Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • This article has not been published previously, nor is it under consideration for publication elsewhere, either in print or in electronic form.
  • The article does not in any way violate intellectual property rights of third parties.
  • I have read and I accept the Copyright Policy of the Journal.

  • The submitted article has been written according to the Author Guidelines of the Journal.

Author Guidelines

The scientific journal Journal of Research in Education and Training/ Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Νηπιαγωγών της Σχολής Επιστημών Αγωγής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων accepts manuscripts in Greek and English. The following guidelines are valid for both languages.

All manuscripts that fall within the scope of the journal are considered on condition that they are original and have not been published or submitted to another journal. Articles must be submitted electronically via the journal’s webpage (www.jret.org). Authors should first register (free) with the journal and then submit their manuscript. Articles are accepted for publication solely on the basis of merit according to the results of a blind peer-review process. Manuscripts are sent to two reviewers, who are asked to submit their reviews within six weeks. Upon receipt of the reviews, author is informed in writing of the Editor’s decision to accept, reject or request changes to the article, and the contents of the reviews are made known to the author(s). The revised form of an article should take into consideration the changes requested by the reviewers. By submitting an article for publication to Journal of Research in Education and Training/ Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Νηπιαγωγών της Σχολής Επιστημών Αγωγής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων  the author assumes responsibility for adhering to intellectual property rights law, assures that no violation is caused to the intellectual property rights of third parties, and accepts unobtrusively the copyright policies of Journal of Research in Education and Training / Επιστημονική Επετηρίδα του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Νηπιαγωγών της Σχολής Επιστημών Αγωγής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων.

Manuscripts of no more than 15.000 words should be submitted electronically via the journal webpage in Microsoft Word (doc) format (tables, figures, images, references included in one file). In case of two or more authors, the corresponding author should be indicated. Submissions should also include at least four (4) keywords in both Greek and English.

Submissions should be accompanied by an abstract of 200 words in the language of the paper. Submissions in Greek should additionally be accompanied by an abstract of 200 words in English. 


Manuscript style

Manuscripts should be double spaced, with justified alignment, in 12-point Times New Roman fonts, and with2,50 cmmargins all around. The title should be in bold lowercase letters, 14-point fonts and centred. The author(s’) names should not appear in the text of the manuscript in order to facilitate the blind review. The Editor reserves the right to remove author names from the manuscript, if they appear, to secure the blind review.

The main text should follow next, in 12-point lowercase letters and in justified alignment. For headings use bold 12-point lowercase letters and for subheadings 12-point Italics.

As far as citations and references are concerned, guidelines specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2010) should be followed (http://www.apastyle.org/).

 

More specifically, the following rules apply:

References to a book:

Βάμβουκας, Μ. Ι. (1998). Εισαγωγή στην Ψυχοπαιδαγωγική Έρευνα και Μεθοδολογία. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Γρηγόρης

Reference to an article:

Maddi, S. (2005). On hardiness and other pathways to resilience. American Psychologist, 60(3), 261-272

Reference to a chapter in edited book or essay in edited collection:

Anstey, K. (2008). Cognitive aging and functional biomarkers. In S. Hofer and D. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of cognitive aging: interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 327-339).Thousand Oaks,California: Sage.

Reference to a translated book:

Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2008). Μεθοδολογία εκπαιδευτικής έρευνας (Σ. Κυρανάκης, Μ. Μαυράκη, Χ. Μητσοπούλου, Π. Μπιθαρα, Μ. Φιλοπούλου, Μτφ.). Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο. (έκδοση πρωτοτύπου 2000).

Reference to a source available online:

Sang, G. (2010). Teacher characteristics and ICT integration: a study in pre-service and in service primary education teachers in China. Ghent University. Retrieved January 2014, from: http://users.ugent.be/~mvalcke/CV/Sang%20G._PhD%20Dissertation.pdf

The reference list is arranged alphabetically according to the Latin alphabet. Tables, figures and charts should be embedded in text according to the author’s preferences. Table titles should be placed above the table body and captions for figures and charts should be placed right underneath. Endnotes should be avoided. If used, these should be numbered starting with 1 and continuing through the article.  The endnote list should appear before the reference list.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (preferably in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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