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Guide to: Undergraduate Student Publishing

A guide to support undergraduate students wishing to share their research and scholarship through publication.

Finding a place to publish

There are many opportunities to publish your research, on campus and elsewhere.  The best place to start is with your advisor, who might know of relevant journals in the field.

Check the resources below for journals that are open to undergraduate submissions:

Choosing a journal

When choosing a journal, ask yourself:

  • What journals are my colleagues publishing in?
  • Where did my references publish?
  • Is this journal peer reviewed?
  • What are the norms in my field?
  • Is this journal respected in my field?
  • Do I want to publish Open Access?
  • What copyright or archiving policy do I want in a journal?
  • Does this journal publish research I think is quality?
  • Does this journal offer the right audience for my research?
  • Are there costs for figures or color pages?

The contents of this box are borrowed from Texas Woman's University libguide Publishing Your Research. Used with permission.

 

Pubishing Opportunities on Campus

The College of the Holy Cross maintains several publications that accept student submissions:

fósforo - bilingual journal of literature, art and ideas

Holy Cross Journal of Law and Public Policy 

Parnassus 

The Purple 

Another publishing option is  CrossWorks, the institutional repository of the College.

  • collect, preserve and provide access to your work
  • get a permanent URL to share your work with colleagues, friends, and future employers.
  • enable your work to be found through online sources, which can significantly increase the impact of your work
  • have your work read around the world, and help our students, faculty, and alumni connect with interested researchers.

Journals by Discipline

A selection of undergraduate journals to explore.  Represented disciplines include Interdisciplinary/MultidisciplinaryArt & DesignBiologyBusinessChemistryCommunication & Media ArtsCriminal Justice;EconomicsEnglishForeign LanguagesHealth ProfessionsHistoryMathematicsMusicPhilosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies;Politics and Global StudiesPsychologySocial WorkSociology/AnthropologyWomen's Studies


Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary

1890: A Journal of Undergraduate Research (University of Central Oklahoma)

*Agora: Journal for Undergraduate Scholarly Papers (Lynchburg College)

American Journal of Undergraduate Research (State University of New York, Oswego) [STEM focus]

Apollon: Undergraduate eJournal (Berea College) [Humanities focus]

Augsburg Honors Review (Augsburg College)

*Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research (Butler University)

Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research (University of British Columbia)

Catalyst: Rice Undergraduate Science Research Journal (Rice University) [Science focus]

Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development (Columbia University) [Environmental focus] 

Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal (Columbia University) [Science focus]

*Crossing Borders: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship (Kansas State University)

Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science (Dartmouth College) [Science focus]

Discussions: The Undergraduate Research Journal of CWRU (Case Western Reserve University)

*Gettysburg Social Sciences Review (Gettysburg College) [Social Science focus]

Forbes & Fifth (University of Pittsburgh)

Inquiries Journal: Social Sciences, Arts, & Humanities

International Collegiate Science Journal (Rice, Harvard, Washington University, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, UPenn, UCLA, McGill, Yale, Cal Berkeley)

*International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (Pacific University)

Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Stanford University)

Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (California Lutheran University) [Social Science focus]

Journal of Student Research

Journal of Undergraduate Research (Colorado State University)

Journal of Young Investigators [STEM focus]

*Liberated Arts: A Journal for Undergraduate Research (Huron University College)

Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research (Monmouth College)

*Papers & Publications: Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research (University of North Georgia)

Pursue: An Undergraduate Research Journal (Prairie View A&M University)

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research (University of Warwick and Monash University)

The Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal (Stanford University)

Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences (Kappa Omicron Nu) [Social Science focus]

Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research (Penn State Berks) [Social Science focus

Art & Design

Digital America (University of Richmond)

Biology

BIOS (Beta Beta Beta Biological Society)

EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium (EvoS Consortium)

Fine Focus (Ball State University)

Impulse (Appalachian State University)

The Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (The University of British Columbia)

Penn Bioethics Journal (University of Pennsylvania)

*RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences (University of Nebraska-Lincoln):

Business

Journal for Global Business and Community (Florida International University)

Michigan Journal of Business (University of Michigan)

Chemistry

Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research (Virginia Military Institute)

Communication & Media Arts

Xchanges (University of New Mexico)

Criminal Justice

Dartmouth Law Journal (Dartmouth College)

The Dialectics: Journal of Law, Leadership, and Society (Penn State University- Abington)

Penn Undergraduate Law Journal (University of Pennsylvania)

Washington Undergraduate Law Review (University of Washington)

Economics

The Developing Economist (University of Texas at Austin)

Issues in Political Economy: Undergraduate Student Research in Economics (Elon University & the University of Mary Washington)

Penn Journal of Economics (University of Pennsylvania)

The Undergraduate Berkeley Economic Review (University of California at Berkeley)

*Undergraduate Economic Review (Illinois Wesleyan University)

English

The Allegheny Review: A National Undergraduate Literary Journal (Allegheny College)

Collision Literary Magazine (University of Pittsburgh)

Digital Literature Review (Ball State University)

First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience (Loyola Marymount University):

The Madison Journal of Literary Criticism (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

The Midway Review (University of Chicago)

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English (University of South Carolina Aiken)

The Paper Shell Review (University of Maryland)

Queen City Writers: A Journal of Undergraduate Writing & Composing (University of Cincinnati)

Rainy Day (Cornell University)

The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle (Sigma Tau Delta: International English Honor Society)

The Sigma Tau Delta Review (Sigma Tau Delta: International English Honor Society)

Southern Humanities Review (Auburn University)

Stylus: A Journal of Literature and Art (University of Maryland)

UCB Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal (University of California, Berkeley)

Xchanges (University of New Mexico)

Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Writing and Rhetoric (Montana State University)

Foreign Languages

The Kennesaw Tower: Undergraduate Foreign Language Research Journal (Kennesaw State University):

Health Professions

International Journal of Exercise Science (Western Kentucky University)

International Journal of Research in Exercise Physiology (Western State Colorado University)

McGill Journal of Medicine (McGill University)

History

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History (Armstrong State University)

The Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History (Columbia University)

Georgetown Journal of History (Georgetown University)

*Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era (Gettysburg College)

*Grand Valley Journal of History (Grand Valley State University)

History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research (Appalachian State University)

Michigan Journal of History (University of Michigan)

Tufts Historical Review (Tufts University)

Vanderbilt Historical Review: An Undergraduate Journal of History (Vanderbilt University)

Mathematics

Involve: A Journal of Mathematics (Mathematical Science Publishers)

The Mathematics Exchange (Ball State University)

Minnesota Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics (University of Minnesota)

The Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Math Journal (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

SIAM Undergraduate Research Online (SIURO) (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)

Music

*Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology (