About the Journal

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Melanie G. Sarmiento
Director, University Research Center

Managing Editor:
URC Technical Staff

Layout and Digital Production:
Center for Information and Communications Technology (CICT)

Scope

The Multidisciplinary Advances in Research, Innovation, and Academic Nurturing (MARIAN) Journal publishes original research papers across the following fields:

  • Education and Pedagogy: Innovative teaching strategies, curriculum development, and educational technologies
  • Business and Economics: Sustainable business practices, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy
  • Science and Technology: Applied sciences, engineering innovations, and information technology solutions
  • Health Sciences: Community health, nursing, and pharmaceutical research
  • Social Sciences and Humanities: Cultural studies, ethics, governance, and social development

Abstracting and Indexing

  • Google Scholar (application in progress)
  • Saint Mary’s University Institutional Repository
  • Zenodo
  • Openaire
  • DataCite

Panel of Reviewers

To be announced

Ethical Guidelines

The MARIAN Journal upholds the highest standards of academic integrity and ethical research. All submissions must comply with the following:

Ethical Clearance
All research involving human participants must obtain prior approval from the SMU Research Ethics Committee (REC) or an equivalent recognized body. Proof of ethical clearance must be available upon request.

Authorship and Contributions
Authorship is limited to individuals who have made significant intellectual contributions to the study, including its conception, data collection, analysis, or manuscript preparation. All authors must approve the final manuscript prior to submission.

Originality and Dual Submission
Submissions must be original and unpublished works. Manuscripts must not be under consideration by any other journal at the time of submission.

Data Integrity
Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy, transparency, and reliability of their data. Raw data must be preserved and made available upon request for verification purposes.

Confidentiality
The peer-review process is strictly confidential. Editors and reviewers must not disclose or use unpublished materials for personal or professional advantage.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
All authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, personal, or professional conflicts of interest that may influence the research or evaluation process.

Academic Honesty
The journal enforces a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism, data fabrication, and falsification. All submissions undergo similarity checking. Violations will result in rejection or retraction.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

In line with global standards in scholarly publishing, the MARIAN Journal allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools under the following conditions:

Human Authorship Only
AI tools cannot be credited as authors or co-authors. Full responsibility for the manuscript rests with the human authors.

Transparency and Disclosure
Authors must clearly disclose the use of AI tools in the Methodology section or Acknowledgments, specifying the tool used (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) and its purpose (e.g., language editing, data analysis, literature synthesis).

Content Authenticity
AI must not be used to generate original research findings, interpretations, or conclusions. Authors are responsible for verifying all AI-assisted outputs, including references.

Ethical Use of AI
The use of AI for generating misleading content, falsifying data, or bypassing critical thinking constitutes academic misconduct and will be treated in the same manner as plagiarism.