OpenAccessPolicy

Open Access Policy

The Creative Project provides immediate open access to its content in accordance with the principle of making research freely available to the public, in order to support greater global knowledge exchange.

The Creative Project follows an open access policy, under which all published articles are freely and permanently available on the journal's website from the date of publication. Readers have unrestricted access to all content without any subscription, payment, or registration. Readers can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles without a user account or login.

Publication Fees

The Creative Project does not charge any Article Processing Fee (APC) or any other publication-related fees.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted to archive accepted manuscripts or published versions of their articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, or any other repository or platform of their choice, including personal websites and publisher websites, with appropriate citations and DOI links.

Preprints: Authors may submit manuscripts previously provided as preprints, provided they have not been peer-reviewed elsewhere and conform to the journal's format and style requirements. Authors should disclose in their cover letter and further disclosure in the appendix whether the manuscript has been published on a preprint server. After acceptance and publication in the Creative Project, authors must update the preprint server to indicate that the paper has been formally published in the journal, including citations to the final published version.

Accepted Author Manuscripts (AAM): Authors may deposit accepted author manuscripts (peer-reviewed and accepted for publication but not yet typeset) into an institutional repository, a funder-authorized repository, a subject repository, or another repository or platform of their choice, whether non-commercial or commercial. When depositing into an AAM, authors are encouraged to include the article title, journal information, and a link to the published version (Record Version) along with recommended citations via its DOI.

Record Version (VoR): Authors may deposit a published version (PDF and/or HTML) of their article into an institutional repository or other repository or a platform of their choice after publication. When depositing a Record Version, the integrity of the published article must be preserved. The journal brand, copyright notice, and licensing information must not be removed. The submitted version must clearly indicate that the article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License and include a DOI link and recommended citations.

Embargo: Creative Engineering does not impose any embargo period on preprints, accepted manuscripts, or self-archiving of published versions. Authors may archive a licensed version immediately after acceptance or publication, as applicable.

Digital Preservation Policy

Creative Engineering ensures the long-term preservation of its published content. All articles are stored on the journal's official website and servers, and are regularly backed up and access controlled. In the event of technical failures, the journal is committed to restoring access to archived content.