Article Preparation
Language: Turkish, English, Uzbek, and Russian
Types of Articles: Research articles, Reviews, Theoretical articles, Congress (bilgitoy) reviews and Book reviews.

Article Format:
1. Font: Times New Roman 12-point font style should be used for the text. Line spacing should be set to 1.5 lines with paragraph spacing options set to 6 points before and after paragraphs.
2. Paragraph Format: Paragraphs should be justified. The first paragraph under each heading should be left-aligned without indentation. However, the first line of subsequent paragraphs under the same heading should have a 1.25 indentation.
3. Word Limit: Articles should not exceed 10,000 words, including all notes and references.
4. Headings: The title of the article should not exceed 16 words, each word should be capitalized, written in black (bold) and 16-point font and centered. The English title should be written in black (bold) with the initial letter of each word capitalized, but in 10-point font and centered. Subheadings, excluding INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION, and REFERENCES, should have only the first letter capitalized, with the rest in lowercase, written in black (bold) and 12-point font size. Additionally, no heading should be numbered using digits.
5. Abstract: The Abstract and Özet should be prepared using 10-point font size, single line spacing, and Times New Roman font. The Özet should have between 100-250 words, should not contain citations, and should be in a single paragraph.
6. Extended Abstract: Authors are required to include an extended English abstract, which should consist of at least 1000 words, equivalent to 10% of the length of the Turkish article. This text should be located below the "CONCLUSION" and above the "REFERENCES".
7. Keywords: Should consist of 5-8 words. Keywords should be provided with each word capitalized. A full stop should be placed after the last keyword.
8. Tables-Figures: The text and numbers within tables should be set in Times New Roman font size 10. The title of tables, figures, and graphs should be provided above the table, and the source should be given below the table. The title should be in bold format (Table: 1. Figure: 1. Diagram: 1.).
9. Quotations: When providing block quotations within the text, they should be written in 11-point font size, with 1.15 line spacing, justified, and with a 1.25-inch indentation from both the left and right sides. Quotations should begin and end with quotation marks, and punctuation should be placed after the closing quotation mark.
10. Footnotes: In-text citation style is preferred over the use of footnotes and endnotes. Therefore, footnotes should be used sparingly. Footnotes can be used only when absolutely necessary for explanatory notes, in 10-point font size, using Times New Roman font, indicated with an asterisk or number.
11. Author Name(s) and Affiliation(s): The author's name should be aligned to the right below the title of the article. The surname of the author should be written in capital letters. The author's title, affiliation, email address, and ORCID number should be indicated in a footnote using the "*" symbol. The initial submission file should not contain any author identification or any information that would disclose the identity of the author(s). Authors should add their identification details in the revised version after the evaluation process is completed.

Visual Format: A4 Portrait, Margins (Normal) (2.5 cm on all sides [right-left-top-bottom])

Reference Style: İmgelem Journal follows the APA 7 system. For matters not found in the style guide, refer to APA 7 version. URL: http://www.apa.org 

Authorship Change: Authorship changes are only processed before acceptance of the article. Authors should carefully review and confirm the list and order of authors before submitting their articles, providing the final author list during the original submission.

Ethics Committee Approval
In our journal, approval from the relevant committee is required for all studies that require ethics committee approval. Studies without ethical approval will not be considered for review.
Research Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
• All research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches involving the collection of data from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation and interview techniques.
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.

NOTE: In studies involving human participants, it is mandatory that all participants in the study are volunteers. Participants' identity information must be kept confidential; personal data must be anonymised for use and must not be shared with third parties under any circumstances.

Conflict of Interest and Contribution Rate Statement
For multi-authored manuscripts, the contribution rate and conflict of interest declarations of the authors should be submitted to our journal at the manuscript submission stage.

Financial Support
Authors should clearly declare the financial support provided by any organization within the scope of their work in the text of the article.

Final Checklist
This checklist is intended to be useful during the final review of the submitted article before it is uploaded to the journal system.

Make sure the following items are included:
1. Author information is added
• Email address
• Full postal address
• linked ORCID number
2. All necessary files have been uploaded.
• Article text
• Copyright Agreement
•Cover Page
3. "Grammar check" and "language check" have been performed on the article.
4. All references mentioned in the bibliography are cited in the text, and vice versa. DOI links for the articles listed in the bibliography should be added to the end of the sources.

Article Submission
In submissions, the account of the corresponding author must be used. All correspondence regarding the submission is sent to the responsible author via email through the journal system.
When uploading the article file, make sure that it does not contain any elements that would disclose the author's identity or institutional information due to the double-blind peer review process.

