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

Article Format:
Format-Free Submission: You can initially submit your manuscript without strict formatting. If your work proceeds to the peer-review stage or is accepted after the evaluation process, you can then make your final submission by following our Article Template.
Article Template:  It is essential to ensure that all the information requested in the Article Template is provided and the following guidelines are observed.
Word Limit: Articles should not exceed 10,000 words, including all notes and references.
Headings: Headings within the article should be numbered hierarchically (e.g., 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. RESULTS, 2.1. Subheading only first letter capital, 2.1.1. Sub-subheading).
Abstract: The abstract should have between 100-150 words, should not contain citations, and should be in a single paragraph.
Keywords: Should be between 3 and 5 words. 
Tables-Figures-Formulas: Tables should be created using Word’s table insertion feature and should not be formatted as text aligned with spaces. 

• Tables should be numbered according to the order in which they appear in the text. The table title should be placed above the table, while explanatory notes and remarks should be placed below the table.
• Formulas should not be inserted as screenshots; they should be created using Insert → Equation in Word.
• Figures should be included in the manuscript and also submitted as separate high-resolution files.

Reference Style: İmgelem Journal follows the APA 7 system. Articles must be prepared according to the APA 7 Citation System. There must be one blank paragraph between each reference. You must list the DOI numbers in the bibliography for all articles that have a DOI number. 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 in the article template.

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

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 in the article template. 
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.

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
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• ORCID number
2. All necessary files have been uploaded.
• Article text
• Copyright Agreement
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.