Sparkling International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Studies provides a scholarly platform for academicians, researchers, educators, professionals, and practitioners to share original research and scholarly contributions across diverse disciplines. The Journal welcomes high-quality research papers, review articles, conceptual papers, and other scholarly contributions in the fields of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Science, Technology, Commerce, Management, and Professional Studies, as well as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary areas. Authors are requested to read and follow the following submission guidelines carefully before submitting their manuscripts.

1. Scope of the Journal

The Journal welcomes original and scholarly contributions from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to:

• Arts and Humanities
• Education and Teacher Education
• Social Sciences
• Languages and Literature
• History and Cultural Studies
• Economics and Commerce
• Management and Business Studies
• Psychology and Sociology
• Political Science and Public Administration
• Science and Technology
• Computer Science and Information Technology
• Environmental and Sustainable Studies
• Professional Studies
• Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies

The Journal particularly welcomes research that provides innovative perspectives, meaningful findings, theoretical contributions, or practical implications relevant to contemporary academic and professional contexts.

2. Types of Manuscripts

The Journal considers the following types of scholarly contributions:

• Original Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Conceptual and Theoretical Papers
• Empirical Studies
• Case Studies
• Comparative Studies
• Short Research Communications
• Critical and Analytical Articles
• Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies

3. Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submitted manuscripts are original, accurate, and ethically prepared. By submitting a manuscript to Sparkling International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Studies, authors agree to the following responsibilities:

• The manuscript must be the authors’ original work and must not have been published previously or be under consideration by another journal.
• Authors must ensure that all sources, quotations, ideas, data, figures, tables, and other materials obtained from other works are properly acknowledged and cited.
• Authors must ensure that the manuscript is free from plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and other forms of academic misconduct.
• All authors listed on the manuscript should have made a significant contribution to the research and should have approved the final version of the manuscript.
• Authors are responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of the information, data, interpretations, findings, and references presented in the manuscript.
• Authors must obtain appropriate permission for the use of copyrighted material wherever necessary.
• Where applicable, authors must obtain the required ethical approval and informed consent for research involving human participants or other ethically sensitive materials.
• Authors must disclose any relevant conflict of interest and sources of financial support, where applicable.
• Authors should cooperate with the Editorial Board and reviewers during the review and revision process.
• Authors must notify the Editorial Board promptly if a significant error or omission is identified in their published work.
• Upon acceptance, authors may be required to submit the Journal’s Copyright Transfer / Publication Agreement and Author Declaration.

4. Originality and Ethical Requirements

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must be original and unpublished works. A manuscript should not have been submitted simultaneously to another journal, book, conference proceeding, or other publication. The Journal does not accept manuscripts containing plagiarism, duplicate publication, fabricated data, falsified information, or other forms of academic misconduct.

Authors are responsible for appropriately acknowledging the ideas, words, data, findings, and other intellectual contributions of other researchers. The Journal reserves the right to use plagiarism-detection software or other appropriate procedures to assess the originality of submitted manuscripts.

5. Language of Submission

The official language of the Journal is English. Manuscripts should be written in clear, coherent, and academically appropriate English. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are free from grammatical, spelling, typographical, and other language-related errors before submission.

6. Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word and submitted in an editable document format. The recommended formatting is:

• Font: Times New Roman
• Font Size: 12 points
• Line Spacing: 1.5
• Text Alignment: Justified
• Page Size: A4
• Margins: 1 inch on all sides
• Page Numbers: Consecutive page numbering
• Maximum Length: Normally not more than 15 pages, including references, tables, and figures, unless otherwise permitted by the Editorial Board.

Authors should maintain consistent formatting throughout the manuscript.

7. Structure of the Manuscript

A research article should normally contain the following components:

1. Title
2. Author(s) Name and Affiliation
3. Abstract
4. Keywords
5. Introduction
6. Review of Literature / Theoretical Background
7. Objectives / Research Questions or Hypotheses, where applicable
8. Methodology
9. Results / Findings
10. Discussion
11. Conclusion
12. Implications / Recommendations, where applicable
13. Acknowledgements, where applicable
14. Conflict of Interest Statement, where applicable
15. Funding Statement, where applicable
16. References
17. Appendices, where necessary

The structure may be modified according to the nature and methodology of the study.

8. Title

The title should be concise, specific, informative, and representative of the content of the manuscript. Authors should avoid unnecessary abbreviations, overly lengthy titles, and statements that are not directly supported by the study.

9. Author Information

The manuscript should clearly provide the following information for each author:

• Full name
• Designation
• Department / School / Institution
• Institutional affiliation
• City, State/Province, and Country
• Email address
• ORCID iD, if available

The corresponding author should be clearly identified. Authors should ensure that the names and affiliations are accurate before submission.

10. Abstract

Each manuscript should include a concise and informative abstract of approximately 150–250 words. The abstract should briefly present:

• The background or purpose of the study
• The methodology or research approach
• The major findings
• The conclusion or significance of the study

References and unnecessary abbreviations should generally be avoided in the abstract.

