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Dan-ag: Journal of Educational Studies welcomes original, relevant, and ethically conducted scholarship that contributes to educational knowledge, policy, and practice. Authors should read the following guidelines and prepare their files before completing the online submission form. Manuscripts that do not follow the journal’s requirements may be returned for correction before editorial screening.
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT
The corresponding author should confirm that the manuscript satisfies all the following conditions:
The manuscript is within the aims and scope of Dan-ag.
The manuscript is original and has not previously been published as a substantially similar journal article.
The manuscript is not currently submitted to or under review by another journal or publisher.
All individuals who qualify for authorship have been included and have approved the manuscript and its submission.
The manuscript has been prepared using the official Dan-ag Author Manuscript Template.
The title page and blinded manuscript have been prepared as separate files.
The blinded manuscript does not contain author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, identifying acknowledgments, or author information in the document properties.
Research ethics approval, exemption, or other appropriate institutional documentation is available when applicable.
All citations and references correspond and follow APA 7th edition.
All tables and figures are numbered, titled, cited in the text, and sufficiently clear for publication.
Funding, conflicts of interest, data availability, author contributions, acknowledgments, and the use of artificial intelligence have been properly disclosed.
All blue instructions, placeholders, example content, and opening guidance pages have been removed from the completed manuscript.
The corresponding author has retained copies of all submitted files.
WHO MAY SUBMIT
Dan-ag accepts submissions from teachers, faculty members, school leaders, researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and other professionals whose work contributes to education and related fields.
The journal also considers manuscripts developed from studies completed within the last three years, including theses, dissertations, classroom or school-based action research, institutional research, conference papers, and funded studies.
A study previously deposited in a thesis or institutional repository may still be considered, provided that the submitted manuscript has been substantially prepared as a journal article, has not been published as a substantially similar journal article, and its previous dissemination is fully disclosed.
Student-derived manuscripts should be submitted with the knowledge and approval of the research adviser and all individuals who qualify for authorship.
TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS
Original Research Article
A complete empirical study employing quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research.
Classroom or School-Based Action Research
A systematic inquiry conducted to understand or improve teaching, learning, classroom conditions, school programs, or educational practice.
Systematic, Scoping, or Integrative Review
A structured synthesis of relevant scholarship using transparent and appropriate review procedures.
Educational Innovation and Practice Paper
A scholarly examination of an educational intervention, program, resource, framework, technology, or promising professional practice.
Research Note
A concise presentation of preliminary findings, methodological insights, instrument development, replication, or a focused contribution to an ongoing area of research.
Policy or Perspective Article
An evidence-informed analysis of an educational issue, policy, theory, professional concern, or emerging development.
Other manuscript types may be considered when they are consistent with the journal’s aims and scope.
GENERAL MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS
File format: Microsoft Word DOCX
Page size: US Letter
Margins: One inch on all sides
Body font: Times New Roman, 12 points
Body spacing: Double-spaced
Heading font: Arial, bold
Text alignment: Left-aligned
Manuscript length: Generally 5,000–8,000 words, excluding references and supplementary materials
Abstract: 200–250 words
Keywords: Four to six terms separated by semicolons
Referencing style: APA 7th edition
Language: English
Shorter manuscripts may be considered for research notes, educational practice papers, and policy or perspective articles. Manuscripts exceeding the recommended length should demonstrate that the additional content is necessary to understand and evaluate the study.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Authors must use the official Dan-ag Author Manuscript Template.
The template contains opening guidance pages, blue instructional text, sample content, headings, an example table, an example figure, declarations, and a final checklist. These materials are provided only to guide manuscript preparation.
Before submission, authors must remove the opening guidance pages, all blue instructional text, bracketed prompts, example values, and unused sample content. The prescribed heading styles, page format, and general manuscript structure should be retained.
MANUSCRIPT TITLE
Provide a concise and informative title that accurately represents the study.
Use sentence case and avoid unexplained abbreviations, unnecessary technical language, institutional slogans, or overly broad claims.
The title appearing in the blinded manuscript must be identical to the title entered in the submission form and title page.
