Thank you for your interest in submitting your scholarly work to Creative: The Research Journal of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology.
Creative welcomes original and scholarly manuscripts from academics, researchers, professionals, and emerging scholars. The journal encourages multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and addresses contemporary academic, professional, technological, cultural, environmental, and societal issues.
Before submitting a manuscript, authors are requested to carefully review the journal’s Aims and Objectives, Author Guidelines, Editorial Process, Peer Review Policy, Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, and other applicable journal policies.
Types of Manuscripts
The journal welcomes scholarly submissions including:
- Original Research Articles
- Review Articles
- Conceptual and Theoretical Papers
- Empirical Studies
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Case-based Research
- Critical and Scholarly Analyses
- Other scholarly contributions consistent with the scope and objectives of the journal
Before Submission
Before submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author should ensure that:
- The manuscript represents original scholarly work and has not been published previously in substantially the same form.
- The manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
- All individuals who have made substantial scholarly contributions to the work have been appropriately included as authors, and all listed authors have approved the manuscript and its submission.
- The manuscript is relevant to the scope and objectives of Creative.
- All sources have been appropriately acknowledged and referenced.
- Necessary permissions have been obtained for copyrighted material, figures, photographs, tables, datasets, or other third-party content, where applicable.
- Appropriate ethical approval and informed consent have been obtained for research involving human participants or other research requiring ethical oversight, where applicable.
- All relevant funding sources, acknowledgements, and potential conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
- The manuscript has been carefully checked for clarity, consistency, academic language, references, tables, figures, and other required components.
Manuscript Preparation
Authors should prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the journal’s current Author Guidelines.
A submission should normally contain, where applicable:
Title of the Article
A clear, concise, and informative title.
Author Information
Full name of each author, institutional affiliation, department, country, email address, and ORCID iD where available.
Corresponding Author
The corresponding author should be clearly identified with an active email address.
Abstract
A concise summary of the purpose, methodology, major findings, and principal contribution of the study, as appropriate to the type of manuscript.
Keywords
Relevant keywords representing the principal subject areas of the manuscript.
Main Text
The manuscript should be logically organized using appropriate headings and subheadings according to the nature of the research.
References
All sources cited in the manuscript should appear in the reference list, and all references listed should be appropriately cited in the text.
Tables and Figures
Tables, figures, photographs, illustrations, and other visual materials should be appropriately numbered, titled or captioned, and referred to in the manuscript.
Declarations
Where applicable, authors should provide statements concerning ethical approval, informed consent, conflicts of interest, funding, data availability, acknowledgements, and author contributions.
Originality and Research Integrity
By submitting a manuscript to Creative, authors affirm that the work is original and that the manuscript complies with accepted principles of research and publication ethics.
Submissions may be examined for plagiarism, inappropriate text reuse, duplicate or redundant publication, citation irregularities, authorship concerns, data-integrity issues, or other potential breaches of publication ethics.
Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, authenticity, and integrity of the content submitted for publication.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Authors should transparently disclose any substantive use of generative artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies in preparing the manuscript where such disclosure is required under the journal’s applicable AI policy.
AI tools should not be listed as authors because authorship requires human accountability for the integrity and accuracy of scholarly work.
How to Submit
Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts through the journal’s online manuscript submission system, where available.
The corresponding author should complete all required submission information and upload the manuscript and any supplementary documents requested by the journal.
For submission-related queries or assistance, authors may contact the Editorial Office:
Editorial Office
Creative: The Research Journal of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology
Plot 6, Avenue 6, Sector 17/H-1
Uttara Residential Model Town
Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Email: [email protected]
The journal information page identifies this address and email as the Office of the Editor.
What Happens After Submission?
After submission, the manuscript proceeds through the journal’s established editorial process. This may include:
Submission → Administrative Check → Preliminary Editorial Screening → Research Integrity/Ethical Screening → Editorial Assignment → Independent Peer Review → Editorial Decision → Author Revision, where required → Final Decision → Copyediting and Production → Author Proof → Publication
Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee acceptance. Publication decisions are based on the manuscript’s scholarly quality, originality, relevance, methodological or analytical soundness, contribution to knowledge, peer-review assessments, ethical compliance, and suitability for the journal.
Author Responsibility
Authors bear primary responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of their submitted work, including data, analysis, citations, references, permissions, ethical declarations, authorship information, and statements made in the manuscript.
The journal’s existing publication information also states that the Editorial Board is not responsible for comments, opinions, or views expressed by authors in their papers.
Submission Checklist
Before clicking Submit, please confirm that:
☐ The manuscript is original and is not under consideration elsewhere.
☐ All authors have approved the manuscript and its submission.
☐ Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and corresponding-author information are correct.
☐ The manuscript follows the journal’s Author Guidelines.
☐ The abstract and keywords have been included.
☐ In-text citations and references have been checked for consistency.
☐ Tables and figures are appropriately numbered and identified.
☐ Required ethical approval and/or informed consent information has been provided, where applicable.
☐ Funding and conflicts of interest have been disclosed, where applicable.
☐ Necessary permissions for third-party materials have been obtained.
☐ Any required declaration concerning the use of AI-assisted technologies has been provided.
☐ The manuscript and required supplementary files are ready for submission.