Publish With Us!

1. The research you did was performed during your undergraduate degree at a Canadian institution. Submissions from authors who have graduated are welcome, so long as you graduated within the current or the previous calendar year. 
2. If the research is based on coursework, it must:
   • Discuss projects originally designed by the author(s)
   • Acknowledge the help of the instructors of the course for which it was originally intended and be granted permission by the instructor to be submitted for publication
   • Be confirmed that a grade has already been obtained upon submission
3. The research must have been either supervised by a faculty member, or is endorsed for publication by a faculty member. Explicit permission to publish the manuscript must be obtained from a faculty member who is familiar with the subject matter, such as your principle investigator or course professor. Their signature must be included in the submission form.
4. The research you are submitting is neither currently under review, nor has been published in another journal. 

All manuscripts must fall into one of the three submission categories:

1. Original research
   • Research articles report on the outcomes of primary observation and/or experimentation performed in response to a research question. These can concern topics in the sciences or the humanities.
   • Articles fall between 4 and 6 pages and must cite at least 10 peer-reviewed sources.
2. Literature and Systematic Reviews
   • Narrative reviews summarize the state of understanding on a research topic, while scoping and systematic reviews synthesize the findings of existing literature in response to a research question.
   • Reviews should only take primary literature into consideration, falling between 4 and 8 pages and citing at least 15 peer-reviewed sources.
3. Book reviews
   • Book reviews discuss the findings and methodologies of a work of non-fiction and place it in the context of its wider discipline.
   • Submissions should fall between 3-5 pages in length and must cite at least 5 peer-reviewed sources in the bibliography.

• The article is in a Microsoft Word file and in 1.5 spaced 12-point Times New Roman font.
• All citations are in APA style and are in-text.
• All lines in the text file are numbered.
• All illustrations and figures must be submitted as separate PNG, BMP, RAW, JPEG, or TIFF files of at least 300 dpi, and datasets for all figures and tables must be submitted as clearly labelled spreadsheet files.
• All tables must be submitted as separate Excel or CSV files.
• All illustrations, figures, and tables must be referred to in the main text in addition to being submitted as separate files 
• All original quantities must be given in SI units; if a quoted source notes a quantity in a non-SI unit of measurement, the SI equivalent must be indicated in square brackets.
• No personal identifying information on the manuscript file (ie. Author names/University/Affiliations etc.)

• Submissions should be clear and concise, and be written to be accessible to readers outside of the research field.
  • Although no submission will be rejected on grounds of poor language, CJUR reserves the right to make all final decisions regarding writing style.
  • Abstract and obscure ideas should be explained clearly and concisely at first mention.
• Include as much background and contextual information as possible.
• Technical terms and jargon should be avoided where possible. Specialized names and abbreviations must be written in full using internationally agreed nomenclature at first mention.
  • Avoid using loaded descriptions or non-standard terms.

Ideally, we can streamline the process to be completed within a few months of submission:

• Editor connects your manuscript to faculty/graduate reviewers – 3 weeks
• Reviewers submit round 1 review comments – 2 weeks
• Authors submit round 1 revisions – 2 weeks
• Reviewers submit round 2 review comments – 2 weeks
• Authors submit round 2 revisions – 2 weeks
• Editors send copyedited manuscripts to author – 2 weeks
• Authors submit copyedited revisions – 2 weeks
• Editors send typesetted manuscript to author – 2 weeks
• Authors confirm typesetted manuscript – 2 weeks
• Manuscript is added to the next available publication – varies in time

However, this is not a strict guide. We understand reviewers and authors may require more time to complete their revisions and address necessary comments, which may include an extra round of review. Authors are encouraged to submit revisions on time and we thank you for your patience if your manuscript requires more review or extra time for copyediting and typesetting.

If you require more time for your review or revision, we are flexible to an extension, please email your corresponding editor!

Copyediting: Second stage in the review process where the editorial team helps edit the manuscript for reading clarity. CJUR is multidisciplinary, so our aim is to provide an external perspective on whether certain sections should be reworded or clarified.

Typesetting: Third and last stage in the review process where the editorial team formats the manuscript to be publication ready. This is the version available for readers found under Articles tab.

Yes, if there you are able to obtain faculty endorsement and you meet all of our eligibility criteria.

In the submission form we require the signature of at least 1 faculty member in your relevant discipline that supports your publication. This means that you have asked an expert in the field to thoroughly review your manuscript and offer feedback to ensure accuracy, clarity, and overall quality. This supervisor does not necessarily need to be listed as an author for the manuscript.

Faculty endorsements may include professors or principal investigators, but excludes graduate students.

We only accept submissions from authors who have graduated in the current or previous academic calendar year. We are currently in the 2024/2025 academic year.

• If you graduated in the 2022/2023 academic year or earlier, unfortunately you are no longer eligible to submit to CJUR
• If you graduated in the 2023/2024 academic year, you are eligible to submit to CJUR

The posting, reproduction, transmission or other distribution or use of the article submitted or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption (see below) or by written agreement of the Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research, requires credit to Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research as copyright holder (e.g., Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research © 2024).

The failure of the Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from the Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

1. Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.
2. Storage and back-up of the article on the author’s computer(s) and digital media (e.g., external hard drives, back-up servers, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
3. Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
4. Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)’s place of employment (e.g., a biochemistry student at the University of British Columbia can have her article appear in the University British Columbia’s Department of Biochemistry online publication series)