ABSTRACT
The abstract should contain 200–250 words and should normally appear as one paragraph. It should briefly present the educational context or problem, purpose of the study, research method, principal results, and conclusion or implications. The abstract should be understandable without consulting the full manuscript. Citations should not be included unless indispensable.
KEYWORDS
Provide four to six keywords or short phrases separated by semicolons. Select terms that accurately represent the study’s population, setting, topic, intervention, methodology, or principal educational concept. Avoid simply repeating every word already used in the manuscript title.
MANUSCRIPT STRUCTURE
Authors should use the structure appropriate to their article type. An original research or action-research manuscript should generally contain the following sections:
Title
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusion and Recommendations
Declarations
References
Appendices or Supplementary Material, when applicable
Review, policy, perspective, and educational practice papers may use an adapted structure when appropriate. Any adaptation should remain clear, logical, and consistent with the manuscript’s purpose.
INTRODUCTION
The Introduction should establish the educational context and significance of the problem. Authors should synthesize recent and relevant scholarship, identify what remains unknown or insufficiently addressed, and explain how the study contributes to the field. The section should lead clearly to the study’s purpose and end with the research questions, objectives, or hypotheses. The Introduction should present an integrated scholarly argument rather than a source-by-source or purely chronological summary of literature.
METHOD
The Method section should provide sufficient information for readers and reviewers to understand, evaluate, and, when appropriate, replicate the study.
The section may include the following subsections:
Research Design
Identify and justify the research design or methodological approach.
Participants and Context
Describe the research setting, participants or data sources, sampling procedures, inclusion criteria, and relevant contextual information while protecting confidentiality.
Instruments or Data Sources
Describe the instruments, protocols, measures, documents, or other sources of evidence. Report their development, validation, reliability, or trustworthiness as applicable.
Data-Gathering Procedures
Explain the sequence of data collection, intervention, observation, or implementation.
Data Analysis
Describe the quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, or synthesis procedures used. Identify software only when relevant to understanding or reproducing the analysis.
Ethical Considerations
Identify the ethics committee, review board, or authorized reviewing body and provide the approval, clearance, or control number when available. Explain informed consent or assent, parental permission when applicable, confidentiality, data security, risk management, permissions, and safeguards for vulnerable participants. If the study was determined exempt from review, state the basis for the exemption and the responsible authority.
RESULTS
Present the findings in a clear and logical order aligned with the research questions, objectives, or hypotheses.
Report sufficient evidence to support each finding. Depending on the research approach, this may include descriptive and inferential statistics, effect sizes, confidence intervals, themes, patterns, participant quotations, observations, or documentary evidence.
Avoid repeating every value in both the narrative and a table or figure. The Results section should primarily report findings; extended interpretation belongs in the Discussion.
DISCUSSION
Interpret the findings in relation to the research questions, relevant scholarship, and the study’s theoretical or conceptual framing. Explain how the findings support, extend, refine, or contradict earlier research. Discuss their educational, practical, theoretical, methodological, or policy implications. The Discussion should also address plausible explanations, strengths, limitations, contextual boundaries, and the contribution of the study. Do not merely repeat the Results section.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Provide a concise, evidence-based conclusion that responds directly to the study’s purpose. State the most important implications for educational practice, theory, policy, leadership, or future research. Recommendations must arise from the findings and should not introduce new results or unsupported claims.
TABLES AND FIGURES
Number tables and figures consecutively according to their first appearance in the manuscript.
Every table and figure must be mentioned in the text and should be placed near the paragraph in which it is first discussed.
Use the table and figure examples provided in the Dan-ag Author Manuscript Template.
For tables, provide the table number, a concise descriptive title, and explanatory notes when needed.
For figures, provide the figure number and a concise descriptive title. Figures should be clear, legible, and of sufficient resolution for digital publication.
Define abbreviations, symbols, statistical notation, and relevant sources in a note when necessary.
Do not refer to a table or figure only as “above” or “below,” because its position may change during production. Refer to it directly by number, such as “Table 2” or “Figure 1.”
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce or adapt copyrighted tables, figures, photographs, instruments, or other third-party materials.
DECLARATIONS
Every manuscript must retain the following declaration headings. When a declaration does not apply, write “Not applicable” rather than deleting the heading.
