IMCS Journal Author Guidelines

General Information

Word count: The submitted article, including references and footnotes, should not exceed 8000 words.
Format: Manuscripts should be in Word format, Times New Roman font, 1-line spacing, 12-point text size, 10-point footnotes, and justified. 6 nk space should be left before and after paragraphs.
Author information: The author(s)' information should not be included in the main text of the uploaded article. Author information should be uploaded in a separate file with name, surname, academic title, institution, e-mail address, and Orcid membership number.
Title: English and Turkish titles should be centered, 14-point, and bold above the abstract in the respective language.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 200 words in both Turkish and English. 5 keywords should be included under the abstracts in the respective language.
Section Headings and Subheadings: Section and Subheadings should be right-aligned, 12-point, and bold. Headings should follow the format 1., 1.1, .1.1., 2., 2.1, 2.1.1.
Tables and Figures: The number and descriptions of tables, figures, graphs, etc. in the article should be placed above the figures and their explanations below the figures. The text in the tables should be 10-point, single-spaced, and with a paragraph spacing of 0 nk.
References and Bibliography: The IMCS Journal accepts the APA 7 format for citation and bibliography writing rules.

Additional Information

Plagiarism report: The authors are solely responsible for their work, and it should not contain plagiarism. A plagiarism report obtained from Turnitin or iThenticate programs should be uploaded to the system as an "Additional File" from the "Article Files". In order for the studies to be evaluated, the Turnitin or iThenticate plagiarism report must be at most %10 (excluding references, excluding less than 5 words, including quotes). The utilization rate of the same study should be at most %3. Studies with a similarity ratio above these rates or without a Turnitin/iThenticate report will be rejected in the pre-evaluation process. In necessary cases, the journal management can subject the article to a plagiarism check. Articles that do not meet the relevant criteria can be "returned to the author for revision" or "returned to the author".

Responsibility: The author(s) are deemed to have accepted that the work has not been previously published, has not been accepted for publication, and is not currently under evaluation for publication elsewhere when submitting an article. The authors are solely responsible for all articles submitted for publication. The authors are responsible for all legal aspects of the content they prepare. Authors submitting articles to the journal are deemed to have accepted that they comply with universal academic ethical principles, that they have included persons with intellectual property rights in the study or have obtained written permission, and that they have provided the necessary information to the editorial board about their work.
Conflict of interest and contribution rate statement: It is mandatory to upload the form declaring the conflict of interest situation between the authors or, if any, other rights holders, and the contribution rate to the work as an additional file. All financial support sources received for the study should be clearly stated.

Copyright and Permissions: By submitting their work for publication, the author(s) assign the copyright to Yaşar University Faculty of Communication, Interdisciplinary Media and Communication Studies Journal. The copyright of the published articles belongs to the journal and cannot be transferred without reference. If the work is a translation, a document is requested from the author(s) who made the translation stating that the publisher of the original text of the translated work has given permission for its publication. This document is uploaded to the system as an additional file along with the original text of the work. The author(s) are obliged to sign the Copyright Transfer Form and upload it to the system.

Ethics Committee Approval: As of 2020, the Ethics Committee Approval Document has become mandatory with the changes made in the TR Dizin Journal Evaluation Criteria. In the statement made by TR Dizin: "Separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for all research conducted in all scientific fields, including social sciences, and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require ethics committee approval. This approval must be specified and documented in the article."

In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (board name, date, and number) should be included in the methods section and also on the first/last page of the article. In case presentations, it is necessary to include information in the article that the informed consent form has been signed."

• If your research does not include clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals that require an ethics committee approval, it will be sufficient to upload a document stating the rationale for why ethics committee approval is not necessary to the relevant upload section on Dergipark.