How To Submit

Journal of Student Research (JSR) is a Multidisciplinary and Faculty-reviewed journal devoted to the Rapid Dissemination of current student research. The journal seeks papers that are novel, integrative, and written in a way that is accessible to a wide audience which includes an array of disciplines. The content of the journal ranges from Applied research to Theoretical research. In general, papers are welcomed from all topics.

The first author of the submission must be an Undergraduate or Graduate student currently enrolled or graduated from an accredited academic institution. In both cases, advisor's information must be listed at submission. Students who have already graduated must submit a letter as a supplementary file from their advisor testifying of their attendance at the university and conducting the research at the time. Submitted manuscripts will not be eligible for publication without the advisor information listed as such during submission. Only 5 authors including advisors are free of charge per manuscript submission. For additional author charges, see Article Processing Charge (APC) section.

High School Students: Please use the journal's High School Student Portal (www.jsr.org/hs) to submit.

We accept Manuscript Submissions of the Following Types:

1. Research Articles: Submissions of a manuscript that is your original research.
2. Review Articles: Original review or analysis on a topic of your choice.
3. Other Articles (Non-Peer Reviewed): Manuscripts that are Research Project, Analysis, Short Essay, Opinion, or an update on Current Affairs. These submissions will not be refereed by our faculty reviewers but will be subject to review by the editorial board before publication.

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Support Center

• If you have any questions or concerns, please email us: technical@jsr.org

• Professionalism is extremely important to us. Please be courteous in all your communication with the JSR staff.

• Include the following items in the email to provide you with tailored answers:
  
  • First and Last Name
  • Name of your affiliated Institution (High School, College, or University)
  • Current Grade Level, or Educational status
  • How or Where did you find out about the Journal
  • Your Question or Concern

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Table of Contents

Submissions Process

• Submission Requirements
• Indexing & Metadata

Review

Editor Decision

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Fast Track Review (FTR)

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Submissions Process

To create a new account, please click on Register and follow the instructions. Once Logged in using your username and password, the portal dashboard will open where you will see the Active Submissions queue. This page lists the submissions currently in the editorial process and has access to past submissions that have been made to the journal under the "Archives" Tab. The authors can submit a new article by clicking the appropriate link for "New Submission".

The submission process for the Authors is broken down into five steps, with guidance provided at each step. Authors do not need to complete the five steps in one session but can return to what will be listed as on the submissions queue as "Incomplete".

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Submission Requirements

Authors must read and acknowledge that they have completed and are compliant with the requirements:

1. 1. Download the Submission Word Template (Dotx file) which will help you to get started: Template Link
   2. The submission file must be a Microsoft Word document format (Docx).
      1. The manuscript text is single-spaced; Page size 8.5" x 11" inches (Letter); 20 pages maximum, uses Times New Roman Size 10-point black font text with 1-inch margins on all sides.
      2. Four Levels of Headings can be used:
         1. Article Title: Font Bolded and Size 18
         2. Heading Level 1: Font Bolded and Size 14
         3. Heading Level 2:  Size 12
         4. Heading Level 3: Font italicized and Size 12
         5. Heading Level 4: Text underlines and Size 10
      3. Article Title can have a maximum length of 100 characters, including spaces.
      4. Manuscript Abstract can have a maximum length of 250 words.
      5. All illustrations, figures, graphs, charts, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points with their respective title and legend, rather than at the end of the manuscript. They must be all centered appropriately.
      6. All illustrations, figures, graphs, and charts should be inserted as image files in the word document (Only PNG and JPEG are acceptable) and must be individually uploaded as "Image File" during Step 2 of the submission along with the manuscript and other supplemental files. The title must be placed under the figure/graphs/charts.
      7. All image files uploaded must be named appropriately such as Fig1.png, Fig2.png, etc. Figures can only be labeled as whole numbers such as Fig 1, Fig 2, Fig 3, and NOT Fig 1a, Fig 1b, and so on.
      8. Multi-panel figures must be a single image file. Each panel must be labeled such as (1a), (1b), (1c), etc in the image; this figure must be labeled as Figure 1 and all individual panels described appropriately in the legend.
      9. Tables must be created in the word document. Do not insert and label an image as a table in the word document. All text color must be black, and the heading rows/columns must be shaded with light gray colors. The title must be placed over the Table.
      10. Equations must be created in the word document using the Insert Equation tool, and cannot be an inserted image file.
      11. Make use of the Bulleted and Numbered lists very minimally.
      12. We recommend the authors use the APA style guide for references, but you can use a discipline-specific reference style guide. References must be included at the end of the manuscript. Please leave one line spacing between each new reference and start on a new line.
      13. Where available, URLs or DOIs links for the references MUST be provided.
      14. The paper itself should only include the topic and the write up of the topic. All author/teacher/adviser names, email addresses, affiliations should be submitted in the Metadata (see below in the indexing and metadata section).
   3. Documentation of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval or exemption, if required, was secured by the authors prior to submitting the manuscript and must be uploaded during Step 2 of the submission process.
   4. Supplemental files such as a copy of the images, appendix, forms, surveys, etc. must be uploaded during Step 2 of the submission process.
   5. 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). Despite the Plagiarism check that we do, if later there are any complaints of plagiarism with proof, the submission will immediately be removed.

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Indexing & Metadata

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Review

The Author(s) will be contacted by the editors with their decision once the review process is completed.

Reviewers are selected by the Editorial Staff at the Journal of Student Research and the estimated time for the review process is 12-24 weeks. JSR follows the double-blinded closed reviewing policy where the identity of the author is not revealed to the reviewer and vice versa.

Following are the items that the referees evaluate as they review the manuscript:

• Are the main claims of the paper novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
• Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required, and will this additional information improve the paper?
• Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
• If the paper is considered unsuitable for publication in its present form, does the study itself show sufficient potential that the authors should be encouraged to resubmit a revised version?
• Is the manuscript clearly enough written so that it is understandable to non-specialists? If not, how could it be improved?
• Have the authors cited the previous literature appropriately?

• Referees rate the Significance, Originality, Quality, and Clarity of the manuscript.

Scholarly feedback upon reviewing the manuscript by the referees will be provided to the author. This feedback will not only help authors identify areas of improvement to their submission but help them better understand the process in order to be successful at publication.

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Editor Decision

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Journal of Student Research utilizes an Open Access Model where all published articles are made freely available to anyone to read/download. We provide our authors and readers with high-quality services, such as editorial triaging of submissions, facilitating a collaborative faculty provided peer-review, plagiarism checks, quality assurance of articles, management of production services (i.e. copyediting, layout editing, and quality control checks), indexing, archiving, and long term preservation of published articles via professional preservation networks and the journal platform. To continue to provide these services the authors are required to pay the Article Processing Charge (APC).

The APC for Manuscripts is paid in Two Phases (additional service fee applicable):

• Pre-review APC: USD 50 for all students at submission.
• Post-review APC (To be paid after an editorial decision is recorded and emailed to the authors):
  • USD 300 for undergraduate and graduate Students.

ALL ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES AND FEES ARE STRICTLY NON-REFUNDABLE and SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Additional Author Charge:

Only 5 authors (including advisors) per submission are allowed to be included. To include any additional author/advisor to the manuscript's contributor list will cost a fee of $25 per individual. The authors will pay this fee only when accepted for publication.

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