During submission, the following commitments are obtained from the author electronically:
1. I am authorized to submit this work to your journal/authorized by co-authors.
2. The article is original, has not been formally published in any peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration for publication by any other journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is accepted for publication editorially, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.
4. The copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or, if applicable, the employer of the author(s) are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher shall have no liability for any claims for damages or lawsuits for copyright infringement by third parties, and that all responsibility lies with them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there are no elements of crime or unlawful expression in the article, and that no material or method contrary to law was used during the research.

Reference Style
Articles must be prepared according to the APA 7 Citation System.

References:

1.Single Author, Single Work
Reference Example:  (Alptekin, 2013).
Page Numbered: (Alptekin, 2013, p. 85).

2.Citation Example from a Secondary Source
(Alptekin, 2013, as cited in Karyelioğlu, 2016, p. 20).

3.Reference Example for a Single-Author Book
Aydın, M. (2017). Değişim sosyolojisi (3rd ed.). Açılım.

4.Reference Example for a Two-Author Book
Alptekin, M. Y., & Karyelioğlu, S. (2016). Sosyal ve ekonomik yönleriyle Trabzon’da müteahhitlik. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Citation to the same book: (Alptekin & Karyelioğlu, 2016, p. 139).

5.Reference Example for a Three-Author Book
Alptekin, M. Y., Karyelioğlu, S., & Fidan, S. (2019). Yerel ve ulusal boyutlarıyla teoride ve pratikte vatanseverlik: Trabzon merkezli Doğu Karadeniz araştırması. Gece Akademi.
Citation to the same book: (Alptekin et al., 2019, p. 52).

6.Reference Example for a Book with More Than Three Authors
Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç-Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E. et al. (2017). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Pegem.
Citation to the same book: (Büyüköztürk et al.., 2017, p. 13).

7.Reference Example for a Translated Book
Giddens, A. (2012). Sosyoloji (C. Güzel, Trans.). Kırmızı.

8.Formatting of a Single Author Article in the References
Alptekin, M. Y. (2024). "Deforme" kapitalizmin beşeri üretimi: Özentiler ve özenti toplumu tanım-teori-analiz ve eleştiri. Sosyal Ekonomik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 24(2), 150-175. https://doi.org/10.30976/susead.1506154
Note: As the number of authors in the article increases, the same rules as in the book citation examples will be applied.

9.UpToDate (Database) Article References
Bordeaux, B., & Lieberman, HR. (2020). Kafeinli ve kafeinli içeceklerin yararları ve riskleri. UpToDate . 26 Şubat 2020 tarihinde https://www.uptodate.com/contents/benefits-and-risks-of-caffeine-and-caffeinated-beverages adresinden erişildi.
Citation to the same article: (Bordeaux & Lieberman, 2020)

10.Writing References for Articles Published in Newspapers
Carey, B. (2019, March 22). Can we get better at forgetting? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/health/memory-forgetting-psychology.html
Citation to the same article: (Carey, 2019)

11.A Webpage Belonging to a Writing Group of an Organization
World Health Organization. (2018, May 24). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
In-text citation to the same source: (World Health Organization, 2018)

12.Web Page Containing the Group of Writers Belonging to a State Institution
National Institute of Mental Health. (2018, July). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
In-text citation to the same source: (National Institute of Mental Health, 2018)

13.Reference from a Website with an Individual Author
Giovanetti, F. (2019, November 16). Why we are so obsessed with personality types. Medium. https://medium.com/the-business-of-wellness/why-we-are-so-obsessed-with-personality-types-577450f9aee9
In-text citation to the same source: (Giovanetti, 2019)

12.Writing a Bibliography for Quotations from Blog Posts
Ouellette, J. (2019, November 15). Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling in superfluid. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/study-you-can-tie-a-quantum-knot-in-a-superfluid-but-it-will-soon-untie-itself/
In-text citation to the same source: (Ouellette, 2019)

13.Reference Example for multi-volume Resources
Harris, K. R., Graham, S., & Urdan T. (Eds.). (2012). APA educational psychology handbook (Vols. 1–3). American Psychological Association.

14.Reference Example for a Thesis
Alptekin, M. Y. (2000). İslam’ın Türk Yorumu (Türk Müslümanlığı) [Unpublished master’s thesis]. İstanbul Üniversitesi.

