Sohag University International Journal of Educational Research
Formatting your document
Articles should be prepared in single column format suitable for direct printing onto A4 sheets of paper (8.3in x 11.7in/210mm x 297mm).
The body of the article (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations, Acknowledgements and References) should be typed in Times New Roman, font size 12. Use 2.0 line spacing. The length of the article – including abstract, tables, and references -must be between 3500 and 6000 words. The article must be written in UK English and must be language edited by a professional English language practitioner prior to submission. Each paragraph should be longer than two sentences.
Write and structure articles according to APA 6 (American Psychological Association).
Tables: All tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals. Headings should be placed above tables, and centered. Leave one line space between the heading and the table. Only horizontal lines should be used within a table, to distinguish the column headings from the body of the table. Tables must be embedded into the text and not supplied separately. Table contents should be typed in font size 10.
Illustrations: All figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2, …n). All photographs, schemas, graphs and diagrams are to be referred to as figures. Line drawings should be good quality scans (minimum of 300 dpi) or true electronic output. Low-quality scans are not acceptable. Figures must be embedded into the text and not supplied separately.
Lettering and symbols should be clearly defined either in the caption or in a legend provided as part of the figure. Figures should be placed at the top or bottom of a column wherever possible, as close as possible to the first reference to them in the article. The figure number and caption should be typed below the illustration, left justified, with subsequent lines indented.
Equations: All equations should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1, 2 …n).
Style and References
Please adhere to APA 6 (American Psychological Association) style in your article. Guidelines on how to do so can be accessed from the following link:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
Submission checklist
The following list will be useful during the final checking of your article, prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
A letter to the editor, specifying that the submission reflects original work that is not under review elsewhere and how the submission fits the journal’s scope and offers new knowledge. The letter should also include information regarding which one author has been designated as the corresponding author. Contact details for this author must be provided, including:
• Affiliation (department/school; faculty; university; country)
•Official E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
• Title page (The full title of the manuscript, the name(s) of the author(s) together with
their affiliations, and the name, address, and e-mail address of the author to whom
correspondence should be sent, as well as date of submission/resubmission.)
• Abstract and keywords
• Main document
• All figure captions
• All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been professionally language edited
• References are in the correct format (i.e., APA 6) for this journal
• 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 Web)