Authorship Policy

Authorship Policy

Authors are required to provide an undertaking/ declaration stating that the manuscript under consideration contains solely their original work that is not under consideration for publishing in any other journal in any form. Further, a manuscript that is co-authored must be accompanied by an undertaking explicitly stating that each author has contributed substantially towards the preparation of the manuscript in order to claim right to authorship.

  • Manuscripts by Editor and Editorial Board members shall not be considered for publication.
  • The manuscripts submitted must be in line with scope of the journal and its contents must be of high quality.
  • Self-institutional manuscripts shall be published as per the guidelines provided by the HEC.

Journal of Creative Arts and Communication follows considers authorship based on the following criteria:

  1. The manuscript has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere;
  2. They made a significant contribution to the work and approved the final version of the manuscript;
  3. Their work complies with ethical standards;
  4. They are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved;
  5. They have obtained all necessary permissions to publish any figures or tables in the manuscript.