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.

• REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

  ETHICAL GUIDELINES

  Submission of a manuscript implies that the paper has not been submitted to or published in any other journal. The manuscript has to meet the current ethics and research standards. The author must ensure that all those who have contributed to the manuscript are properly acknowledged to avoid possible conflicts of interest and plagiarism.

• MANUSCRIPT FOR REVIEW PROCESS 

  Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the editor’s address shown in the invitation for submission for special or free issues. The manuscript should be submitted in the form of two separate files: (1) the complete manuscript containing the biographical information of the author(s) and the article text with all the references and acknowledgements, and (2) the anonymised manuscript containing only the article text without summaries and no mention of the name(s) of the author(s).

• ANONYMITY OF THE AUTHOR

  To guarantee the authors’ anonymity in the process of blind reviewing the submitted manuscripts should not reveal the authors’ identity or information about their earlier work. All references to the earlier work should be given as "Author, 2011" or "Author et al., 2011". In the reference list the following should be used: "Author, 2011 (information concealed for the blind-reviewing process)".

• LANGUAGE

  Manuscripts should be written in grammatically correct Estonian and conform to the standards and style of scientific writing. The article in Estonian should include a longer summary in English. To avoid spelling mistakes Microsoft Word's spell check should be used.

• ELECTRONIC ARTWORK

  Manuscripts should be written in grammatically correct Estonian and conform to the standards and style of scientific writing. Detailed instructions can be find here (docx, pdf). The article in Estonian should include a longer summary in English (6,000–9,000 characters with spaces). To avoid spelling mistakes Microsoft Word’s spell check should be used.

• REFERENCING GUIDE

  Manuscripts should be written in grammatically correct Estonian and conform to the standards and style of scientific writing. Detailed instructions can be find here (docx, pdf). The article in Estonian should include a longer summary in English (6,000–9,000 characters with spaces). To avoid spelling mistakes Microsoft Word’s spell check should be used.

  All submissions should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition). For more information, please consult: http://www.apastyle.org  and http://blog.apastyle.org.

  The following table provides a brief overview of the most common citations used.

  In-text citations All the authors whose ideas are mentioned in the article should be referred to. Only sources cited in the text should be included in the reference list.
  In parentheses in the text	In-text citations consist of the surname(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication in parentheses. Page numbers must be supplied for direct quotations. Two or more works by different authors within the same parentheses are ordered alphabetically and separated by semicolons. Examples (Anson & Schwegler, 2005) (Anson & Schwegler, 2005, p. 24) (Anson & Schwegler, 2005; Bergman & Wångby, 2014)
  One or two authors	If there is one or two authors, the surnames of both authors are listed. In the case of two authors the names are joined by ’and’; in the parentheses, by ampersand (&). Examples (Toomela, 2014) (Anson & Schwegler, 2005)
  Three or more authors	If there are three or more authors, only the surname of the first author is listed, followed by et al. All the authors should be included in the reference list. Examples Blom et al. (2001) (Blom et al., 2001)
  Two or more works by the same author	Two or more works by the same author are ordered by the year of publication. The dates are separated by commas. Example (Biddle, 1986, 1998)
  No author	When there is no author, the title is used in place of the author's name. If the title is too long, only the first two to three words are used. In the reference list the full title is given. Example (American Psychological Association, 2009)
  Secondary referencing	Secondary referencing should be avoided and used only when the primary source is not available. When citing such work, the author of the primary source and the author of the work it was cited in should be used. Example (Lewin, Lippitt, & White, 1939, viidatud Baumrind, 1967 j).
  Reference list All publications cited in the manuscript must be included in the reference list. If the article has a doi-number, it should be presented in the list of references.
  Ordering the reference list	All sources cited in the text are listed alphabetically by the author’s surname. All entries should include the following: the name(s) of the author(s), the year of publication, and the publisher. When there is no author, the work in the reference list is alphabetised by title.
  Article
  Journal article	Example Krämer, S., Möller, J., & Zimmermann, F. (2021). Inclusive education of students with general learning difficulties: A meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 91, 432–478. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654321998072
  Newspaper article	Example Heidmets, M. (2013, 6. dets). Uus ajakiri: kes kirjutab, kes loeb? Õpetajate Leht, lk 4.
  Book
  The book has an author	Example Võgotski, L. (2014). Mõtlemine ja kõne. Tartu: Ilmamaa.
  The book has an editor	Example Kikas, E. (Toim). (2010). Õppimine ja õpetamine esimeses ja teises kooliastmes. Tartu: Ecoprint.
  No author or editor	Example Looduse entsüklopeedia (2013). Tallinn: Varrak.
  Multiple works by the same author in the same year	Examples Lyons, J. (1981a). Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Lyons, J. (1981b). Language, Meaning and Context. London: Fontana.
  Chapter from a book	Example Wischmeier, I. (2012). Primary School Teachers' Beliefs about Bilingualism. J. König (Ed.), Teachers' Pedagogical Beliefs (pp. 171–189). Münster: Waxmann Verlag.
  Electronic documents  When citing electronic documents the surname of the author, the title of the article  and the exact URL where it can be found should be included.
  Online journal article	Example Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3, Article 0001a.  http://journals.apa.org/prevention/ volume3/ pre0030001a.html.
  Document with the author and date	Example Taimalu, M., Uibu, K., Luik, P., Leijen, Ä., & Pedaste, M. (2020). Õpetajad ja koolijuhid väärtustatud professionaalidena. OECD rahvusvahelise õpetamise ja õppimise uuringu TALIS 2018 uuringu tulemused. Retrieved from http://www.innove.ee/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/TALIS2_kujundatud.pdf.
  Document without the author and date	Example Koolivägivald (s.a.). Külastatud aadressil http://www.koolielu.ee.
  Document from the website of an organisation	Example American Psychological Association (1996). How to cite information from the world wide web. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/journals/ webref.html.
  Tables and figures
  Tables and figures supplement the text and do not duplicate the results described in it. All tables and figures should be numbered sequentially in the order to which they are referred in the text. Smaller tables and figures are placed in the text as near as possible to where they are first referred.  Longer tables and figures should be submitted as separate files or at the end of the manuscript. Tables are formatted according to APA guidelines. Only horizontal lines can be used to separate information and make it clearer.