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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.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

  1. JOTTER: Journal of Teacher Training and Educational Research publishes original scholarly articles in teacher education, professional development, educational research, educational policy, instructional innovation, educational technology, and related fields. Manuscripts must be written in clear academic English and must be relevant to the journal’s Focus and Scope.

    Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal or publisher. Manuscripts that have been presented at conferences, seminars, or similar academic forums may be considered, provided that the prior presentation is disclosed to the Editorial Office and the manuscript has not been formally published in proceedings or another publication.

    All manuscripts must be prepared using the official JOTTER manuscript template and submitted through the JOTTER online submission system.

    Manuscript Language and Length

    JOTTER accepts manuscripts written in English only. Manuscripts should contain 8-10 pages, excluding references, tables, figures, and appendices. Manuscripts must be prepared on A4 paper, in one column, using Garamond font size 11 and 1.15 line spacing, unless otherwise specified in the official template.

    Title and Author Information

    The article title must be concise, informative, and relevant to the content of the manuscript. The title must not exceed 15 words.

    The complete manuscript must include the names of all authors, institutional affiliations, city, country, and the email address of the corresponding author. One author may be designated as the corresponding author.

    JOTTER applies a double-blind peer-review process. Therefore, authors must also submit an anonymized manuscript version for peer review. The anonymized manuscript must not include author names, affiliations, email addresses, acknowledgements, funding information, author contribution statements, or other information that may reveal the identity of the author(s). The complete manuscript with author information will be retained by the Editorial Office and used for production after acceptance. This is consistent with JOTTER’s double-blind review procedure.

    Abstract and Keywords

    Each manuscript must include an English abstract of 150–250 words in one paragraph.

    The abstract should briefly state the research background or problem, objective, method, participants or data source, key findings, and conclusion or implication. The abstract should not contain citations, quotations, tables, figures, abbreviations that are not explained, or unnecessary technical details.

    Authors must provide 3–5 keywords separated by commas. Keywords should accurately represent the main concepts, methods, population, or subject area of the manuscript.

    Manuscript Structure

    Research articles should normally be organized into the following sections:

    1. Introduction
    2. Methods
    3. Results and Discussion
    4. Conclusion
    5. Acknowledgements, where applicable
    6. Declarations
    7. References

    The Introduction should present the background, current state of knowledge, research gap, research problem, rationale, and objective of the study.

    The Methods section should clearly explain the research approach, design, participants or population and sample, setting, instruments, procedures, data collection techniques, data analysis, and ethical considerations where applicable.

    The Results and Discussion section should present findings clearly and discuss them in relation to relevant theories, previous studies, and the research objectives.

    The Conclusion should directly answer the research objective or research question. It should be written in paragraph form and should not merely repeat the results.

    Research Ethics

    Research involving human participants, including students, teachers, lecturers, parents, school personnel, administrators, or other educational stakeholders, must comply with applicable ethical requirements.
    Authors must obtain informed consent where appropriate, protect participant privacy and confidentiality, and obtain permission from relevant schools, institutions, or authorities where required. Research involving minors must include consent from parents or legal guardians where applicable.
    Authors must provide ethical clearance, institutional approval, permission letters, or related supporting documents when required by the study context or requested by the Editor.

    Tables, Figures, and Supporting Materials

    Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively and cited in the manuscript text. Each table or figure must include a concise caption.
    Authors should avoid phrases such as “the table above,” “the figure below,” or similar position-based references because the layout may change during publication production.
    Tables and figures must be clear, readable, and relevant to the discussion. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted materials, including images, figures, instruments, tables, and lengthy quotations.

    References and Citation Style

    JOTTER uses the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition citation and reference style.
    Manuscripts must include at least 15 references. Approximately 80% of references should be primary sources, especially peer-reviewed national and international journal articles published within the last 10 years.
    All works cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all items in the reference list must be cited in the manuscript text.
    Authors are strongly encouraged to use a reference management application such as Zotero, Mendeley, or another compatible reference manager.

    Similarity and Plagiarism Screening

    All submitted manuscripts are screened using plagiarism-detection software.
    JOTTER allows a maximum similarity index of 25%. Manuscripts exceeding this threshold will be returned to the author for correction and resubmission before further editorial processing. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, text recycling without proper citation, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, and other forms of publication misconduct are not acceptable. JOTTER may apply further actions in accordance with its Plagiarism Policy and Publication Ethics.

    Declarations

    The following declarations are mandatory and must be completed in the manuscript:

    • AI Usage Statement
    • Author Contribution
    • Funding Statement
    • Competing Interest
    • Acknowledgements, where applicable

    Artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI tools, cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, ethical compliance, confidentiality, and integrity of all submitted content.
    Any substantial use of AI tools for drafting, translation, language editing, coding, data analysis, image generation, or other research-related activities must be disclosed in the AI Usage Statement.
    Where there is no funding or competing interest, authors must state:

    Funding Statement: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

    Competing Interest: The authors declare no competing interests.

     

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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-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment 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 acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., 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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Privacy Statement

JOTTER: Journal of Teacher Training and Educational Research values the privacy of its users and is committed to protecting the personal data collected through the journal website and editorial process. This Privacy Statement explains how JOTTER collects, uses, stores, and safeguards personal information. This statement applies to authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, readers, and other users accessing or using JOTTER services.
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