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Author Guidelines

Eligibility

Manuscripts may be submitted by current undergraduates who conducted research or scholarly or creative activity either at Tulane or elsewhere. Manuscripts with multiple authors, including at least one undergraduate student, may also be submitted. Primary authors must be undergraduate students. Recent graduates may submit manuscripts for research conducted during their undergraduate careers. Manuscripts should be submitted within the calendar year of a student’s graduation.

Other Rules

The Journal publishes original work only, including data-based research, scholarly research, and fine and performing arts projects with critical commentary, including consideration of stylistic issues, influences, process, methodology, technique, and impact. Fiction, poetry and creative writing submissions will not be considered.

Only English-language submissions will be considered.

Research conducted using human subjects or animal models shall be conducted only after appropriate review and approval from the responsible Tulane University boards or committees in order to be eligible for publication.

Work published in The Journal may not be previously published.

Manuscripts accepted for publication will be assigned to one of three sections:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
  • Social Sciences, Public Policy and Business

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.

Manuscript review and publication

Manuscripts may be submitted at any time. Through a peer-review editorial process, manuscripts are examined for the qualities and caliber that make the research appropriate for publication. The Editorial Board will conduct the preliminary review and assign manuscripts that pass the first cut to reviewers. Whenever possible, a blind review process will guarantee a fair review of the manuscript.  We expect manuscripts will be subjected to revisions for content and grammar, depending on the comments of the student editors.

General Guidelines

Submit papers via the online submission system by creating a user name and logging in, then following instructions to submit.

A complete manuscript submission consists of the following:

1. Title page with contact and background information:

  • Title of paper submitted for publication
  • Name(s) of author or authors
  • Name of supervising faculty if applicable
  • Identify university and degree/candidate degree for each author
  • Expected date of graduation for all student authors
  • Number of words in the body of the text (not including the abstract and bibliography)
  • Citation system used in the paper (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

2. An abstract (150-200 words). The abstract must be written for a general audience.

3. The body of the text and any supporting figures, tables, etc. Please do not include a table of contents or index. Length should be 2,000-6,000 words. (Topics in mathematical sciences may be shorter.)  Longer submissions are allowed, but absolutely no more than 8,000 words. Editors will work with authors to bring a manuscript to an acceptable length. Further length modification may be necessary at journal production time due to space constraints. Advice to authors: Please make your manuscript as polished as you can before you submit it to the Journal. We expect you to work with the editors to make your paper into publishable shape before production.

File Formats

DOC or DOCX files are acceptable. Please use Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins.

Figures, Images and Embedded Audio or Video Files

1. Photos, pictures, graphs, figures and tables should be embedded in the manuscript.

2. Images should be at least 150dpi, preferably in TIFF or JPEG format.

3.  Since the journal is electronic authors are encouraged to experiment with audio and/or video files that support the text. Authors must hold or obtain copyright permission.

4. All photos, pictures, graphs, figures and embedded files must be titled or captioned.

References, Citations, Style

1. Students may use any style appropriate to their discipline or field of research (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). Generally, you will use the system employed in top print journals in your field. See “Citation” article in Wikipedia for a reasonably complete list of citation systems and links to style guides.

2. Consult the style guide and apply it consistently and correctly throughout the paper and the bibliography.

Plagiarism

Manuscripts may be subjected to a plagiarism screen. Evidence of plagiarism in a manuscript will result in automatic rejection without appeal.

Grammar and Punctuation

All articles must adhere to standard American English rules of grammar and punctuation.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in a DOC or DOCX file format.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses 12-point Times New Roman font; has 1-inch margins; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • You grant to the Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (Tulane) the right of first publication of this submission and if the submission is selected for publication by the Journal, you agree to acknowledge its initial publication in the Journal.
  • You understand and agree that the Journal is an open-access journal released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommericai-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA) allowing noncommercial use and adaptations, with proper attribution and licensing under the same Creative Commons terms. The full terms to the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA license can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
  • You grant a license to this submission under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unsuported license (CC BY-NC-SA), effective upon selection of this submission for publication by the Journal.
  • You represent and warrent that, to the best of your knowledge, this submission does not infringe upon any third-party's copyrights or other intellectual property rights.
  • You represent and warrent that, if this submission contains material for which you do not hold copyright, you have (a) obtained the unrestricted permission of the copyright holder allowing you to grant this license to Tulane and (b) have clearly identified and acknowledged all such third-party material within the text or content of this submission.
  • You agree that Tulane may keep one of more copies of this submission for purposes of security, backup and preservation.
  • The submission is reasonably close to the suggested length of 2000-6000 words (see Author Guidelines).
  • You represent and warrent that this submission is your original work and that you have the right to make these grants of rights to Tulane for yourself as well as co-authors, if any.
  • There is an acknowledgments section at the between the conclusion and bibliography that thanks the faculty and/or professionals who provided feedback and guidance on the project

Copyright Notice

Tulane Undergraduate Research Journal is an open-access journal, so articles will be released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 Unported license, allowing the free dissemination of the work for noncommercial purposes. Authors retain copyright to the work and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) [see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode]; authors further grant the journal a waiver of clause 4(b) [restriction against commercial advantage or private monetary compensation]. If the journal rejects the work, the journal simultaneously waives the granted right of first publication.

 

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