Ethics Approval
Name the approving or reviewing body, approval or control number, and date. If the study was exempt, state the basis and responsible authority.
Informed Consent
Explain how informed consent and, when applicable, assent or parental permission were obtained.
Conflict of Interest
Disclose any financial, professional, personal, or institutional interest that could influence or reasonably appear to influence the work.
Funding
Identify the funding organization and grant or project number. If the study received no specific funding, state this clearly.
Data Availability
Explain whether and under what conditions the data, instruments, materials, or analytic code may be accessed. If sharing is restricted, state the ethical, privacy, legal, or institutional reason.
Artificial Intelligence Use
Identify any generative or automated tool used in writing, editing, translation, transcription, analysis, visualization, or another part of the research or manuscript. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, citations, confidentiality, and content of the submitted work. Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors.
Author Contributions
Describe the contribution of each author. Authors may use the CRediT categories, including conceptualization, methodology, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, validation, writing, supervision, and project administration.
Acknowledgments
Recognize contributions made by individuals or organizations that do not qualify for authorship. Identifying acknowledgments should appear only on the title page during double-anonymous review or should be replaced with a neutral placeholder in the blinded manuscript.
REFERENCES
Dan-ag follows the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition.
Arrange reference-list entries alphabetically by the surname of the first author.
Every source cited in the manuscript must appear in the reference list, and every item in the reference list must be cited in the manuscript.
Authors should prioritize current, relevant, and reputable scholarly sources while retaining older foundational works when necessary.
Provide DOI links in the format https://doi.org/xxxxx whenever available. Include stable URLs for online sources when required by APA 7th edition.
Authors are responsible for checking the accuracy of author names, publication years, article titles, journal titles, volume and issue numbers, page ranges, and DOI or URL information.
Journal article example:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Journal Title, volume(issue), xx–xx. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Book example:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.
Chapter example:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Report or webpage example:
Organization Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of report or page. URL
RESEARCH ETHICS
Research involving human participants, students, personal information, classroom observations, surveys, interviews, tests, interventions, or institutional records must comply with applicable ethical and institutional requirements. Authors must provide an ethics clearance, exemption, institutional authorization, or equivalent documentation when applicable. Ethics approval should normally be obtained before data collection begins. Retrospective approval does not automatically resolve the absence of prior ethical review. The editorial team may request consent documents, permissions, research protocols, data-management information, or other materials needed to evaluate ethical compliance. The journal may decline or discontinue the review of a manuscript when its ethical basis is insufficient, inconsistent, or cannot be adequately verified.
AUTHORSHIP
Authorship should be limited to individuals who made substantial scholarly contributions to the conception, design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the work. All authors must approve the submitted manuscript, agree to the order of authorship, and accept accountability for their respective contributions. Individuals who provided administrative assistance, language editing, funding support, data collection assistance, or general supervision but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be recognized in the Acknowledgments when appropriate. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the author list and contribution statement are accurate. Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission must be supported by a written explanation and the documented agreement of all affected authors. Approval of such requests is not automatic.
USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial intelligence and automated tools may assist with limited tasks such as language editing, organization, transcription, translation, coding, analysis, or visualization when their use is appropriate, lawful, and accurately disclosed. Authors must not use artificial intelligence to fabricate data, invent sources, misrepresent findings, replace independent scholarly judgment, or conceal plagiarism. Authors must verify all AI-assisted content, citations, interpretations, computations, and outputs. Confidential participant information, protected research data, unpublished third-party material, or content covered by institutional restrictions must not be uploaded to public AI services without appropriate authorization. All relevant AI use must be disclosed in the manuscript and submission form.
FILES REQUIRED FOR INITIAL SUBMISSION
Prepare the following as separate files:
Title Page
Blinded Manuscript
Research Ethics Document, when applicable
Supplementary Files, when applicable
TITLE PAGE
The title page should contain the following:
Complete manuscript title
Complete names of all authors in the agreed order
Institutional affiliation of each author
Email address of each author
ORCID iD of each author, when available
Identification and contact details of the corresponding author
Author-contribution statement
Funding statement
Conflict-of-interest statement
Acknowledgments, when applicable
The title page will not be sent to peer reviewers.
