Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

1. Authors and Authors Responsibilities

• An amount of Rs. 1000/- is charged for manuscript processing after the article/paper is shortlisted.
• All manuscripts are subject to review by experts in the respective field for recommendation.
• Reviewers’ recommendation is mandatory.
• The manuscripts must be research oriented, contributing something new to the field of knowledge.
• Authors will be given time for revision on suggested line for two weeks’ time.
• Authors are allowed for retractions and correction of mistakes.
• Authors are required to give an undertaking at the time of submitting that the manuscript is original and has not been published earlier or presented anywhere in any form for publication.

2. Peer-Review Process

Manuscripts so submitted will go through blind review process. However, the Editor will communicate the corresponding author about the Reviewers comment on the manuscript.

3. Publication Ethics

• Manuscripts shall go through plagiarism test.
• Similarity index of the submitted manuscript should not exceed 10% .
• Zero tolerance will be followed while maintaining ethics and publication standard.
• After acceptance of the manuscript a galley proof copy of the manuscript will be given to the corresponding author for its final corrections to make the manuscript error free for publication.

4. Copyright and Access

Copyright and licensing information right is with the publisher. The journal and individual articles are available in journal’s website (www.creatcrit.co.in)

5. Archiving

The journal maintains electronic backup (issue wise) apart from preserving hardcopies.

6. Ownership and Management

• The journal is owned and published by Creatcrit Forum. It is a registered society vide no.- Rs/ NG/ 254/ S/ 22 of 2022-23. Address: Gandhinagar, Haiborgaon, Nagaon, Assam, India, 782002.
• A body of college and university teachers who are members of Creatcrit Forum take policy decisions for management of the journal.
• The office of the journal is situated at Gandhinagar, Laokhowa Road, Haiborgaon, Nagaon, Assam, India-782002.

7. Publishing Schedule

The journal is published in every January and July.