15.Reference example for conference proceedings published as a book 
Kushilevitz, E., & Malkin, T. (Eds.). (2016). Lecture notes in computer science: Vol. 9562. Theory of cryptography. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49096-9

16.Reference Example for a Conference Presentation
Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8-11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
İmgelem Journal adheres to national and international standards of research and publication ethics. Our journal has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics
• Plagiarism: Representing the original ideas, methods, data or works of others as one's own work in whole or in part without citation in accordance with scientific rules,
• Forgery: Using non-existent or falsified data in scientific research,
• Distortion: Falsifying research records or data, falsifying devices or materials that were not used in the research, falsifying or shaping the results of the research in line with the interests of the persons and organizations receiving support,
• Republishing: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
• Slicing: Inappropriately and inappropriately dividing the results of a research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and publishing them in more than one issue and presenting these publications as separate publications in academic appointments and promotions,
• Unfair authorship: Including or excluding people who have not made active contributions, changing the order of authors in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of active contributors from the work in subsequent editions, using one's influence to have one's name included among the authors even though one has not made active contributions,

Other types of ethical violations include:
a) Failing to acknowledge the individuals, institutions, or organisations that provided support for research conducted with such support, or failing to acknowledge their contributions in publications resulting from such research,
b) Using theses or studies that have not yet been submitted or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Sharing information contained in a work assigned for review with others prior to publication without the express permission of the author,
ç) Using resources, premises, facilities, and equipment provided or allocated for scientific research for purposes other than those intended,
d) Making unfounded, inappropriate, and deliberate allegations of ethical violations,
e) Publishing data obtained without the explicit consent of participants in surveys and attitude studies conducted as part of scientific work, or without the additional permission of the institution if the research is to be conducted at an institution,
f) Failure to comply with the obligation to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research conducted by researchers and officials,
g) In scientific studies, failing to use data and information obtained from other persons and institutions to the extent and in the manner authorised, failing to respect the confidentiality of this information and failing to ensure its protection,
h) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions,

Relations with Journal Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editor and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. As per the written contract between the editor and the publisher, all decisions of the editor are independent from the publisher and the journal owner.

Ethics Committee Approval
Our journal requires that all studies in scientific fields requiring ethics committee approval have obtained the relevant ethics committee decision. In this context, authors must state the date and number of the Ethics Committee approval in the ‘Sample and Method/Materials and Methods’ section.
In line with the regulations implemented by Ulakbim TR Index since 2020, studies without ethics committee approval are not considered for publication in our journal.
Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
Studies requiring ethics committee approval in our journal include the following:
• All research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches involving data collection from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, and interview techniques,
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
For such studies to be considered for evaluation, the relevant ethics committee approvals must have been obtained and these approvals must be clearly stated in the article text.

Plagiarism Check
Our journal scans all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism with  iThenticate software. The similarity rate is expected to be below 20%. However, the main criterion is compliance with citation and citation rules; in cases of non-compliance, plagiarism may occur even at low rates. In this respect, citation and citation rules should be known and carefully applied by the author. If plagiarism is detected in an article submitted to or published in our journal, our journal will act in accordance with the COPE principles (Plagiarism in a submitted manuscript - Plagiarism in a published article).

Protection of Personal Information
All personal data sent to our journal are protected in accordance with legal regulations and ethical rules.

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Our journal is obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all published articles and to defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in possible violations.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in the published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations and conclusions. In the case of major errors/violations that invalidate findings and conclusions, editors should consider retracting the article. COPE Principles (1-2-3-4-5-6) are taken into account in relation to correction, withdrawal or expression of concern.

Complaints
If readers notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in İmgelem Journal or have any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can send an e-mail to imgelem@bilgitoy.org. Our journal follows the procedure outlined in the COPE Principles (1-2) for complaints.

Conflicts of Interest
The Journal of Imagination requires early disclosure of conflicts of interest. Authors should indicate financial support and sponsors; if not, this should also be reported. Editorial and editorial board members' own manuscripts are referred to other journals for impartiality or their duties are suspended and reviewed in a double-blind process.

Principles of Research Ethics
• Integrity, quality, and transparency must be ensured in research.
• Participants must be informed about the purpose, method, possible uses, and risks of the research.
• Participant confidentiality and autonomy must be protected.
• Participation must be voluntary and not coerced.
• Participants must not be harmed, and no risk should be created.
• The consent of the legal guardian must be obtained for children, those under guardianship, or those with certified mental illness.
• Research independence and conflicts of interest must be clearly stated.
• Institutional approval must be obtained for studies conducted in institutions.

