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 provided in the footnote. 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 6 system. For matters not found in the style guide, refer to APA 6 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 Permission
In our journal, all studies that require ethics committee approval must be approved by the relevant committee. Surveys, experiments, observations, clinical and animal studies and research involving personal data are subject to ethics committee approval. This permission must be clearly stated in the text of the article. Studies without ethical approval are not evaluated. Scientific research on humans and animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ARRIVE guidelines and approval must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee. Studies without ethics committee approval are not evaluated in our journal.

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. The Doi numbers of the article in the references should be written and the link should be given. (Doi:)

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 6 Citation System.

References:
Kaynak Gösterimi:
1.Tek Yazar, Tek Çalışma
Atıf Örneği: (Alptekin, 2013).
Sayfa Numaralı: (Alptekin, 2013, s. 85).

2.İkincil Kaynaktan Atıf Örneği
(Alptekin, 2013’ten aktaran: Karyelioğlu, 2016, s. 20).

3.Tek Yazarlı Kitap İçin Kaynakça Örneği
Aydın, M. (2017). Değişim sosyolojisi (3. baskı). Açılım.

4.Çift Yazarlı Kitap İçin Kaynakça Örneği
Alptekin, M. Y., & Karyelioğlu, S. (2016). Sosyal ve ekonomik yönleriyle Trabzon’da müteahhitlik (1. baskı). Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Aynı kitaba atıf: (Alptekin & Karyelioğlu, 2016, s. 139).

5.Üç Yazarlı Kitap İçin Kaynakça Örneği
Alptekin, M. Y., Karyelioğlu, S., ve Fidan, S. (2019). Yerel ve ulusal boyutlarıyla teoride ve pratikte vatanseverlik: Trabzon merkezli Doğu Karadeniz araştırması. Gece Akademi.
Aynı kitaba atıf: (Alptekin vd., 2019, s. 52).

6.Üçten Fazla Yazarlı Kitap İçin Kaynakça Örneği
Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç-Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö. E. vd. (2017). Bilimsel araştırma yöntemleri. Pegem.
Aynı kitaba atıf: (Büyüköztürk vd., 2017, s. 13).

7.Çeviri Kitap İçin Kaynakça Örneği
Giddens, A. (2012). Sosyoloji (C. Güzel, Çev.). Kırmızı.

8.Tek Yazarlı Makalenin Kaynakçada Yazılışı
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
Not: Makalede yazar sayısı arttıkça kitap künye örneklerindeki kurallar aynı şekilde uygulanır.

9.UpToDate (Veri Tabanı) Makale Referansları
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.
Aynı makaleye atıf: (Bordeaux & Lieberman, 2020)

10.Gazetelerde Yayınlanan Makaleler İçin Kaynakça Yazımı
Carey, B. (2019, 22 Mart). Can we get better at forgetting? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/health/memory-forgetting-psychology.html
Aynı makaleye atıf: (Carey, 2019)

11.Bir Kuruluşa Ait Yazar Grubunun Bulunduğu Web Sayfası
World Health Organization. (2018, 24 Mayıs). The top 10 causes of death. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death
Aynı web sitesine atıf: (World Health Organization, 2018)

12.Devlet Kurumuna Ait Yazar Grubunun Bulunduğu Web Sayfası
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
Aynı web sitesine atıf: (National Institute of Mental Health, 2018)

13.Bireysel Yazarı Olan Bir Web Sayfası
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
Aynı web sitesine atıf: (Giovanetti, 2019)

12.Blog Yazılarından Alınan Alıntılar İçin Kaynakça Yazımı
Ouellette, J. (2019, 15 Kasım). 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/
Aynı alıntıya atıf: (Ouellette, 2019)

13.Çok Ciltli Kaynaklar
Harris, K. R., Graham, S., & Urdan T. (Eds.). (2012). APA educational psychology handbook (Vols. 1–3). American Psychological Association.

14.Yayınlanmamış Tez Kaynakçaları
Alptekin, M. Y. (2000). İslam’ın Türk Yorumu (Türk Müslümanlığı) [Yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi]. İstanbul Üniversitesi.

15.Kitap Olarak Yayınlanan Konferans Bildirileri
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.Konferans Sunumu
Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, 8–11 Ağustos). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. https://convention.apa.org/2019-video