11. Keywords

Authors should provide 4–6 keywords that accurately represent the major concepts, themes, variables, or subject areas addressed in the manuscript. Keywords should be placed immediately below the abstract.

12. Tables, Figures, and Illustrations

• Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and referred to in the text.
• Each table and figure should have a clear and informative title or caption.
• Tables and figures should be relevant to the manuscript and should not unnecessarily duplicate information presented in the text.
• Sources should be acknowledged wherever necessary.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted tables, figures, photographs, charts, or other materials.

13. Citations and References

Authors should follow recognised citation, reference, quotation, and other bibliographic conventions. The latest edition of the APA Publication Manual, wherever applicable to the subject area, should be used. Authors must ensure that:

• Every source cited in the text appears in the reference list.
• Every work listed in the reference list is cited in the manuscript.
• All bibliographic details are accurate and complete.
• Quotations are appropriately acknowledged.
• DOI information and other bibliographic details are verified wherever applicable.

14. Research Ethics

Authors must comply with accepted ethical standards applicable to their field of research. Where research involves human participants, interviews, personal information, field studies, animals, or other ethically sensitive materials, authors should obtain the necessary ethical approval and informed consent, where applicable. Authors should protect the privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and rights of research participants.

15. Plagiarism and Duplicate Publication

The Journal follows a strict policy against plagiarism and duplicate publication. Authors must not:

• Submit plagiarised material;
• Submit the same manuscript simultaneously to more than one journal;
• Present another person’s ideas, words, data, findings, or interpretations as their own;
• Reproduce substantial portions of their previously published work without appropriate acknowledgement; or
• Fabricate or falsify research data, findings, or sources.

All submitted manuscripts may be screened using plagiarism-detection software or other appropriate procedures.

16. Peer Review Process

All manuscripts will undergo an initial editorial assessment to determine their relevance, originality, academic quality, and suitability for the Journal. Manuscripts that meet the basic requirements may be sent for double-blind peer review, whereby the identities of the authors and reviewers are concealed from each other.

The reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on factors such as originality, academic significance, methodological soundness, clarity, relevance, quality of analysis, and contribution to knowledge. The final decision regarding publication will be made by the Editor/Editorial Board based on the editorial assessment and peer-review recommendations.

17. Editorial Decision

The status of the manuscript, whether it is accepted for publication or rejected, will be communicated to the corresponding author after a thorough evaluation through the Journal’s double-blind peer-review process. No publication charges will be levied on authors. However, authors who wish to receive the respective printed issues of the Journal may subscribe to them by paying the applicable subscription fee.

18. Subscription

The subscription fee covers the journal issues. The Journal is published quarterly in January–March, April–June, July–September, and October–December.

Annual Subscription fee is Rs. 2000/-

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19. Publication Schedule

The Journal is published quarterly in January–March, April–June, July–September, and October–December. Contributors are therefore requested to submit their manuscripts at least one month before the respective publication period to allow sufficient time for editorial processing and peer review.

20. Conflict of Interest

Authors should disclose any financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research or its interpretation. If there is no conflict of interest, authors may state: “The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.”

21. Funding

Authors should disclose any financial support, grants, sponsorship, or other funding received for the research, where applicable. If the research received no external funding, authors may state: “This research received no external funding.”

22. Copyright and Author Declaration

Upon acceptance of the manuscript, authors may be required to complete and submit the Journal’s Copyright Transfer / Publication Agreement and Author Declaration. By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that:

• The work is original;
• The manuscript has not been published elsewhere;
• The manuscript is not under consideration by another publication;
• All authors have approved the submitted version;
• Appropriate permissions have been obtained for copyrighted materials; and
• The information provided to the Journal is accurate.

23. Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format. The manuscript should be emailed to: journals@johnfoundation.com

Authors should ensure that the manuscript is complete and conforms to all Journal requirements before submission.

24. Author Declaration

The corresponding author should confirm that:

• The manuscript is original;
• The manuscript has not been published previously;
• The manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere;
• All authors have approved the submitted version;
• All sources have been appropriately acknowledged; and
• The information provided to the Journal is accurate.

The Editorial Board may request additional documents or information where necessary.

25. Editorial Rights

The Editorial Board reserves the right to:

• Reject manuscripts that do not conform to the scope or submission requirements of the Journal;
• Request revisions before or during the peer-review process;
• Make necessary editorial and language corrections without changing the scholarly meaning of the manuscript;
• Seek clarification or additional information from authors; and
• Make the final decision regarding publication.

Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee acceptance or publication.

26. Important Note

Authors are advised to retain a copy of the submitted manuscript and all correspondence with the Journal. Before submission, authors should carefully check the manuscript for accuracy, originality, language, formatting, citations, references, tables, figures, and compliance with the Journal’s submission guidelines.

Submission of a manuscript implies that the author(s) have read, understood, and agreed to the Journal’s submission, publication, and ethical requirements.