KUUPJ: Koç University Undergraduate Psychology Journal

Submission Guidelines

The first author of the paper must be an undergraduate student.
The paper can be about any branch of psychology.
Empirical papers and review papers from any psychology course will be considered.
For papers other than review papers, an Ethics Committee Approval Code (IRB) is required.
The paper must not be published at any other journal.
The paper must be written within the last three years.
The paper must be written in English.
An abstract and a conclusion (following a relevant discussion) are required.
The file format should be .doc or .docx.
APA style is obligatory. Specific emphasis on in-text citations and references pages. See APA guidelines here.
The paper must not be longer than 20 pages. Cover pages and appendices not counted.
Upon receiving your first review, accept all changes to which you don’t object. Then, make sure that Word tracks your own changes.
Objections to our comments and your own comments should be included in the same file. No separate files will be reviewed.

When asked to paraphrase, change only the grammar structure with minimal impact on the meaning of the sentence.
Be consistent in terms of tense usage. Don’t switch between the present tense and the perfect tense. It’s a good rule of thumb to use the perfect tense throughout the paper, especially in the method and results sections.
Don’t hesitate to cite the same resource multiple times within a given paragraph or throughout the paper if needed.
We encourage the use of the active voice.
Make sure you use transitional phrases to link your arguments to each other or to other constructs within the literature. (e.g., thus, therefore, similarly, conversely, although, on the other hand, however, etc.)
We encourage the use of tables and other visual aids (e.g., graphs, images of materials used in the experiment, flowcharts, etc.).
Tables should directly relate to the results, and less so to demographic information.
The use of non-academic resources is discouraged as it is difficult to assess the reliability of these sources.
When using pronouns, make sure that the referent is clear.
Unless they are directly related to your hypotheses or relevant constructs, statistical reports of insignificant results (i.e., providing F values, p values, etc.) is not necessary.

Our editors read the papers and make an initial evaluation, eliminating papers that violate the submission guidelines.
Two editors are then assigned to review the papers which pass the initial evaluation.
Two weeks after the submission deadline, authors whose papers are accepted will receive the editors' revision requests.
The accepted papers (revised or otherwise) reviewed again by two randomly assigned editors. A final revision request may then be sent after this process.
Unanimously approved papers are then published on the following issue.