Author Guidelines

Publication Fees

The Journal charges for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials. The publication of an article in the Journal incurs a charge of 150 £. It is the publication year that governs the publication fee, not the submission year.

The total sum will be charged to the author(s) upon acceptance of his/her article.

Withdrawal of Manuscript

Withdrawal of a manuscript after peer review, or typeset (but not yet published) will be charged according to the following: 50 £.per article (after peer review) and 100 £. per article (after peer review and typesetting).

We rely on authors complying strictly with the guidelines below to facilitate copy-editing and ensuring high-quality publications.

Preparing for submission

Submitted manuscripts should follow the recommendations stated:

Please refer to the information provided below as well as the submission preparation checklist to be sure that you have conformed to the requirements before beginning the submission process. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

If the guidelines are not properly followed or if required data or information is missing from the manuscript, please note that this will lead to delays in the initial review process. Submissions lacking required documents/information and/or that have not been set up correctly may be archived.

Submitted manuscripts should follow the recommendations stated in below:

Cover Letter and suggesting Reviewers

In the covering letter, the corresponding author should reveal whether the submitted article- or very similar work - has been previously published or orally presented or is under consideration elsewhere. In addition, the author may suggest 3-4 potential reviewers. Names, affiliations, and email addresses must be provided.

Please note that the submitting author will be the principal contact for editorial correspondence, throughout the peer review.

Please provide the ORCID IDfor each author in the submission metadata.

Manuscript preparation

Language

All articles should be written in English.

Manuscript Layout

Wherever possible, the paper should follow the traditional layout: introduction (motivation, problem identification and a short literature survey), present investigation (background, method, materials, subjects, results and discussion), and conclusion.

Acknowledgements

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section of the title page, i.e. not listed in the main manuscript. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chairperson who provided only general support. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged. NB! Acknowledgements should be added to the Title page that is separated from the main manuscript.

Conflict of interest and funding

Authors are responsible for disclosing financial support from the industry or other conflicts of interest that might bias the interpretation of results. All submitted manuscripts must include a ‘Conflict of interests and finding’ section listing all competing interests (financial and non-financial). If no competing interests exist, please state in this section, "The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest".

NB: Conflict of interest and funding should be added to the Title page that is separated from the main manuscript.

Statistic validity

If complicated statistical data are provided, the authors may be requested to submit a statement issued by a certified statistician regarding the validity of methods used.

Formatting

• Microsoft Word files is the strongly preferred.
• The template can be downloaded.
• The main text should
• be single-spaced,
• use the same 12 pt. Times New Roman font for Word throughout,
• use a single column layout with left margin aligned,
• have Vertical A4 page size,
• have 4 cm top margin, 3 cm left and bottom margin, and 2 cm right margin,
• start on a new page with introduction.
• Length of the main manuscript should not be more than 20 pages.
• Paragraph margins:
• use first 6 pt. and then 6 pt.,
• paragraph indent and double enter not allowed.
• Use the following document structure:
• Title page, including authors’ names, affiliations, and email addresses (if authors want to hide the email addresses on the text, please note it).
• Introduction
• Subsequent sections and subsections that include tables, figures, and footnotes referenced in the text.
• References
• Supplementary material

• The title:

• use Title Case, 14 pt., Bold and Centred

• Abstracts should include a summary of the main research findings. Avoid generic statements.

• Limit abstracts to no more than 300 words.

• Keywords: not more than 6.

• Subtitles:

• use Sentence case, 12 pt. Bold, left aligned.

• Citation in the main text:

• use citation in brackets. Example: (Daft, 2007: 619).
• avoid using hyperlink in the text.
• Bibliography (References) can be formatted as you like (APA is preferred), provided;
• the formatting is consistent.
• each citation begins with the last name of the first author.
• where available, the entry in the references should list DOI and/or URL
• at the end,
• alphabetical,
• with no number,
• left aligned,
• hanging by 1.25 cm.

Double Blind- Peer Review Process

Papers submitted to Eurasian Journal of Higher Education are subject to rigorous peer review to ensure that the research published is 'good science'. Authors are not told who reviewed their paper. The referees’ identity remains unknown to the authors throughout the review process.

Manuscripts are sent out for review electronically, and all correspondence takes place via e-mail.

The journal adheres to a 'double blind' peer review process and thus the identity of the authors should remain unknown.

1. The articles submitted are reviewed by the Managing Editor and, if deemed appropriate in terms of scientific criteria and journal writing rules, author names are removed from the text and sent to the referees.
2. The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.
3. With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.

The reviewers are asked to give their opinion on several issues (reviewer form). All relevant information will be forwarded to the author(s). the reviewers have two possible goals: to ask authors to tighten their arguments based on existing data or to identify areas where more data are needed. Even formal revision may be required if the language or style is sub-standard. The author is given a maximum of 8 weeks for revision otherwise revised manuscript will be considered new submission.

The reviewers will have 4 possible options, for each article:

• Accept the paper
• Accept the paper after the minor changes
• Resubmit after major revisions
• Decline the submission

NB: Papers may be rejected directly by the Managing Editor if judged to be out of scope or if scientifically or formally sub-standard.

NB: The cover letter and title page revealing the identity of the authors are uploaded separately.

NB: The opinions put forward in the articles published in the journal belong to their authors. The author takes legal and ethical responsibilities.

Additional Considerations

• We welcome submission of manuscripts from peer-reviewed conferences, which may have already appeared in proceedings.
• Submissions will be reviewed according to our Reviewer Guidelines.
• Please provide the ORCID ID for each author in the submission metadata.
• Authors should suggest 4 potential reviewers. Reviewers will not know the author suggested them. Make sure that your suggestions are not current or recent colleagues of you or your co-authors.