JIMuseumED uses three publication templates, depending on the type of work you have. You can download the one related to your work:

• For research / review studies,
• For translation studies,
• For publication critique,
• For Interview,
  

Authors are required to fill in and upload the JIMuseumED Copyright Agreement Form on their work.

The use of the APA 7 style created by the American Psychological Association is preferred in the "Journal of International Museum Education". 

You can find the short guide for APA 7 here.

APA Manual 7th edition: The most notable changes

1. The publisher's location is no longer included in the reference.

• Covey, S. R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal change. Simon & Schuster.

2. The in-text citation for works with three or more authors is now shortened right from the first citation. You only include the first author’s name and “et al.”.

• (Taylor et al., 2018)

3. Surnames and initials for up to 20 authors (instead of 7) should be provided in the reference list.

• Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., Lewis, F., Lee, L. H., Cox, G., Harris, H. L., Martin, P., Gonzalez, W. L., Hughes, W., Carter, D., Campbell, C., Baker, A. B., Flores, T., Gray, W. E., Green, G., … Nelson, T. P. (2018).

4. DOIs are formatted the same as URLs. The label “DOI:” is no longer necessary.

• https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449

5. URLs are no longer preceded by “Retrieved from,” unless a retrieval date is needed. The website name is included (unless it’s the same as the author), and web page titles are italicized.

• Walker, A. (2019, November 14). Germany avoids recession but growth remains weak. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50419127
  

6. For ebooks, the format, platform, or device (e.g. Kindle) is no longer included in the reference, and the publisher is included.

• Brück, M. (2009). Women in early British and Irish astronomy: Stars and satellites. Springer Nature. https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2
  

7. Clear guidelines are provided for including contributors other than authors and editors. For example, when citing a podcast episode, the host of the episode should be included; for a TV series episode, the writer and director of that episode are cited.

8. Dozens of examples are included for online source types such as podcast episodes, social media posts, and YouTube videos. The use of emojis and hashtags is also explained.

9. The singular “they” or “their” is endorsed as a gender-neutral pronoun.

• A researcher’s career depends on how often he or she is cited. (x)
  A researcher’s career depends on how often they are cited. (+)

10. Instead of using adjectives as nouns to label groups of people, descriptive phrases are preferred.

• The poor (X)
  People living in poverty (+)
  

11. Instead of broad categories, you should use exact age ranges that are more relevant and specific. 

• People in the age range of 65 to 75 years old
  

12. Use double quotation marks instead of italics to refer to linguistic examples.

• APA endorses the use of the singular pronoun “they”
  

Reference:

Streefkerk, R. (2020, February). APA Manual 7th edition: The most notable changes. Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/

Basic Principle of Reference by APA Style

The APA style is usually based on the following format:

Author. (Year). Title. Publication Information.

How to Make Citation in APA Format?

In the International Journal of Museum Education, the use of the APA 7 style created by the American Psychological Association is preferred.

Templates and examples of different publication types in APA format are given below. 

Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Journal Template.

Printed Book

Author's Surname, Initial. (Year of Publication). Book Title.  Broadcasting Organization.

Creswell, J. W. (1994). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage.

Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Sage.

Karasar, N. (2017). Scientific research method: Concepts, principles, techniques (32 bs.). Nobel.

Edited Book

Author's Surname, Initial, & Author's Surname, Initial. (Eds.) (Year of Publication). Book Title. Broadcasting Organization.

Duncan, G. J. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor.  Russell Sage Foundation.

Printed Journal Article

Author's Surname, Initial. (Year of Publication). Article name. Journal Title, Volume (Issue), Page. Doi URL

Nevin, A. (1990). The changing of teacher education.The Journal of the Teacher Education Division for Exceptional Children, 13(3-4), 147-148.

Online Journal Article

Author's Surname, Initial. (Year of Publication). Article name. Journal Title, Volume (Issue), Page. DOI URL

Öner, G. & Öztürk, M. (2019). Science centers as out-of-school learning and teaching spaces: Experience of prospective social studies teachers. Eskisehir Osmangazi University Journal of Social Sciences, 20(Special Issue), 1109-1135. https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.555135

Karadeniz, C. & Okvuran, A. (2014). One night at the museum: Museum education in Ankara Archeology Museum with students from Ankara University. Primary Education Online, 13(3), 865‐879.

Üztemur, S., Dinç, E. & Acun, İ. (2018). The effect of museum and historical space usage on social studies perceptions of 7th grade students in social studies education: An action research. Theoretical Journal of Educational Science, 11(1), p135-168.

Öner, G. & Çengelci-Köse, T. (2019). Opinions of prospective Social Studies teachers to gain value and skills in museums and historical places. Turkish History Education Journal, 8(1), 98-128.

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