For articles submitted to the Journal of Information Management, manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with the principles and guidelines specified below may not be considered for the review process or may be excluded during the evaluation process.

• The Journal of Information Management accepts research articles and review papers written in Turkish and English, as well as review and introductory texts.
• All manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
• The article should be written in accordance with the rules of language knowledge.
• Articles should be no more than 30 pages. 
• APA (American Psychological Association) 7 style should be taken into account when writing in text and reference.
• The article should be prepared in MS Word format. The article should be loaded into the system in MS Word format (doc., docx.).
• Article pages should be prepared in A4 size (210 x 297 mm).
• Page margins should be "Normal" (bottom, top, right, left 2.5 cm).
• "Times New Roman" font must be used in all article fields.
• Line spacing must be "odd" in all article fields.
• Tables and figures should be placed in the text as a picture (.jpeg, .png) and give figure numbers. 

Article Template

Authors

Since a blind peer review process is applied during the manuscript evaluation, author information must not be included in the manuscript file. Author details should be uploaded separately during submission as a file 📝 Authors Information File.docx.

For each author, the following information must be included in this file: full name, affiliation, ROR ID, email address, ORCID, and a short biography.

All authors who contributed to the manuscript must be identified in the system when uploading the article to DergiPark and must also be specified in the Author Contribution and Conflict of Interest Statement.

Manuscript Content

📝 Article template.docx 

The template includes the required margins, alignments, fonts, and formatting for manuscript preparation. You can download this template to your computer and write your article using it.

- Abstract

Manuscripts must include an abstract consisting of a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 400 words. The abstract should be presented in a structured format and include the following sections: Purpose, Method, Findings, Conclusion. The structured abstract must be provided in both Turkish and English, as specified in the article template. Three keywords must be given at the end of both the Abstract and Oz sections.

- Section Headings

Manuscripts must include the following sections: introduction, method, findings, discussion, and conclusion. The headings used in submitted works should reflect a clear hierarchy, be consistent with the content, and be concise and understandable. In accordance with the template, a maximum of three levels of headings should be used.

- Tables and Figures

All tables and figures used in the manuscript must include a number and a brief title in accordance with APA 7 style. Each table and figure must be referred to within the text. Tables should be in an editable format, and figures should be of high resolution. For figures taken from other sources, proper citation must be provided, and permission must be obtained for copyrighted materials.

- Footnotes

Footnotes may be used when necessary; they should be arranged in sequential numbering within the text.

- References

All sources used in the manuscript must be listed in a single alphabetical list in the references section. Every source cited in the text must appear in this list, and each reference listed must be cited in the text or in footnotes. Additionally, for sources accessed electronically, care should be taken to include DOI numbers or access links.

In-text citations and references must be prepared in accordance with APA Style, 7th edition. Click here for APA referencing guidelines.

Files to be Uploaded with the Manuscript

- Copyright Form 

📝 Copyright Form .docx 

Authors must complete the copyright transfer form for the submitted manuscript. In order for the manuscript to be considered for review, a signed and scanned copy of the Journal of Information Management Copyright Form must be uploaded to the system. It is sufficient for the form to be completed only by the corresponding author.

- Author Contribution and Conflict of Interest Statement

📝 Author Contribution and Conflict of Interest Statement.docx 

Authors must complete the Author Contribution and Conflict of Interest Statement for the submitted manuscript. For the manuscript to be evaluated, the Journal of Information Management Author Contribution and Conflict of Interest Statement Form must be signed by all authors and uploaded to the system as a scanned copy.

- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Declaration

📝 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Declaration.docx 

Authors must complete the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Declaration for the submitted manuscript. The form must be signed by the corresponding author and uploaded to the system as a scanned copy.

If AI tools are used at any stage of the study submitted for publication (such as idea development, design, data analysis and interpretation, language editing, etc.), authors are required to comply with the  “Ethics Guide of Generative Artificial Intelligence Use in the Scientific Research and Publication Process of Higher Education Institutions”.

- Ethics Committee Approval Form (if required)

If the submitted manuscript includes research results that require ethics committee approval, a copy of the Ethics Committee Approval Form must be uploaded to the system during submission. In addition, information regarding the ethics committee decision (committee name, date, number, etc.) must be stated both in the method section and at the end of the article.