Registration:
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Submission:
As a part of the submission process, authors must ensure that their submission adheres to the guidelines presented below. If the submission does not fulfill these requirements, it will be sent back to the authors.

Originality:
It is mandatory that the submission has not been published previously or submitted to another journal. In case the submission is derived from a doctoral thesis or has been presented at a congress before, the author(s) must indicate it in the "Comments to the editor" section.

About the quality of writing:
To prevent the possibility of rejection, manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Interdisciplinary Media and Communication Studies (IMCS) must be written exceptionally well, devoid of any grammatical errors, and presented in clear and understandable language. Once the articles have been accepted through the peer review process, the editorial team meticulously reviews the style guidelines of the journal. This review process includes examining URLs, citations, and references, and checking for proper grammatical quality, coherence, and overall logic of the writing. If the editorial team identifies an excessive number of errors requiring correction, the manuscript will be rejected early in the process. This rejection will be enforced even if the manuscript has successfully passed the previous peer review stage.

Anonymity of the authors:
Authors are required to anonymize their article, which entails removing any author names from the manuscript. Moreover, no identifying information should be included in the "Options" section of the Word document's "File" menu. However, self-citations do not need to be anonymized.

Co-authors:
If the manuscript has been collaboratively written, it is crucial to confirm that all co-authors are registered correctly with the Journal of Interdisciplinary Media and Communication Studies (IMCS). Furthermore, authors must ensure that the co-authors' order is accurate. It is essential to provide their affiliations, postal addresses, email addresses, and Orcids ID numbers.

Bibliography format:
All the bibliography that you include should be cited in the text in APA 7 format.

Manuscript evaluation process:
After receiving a manuscript, the journal's editorial team will review it. If they find it interesting and it meets the acceptance criteria, it will move on to the next phase of peer review. However, if there are too many errors, the manuscript will be rejected at the beginning. The review process is double-blind, meaning the reviewer and the author remain anonymous to each other. The review is done by experts in the field, either members of the journal's Advisory Board or external to the editorial team. Based on the review reports, the editor of the journal will make the final decision on whether to publish the manuscript or not. Even if a manuscript is accepted in the peer review process, it can still be rejected if it is poorly written, has inconsistencies, repetitions, inaccurate or inappropriate assertions, or faults in the bibliography. To ensure manuscripts stay relevant, the management and reviewers of the journal work to quickly review articles, typically taking only a few weeks to accept or reject them. The Editorial Office will communicate the decision to the authors.

General criteria for the acceptance:
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Media and Communication Studies (IMCS) accepts only manuscripts that are original and have not been published before. By submitting their work, authors assure that their article is original and free from any plagiarism, including self-plagiarism or duplicate publication. If the manuscript is not published but has previously appeared as a pre-print on a website or in a repository, or has been presented at a conference, the authors must inform the journal, which will consider its acceptance.
Ethical rules and principles:
Journal of Interdisciplinary Media and Communication Studies (IMCS) values scientific integrity in publishing and takes a stance against dishonest practices such as distributing false authorship among authors. Therefore, we request that authors complete a form that specifies the detailed contribution of each author to the article. This journal does not tolerate partial publication of results. Any works that demonstrate unjustified fragmentation or the "production of articles in series", either through the manuscript itself or the publication of partial results in other journals, will be rejected.

Research data:
In terms of the timeliness of the information, we expect that the data gathering, operation or field study should not have exceeded two years from the date the manuscript was submitted to Journal of IMCS. Outdated studies are not accepted.