Responsibilities of Stakeholders

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
• Conducting an impartial and objective evaluation process
• Protecting the confidentiality of author and reviewer identities
• Intervening in case of conflict of interest
• Identifying inappropriate or unethical situations and taking necessary measures
• Overseeing that reviewers provide timely and qualified evaluations
• Initiating investigations for violations of publication ethics (plagiarism, fabrication of data, etc.)
• Retracting the article or publishing a correction when necessary
• To ensure compliance with the journal's editorial policies and ethical principles

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
• To ensure that the study is original, ethical and accurate
• Identify all contributors as authors, do not include non-contributors
• Avoiding plagiarism, proper citation of all sources
• Clearly declare conflicts of interest and financial support
• If errors are detected in the article, informing the editor and participating in the correction process
• To prepare a file in accordance with the format and ethical rules of the journal for article submission
• To comply with confidentiality, consent and personal data protection rules in the study
• If artificial intelligence tools were used in the study, to declare this clearly

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
• Objective, impartial and confidential evaluation
• Agreeing to review only articles that fall within his/her area of expertise
• Providing constructive criticism with adequate justification and explanation
• Not using the information obtained during the evaluation process for personal gain
• Informing the editor in case of conflict of interest and withdrawing from the evaluation

PUBLICATION POLICIES

General Principles
• İmgelem Journal is an international refereed academic journal published twice a year (July-December) by the BİLGİTOY Association.
• The aim of the journal is to contribute to science by publishing high quality studies of scientific importance. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, theoretical articles, congress (bilgitoy) reviews and book reviews from all fields of social sciences, provided that they are written from a sociological perspective; if this condition is not fulfilled, only in the fields of Sociology, Political Science and International Relations. The publication languages of the journal are Turkish, English, Uzbek and Russian.
• The readership of our journal; Professionals, experts, academicians, researchers, specialists, master's and doctoral students, as well as undergraduate students in all fields of Social Sciences.
• Original, unpublished manuscripts that are not in the process of evaluation in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation. Article acceptance dates: For the July issue, January 1 - May 30; for the December issue, August 1 - October 31. Manuscript submissions are not accepted outside these dates. Late submissions should apply for the next issue on the current dates. The date restrictions regarding article acceptance dates do not include special issue publications. The article submission schedule and deadlines for special issues will be announced separately.

Copyright and Open Access Policy
The copyrights of the works published in our journal belong to their authors. Authors give permission for the intellectual work they submit to be published as Open Access by İmgelem Journal under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Click here for detailed information.

Archive Policy
Articles published in our journal are digitally archived in LOCKSS. Articles published in our journal can be accessed free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/imgelem/archive. Click here for detailed information.

Article Evaluation Process
Manuscripts submitted to our journal are evaluated within the scope of a double-blind refereeing system. All submissions are first scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate software; the similarity rate is expected to be below 20%.
The manuscripts that successfully pass the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scanning stage are reviewed by the relevant field editor. After the editor's approval, the manuscript is forwarded to at least two field expert referees. If one of the referees gives a negative opinion, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. In order for an article to be published, at least two referees must submit a positive report.
In the double-blind review process, author and referee identity information is kept confidential and all evaluation procedures are carried out in accordance with the principle of confidentiality. If revisions are requested by the referees, the evaluation reports are forwarded to the author and necessary corrections are requested. The revised text is reviewed first by the field editor and then by the relevant referee(s).
The manuscripts that successfully pass the referee process are checked by language editors for language and spelling. If deemed necessary, language corrections are requested from the author; the corrections made are reviewed again by the language editors.
The typesetting and layout processes of the articles that are decided to be published are completed and made ready for publication. At the end of the process, the article is published in the journal. Click here for detailed information.

Special Issue Publication Policy
With the decision of the Editorial Board, a special issue may be published once a year. The publication and evaluation principles for the articles to be published in the special issue are applied as in the planned issues. Click here to reach our special issue announcements.

1- Uzbekistan Special Issue
“Uzbekistan Special Issue” of our journal was made available to our readers on 26.10.2024. This issue was published under the editorship of Chief Editor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Musa Yavuz ALPTEKİN and Special Issue Editor Prof. Dr. Cumali ŞABANOV. Click here to reach our special issue.

Artificial Intelligence Policy
Our journal aims to use artificial intelligence in academic writing in accordance with ethical and scientific standards. AI can only be used for grammar, spelling and style corrections; it is not used in the evaluation process.
Considerations:
Transparency: It should be clearly stated at what stage and how AI is used; the author's statement is included on the cover of the manuscript.
Accuracy: AI outputs should be checked against sources.
Responsibility: All responsibility arising from artificial intelligence belongs to the author.
Impartiality: Conflicts of interest should be declared; impartiality should be maintained.
Confidentiality: Personal data security should be ensured.
Citation of References: Artificial intelligence is not cited in footnotes and bibliography; it is mentioned in the ethical statement.