BLINDED MANUSCRIPT
The blinded manuscript must not contain information that directly or indirectly identifies the authors. Remove author names, affiliations, biographies, email addresses, ORCID iDs, and identifying acknowledgments. Remove author names from document properties, tracked changes, and comments. Use neutral language for revealing self-citations when necessary, but do not remove relevant references solely to conceal identity. Remove the identity of a school, organization, project, or research site when its disclosure would reveal the authors or participants. The file should be named without author names.
Suggested filename:
Dan-ag_BlindedManuscript_ShortTitle.docx
SUPPLEMENTARY FILES
Supplementary materials may include research instruments, interview guides, observation protocols, reporting checklists, additional tables or figures, datasets, codebooks, permission letters, intervention materials, or other files necessary to evaluate the work. Supplementary files must also be anonymized when they will be shared with reviewers.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Download and complete the Dan-ag Author Manuscript Template.
Prepare the title page and blinded manuscript as separate files.
Prepare the research ethics and supplementary documents when applicable.
Complete the Dan-ag Manuscript Submission Form.
Upload the required files through the form.
Retain the confirmation email and copies of all submitted materials.
Wait for the editorial team’s initial screening notice.
EDITORIAL SCREENING
Each submission undergoes an initial examination before peer review. The editorial team evaluates whether the manuscript is within the journal’s scope, sufficiently original, appropriately anonymized, ethically supportable, methodologically credible, and compliant with the author guidelines. The manuscript may be returned for technical corrections, declined without external review, or forwarded for independent peer review.
PEER-REVIEW PROCEDURE
Dan-ag follows a double-anonymous peer-review process. The reviewers do not receive the authors’ identifying information, and the authors are not informed of the reviewers’ identities.
Manuscripts that pass editorial screening are normally evaluated by qualified reviewers selected according to subject and methodological expertise, availability, and absence of conflicts of interest.
Reviewers assess the manuscript’s relevance, originality, theoretical or conceptual grounding, methodological quality, ethical adequacy, clarity of results, depth of discussion, educational contribution, and overall presentation.
Possible decisions include:
Accept
Minor Revision
Major Revision
Revise and Resubmit
Decline
The final editorial decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief and authorized editors.
REVISIONS
When revisions are requested, the corresponding author should submit the following:
A revised blinded manuscript
A detailed point-by-point response to the editor and reviewers
A marked or highlighted version showing the revisions, when requested
Updated ethics, authorship, disclosure, or supplementary documents when applicable
The response document should reproduce or summarize each comment, explain the revision made, and identify where the change appears in the manuscript.
When an author respectfully disagrees with a recommendation, the response should provide a clear scholarly justification.
Submission of a revision does not guarantee acceptance.
ORIGINALITY AND PREVIOUS DISSEMINATION
The submitted manuscript must not have been previously published as a substantially similar journal article and must not be under consideration elsewhere.
Authors must disclose whether the study has appeared as a thesis, dissertation, institutional report, conference presentation, proceedings abstract, preprint, working paper, or repository deposit.
The journal may use similarity-detection or other research-integrity screening procedures. A similarity percentage alone does not determine misconduct; the editorial team will evaluate the nature, extent, attribution, and context of any overlap.
PUBLICATION CHARGES
Dan-ag DOES NOT currently charge manuscript-submission, peer-review, or article-publication fees.
Any optional cost associated with additional printed copies, special production requirements, or other author-requested services will be communicated in advance and will not influence editorial or peer-review decisions.
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscript does not unlawfully reproduce copyrighted or protected material. Permission must be obtained when required for adapted or reproduced tables, figures, photographs, instruments, extensive quotations, or other third-party content. The applicable copyright and publication agreement will be provided to the authors of accepted manuscripts before publication.
PRIVACY
Names, email addresses, uploaded files, and other information submitted to Dan-ag will be used only for editorial screening, peer review, publication processing, journal communication, indexing preparation, research-integrity evaluation, and related journal administration.
Personal information will not be used for unrelated purposes or knowingly disclosed to unauthorized parties.
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