significant measures in the field; or the development of new measures. Manuscripts should not exceed 17 double spaced A4 pages (Calibri 12-pt. font), inclusive of references, figures and tables. Occasionally, action editors may request that a Research Article be resubmitted as a Short Communication.

Preparing The Submission

Cover Letters

Cover letters are not mandatory; however, they may be supplied at the author's discretion.

Parts of the Manuscript

The manuscript should be submitted in separate files: title page; main text file.

Title page

The title page should contain:

  • A short informative title that contains the major key words. The title should not contain abbreviations,
  • The full names of the authors,
  • The author's institutional affiliations and ORCIDs,
  • Corresponding author’s contact email address and telephone number,
  • Acknowledgments (If any)
  • Conflict of Interest statement (for all authors); "The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article."
  • Funding; "This study was funded by […]" or "No funds, grants, or other support was received."
  • Ethical approval; "The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its following updates."
  • Consent to participate; "Informed consent was obtained from all the individual participants that were included in the study."
  • Data accessibility statement; "Data will be available on request."

Main page

Main text should contain (make sure it is suitable for double-blind):

  • Title; The title should be concise and informative.
  • Abstract; Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words.
  • Keywords; Please provide 4 to 6 keywords.
  • Introduction; State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
  • Method; Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher.
  • Results; Results should be clear and concise.
  • Discussion; This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.
  • References; References should be prepared using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA 7th) for style.
  • Table(s) and Figure(s); Tables and figures should be constructed so as to be intelligible without reference to this text, each table and column being provided with a heading.

Use of language

Authors should note that they are writing for an international audience. National colloquialisms and idiomatic use of language should be avoided to the extent possible. Word choices and sentence constructions that might imply bias against persons on the basis of gender, racial or ethnic group membership, disability, sexual orientation, or age should be avoided.

Further Considerations

  • Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
  • All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
  • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)

References Rules

The citation and reference presentation of works, which is to be submitted to the Journal of Social and Educational Research, should be prepared following APA 7th rules. For more information please visit the APA website: https://apastyle.apa.org/

References should be prepared based on APA 7th reference and citing displaying essences.  

Articles

Surname, A. (2022). Title of the article. Journal of Social and Educational Research, 1(1), 11-18. doi

Satici, S. A. (2020). Hope and loneliness mediate the sssociation between stress and subjective vitality. Journal of College Student Development, 61(2), 225-239. https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2020.0019

Online first articles with DOI number

Surname, A. (2017). Title of the article. Journal of Social and Educational Research. Advanced publication online. doi

Satici, B., Gocet-Tekin, E., Deniz, M. E., & Satici, S. A. (2020). Adaptation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its association with psychological distress and life satisfaction in Turkey. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. Advanced publication online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00294-0

Books

Surname, A. (2017). Title of the book. Publisher

Hayes, A. F. (2018). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. Guilford Publications.

Edited Book, No Author

Surname, A. A (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI (if available)

Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. (Eds.). (2019). A new companion to Malory. D. S. Brewer.

Chapter in Edited Books

Surname, A., & Surname, B. (2017). Title of the chapter. In A., Editor and B. Editor (Eds.) Name of edited book (pp.xx-xx). Publisher

Prout, A., & James, A. (2015). A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood? Provenance, promise and problems.  In A. James and A. Prout (Ed.)  Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood (pp.6-28). Routledge

Books with more than one edition

Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title  (xx ed.). Publisher

Belcher, W. (2019). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks: A guide to academic publishing success (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press.

A few volumes in a multi-volume work:

Surname, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (Vol. #). Publisher. DOI (if available)

David, A., & Simpson, J. (Eds.). (2006). The Norton anthology of English literature: The Middle Ages (8th ed.,Vol. A). W. W. Norton and Company.

Unpublished Doctorate and Master Thesis:

Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title of the doctoral thesis [Unpublished doctorate thesis]. University.

Savahl, S. (2010). Ideological constructions of childhood [Unpublished doctorate thesis]. University of the Western Cape.

Edited Conference Proceedings

Surname, A. A., & Surname, A. A. (Eds.). (Year). Title of Proceedings. Publisher. URL (if applicable)

Huang, S., Pierce, R., & Stamey, J. (Eds.). (2006). Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM international conference on the design of communication. ACM Digital Library. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1166324&picked=prox

Presentation Without an Online Source

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., & Surname, D. D. (Year, Month Day). Title of contribution [Description of contribution]. Title of Symposium/Conference, Location.

Matson, E. (2018, Nov. 5). Drones and autonomous vehicles: The latest new technology to come with potential threat [Conference session]. Dawn or Doom 2018 Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.

Presentation with Online Source

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., & Surname, D. D. (Year, Month Day). Title of contribution [Description of contribution]. Title of Symposium/Conference, Location. URL

Bailey, C. (2019, April 5). How to get your brain to focus [Address]. TEDxManchester, Manchester, U.K. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y

Individual Presentation in A Larger Symposium/Panel/Congress/Conferences

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., & Surname, D. D. (Year, Month Day). Title of contribution. In E. E. Chairperson & F. F. Chairperson (Chairs), Title of larger symposium/panel [Description of symposium/panel] Title of symposium/conference, Location. URL if available

Fabian, J. J. (2020, May 14). UX in free educational content. In J. S. Doe (Chair), The case of the Purdue OWL: Accessibility and online content development [Panel presentation] Computers and Writing 2020, Greenville, NC, United States.

Internet Documents:

Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title of the article.  URL

Ministy of Health (2020). Türkiyede günlük koronavirüs tablosu [Daily coronavirus table in Turkey]. Retreived October 8, 2020, from https://covid19.saglik.gov.tr/

Please, see APA 7th for more details.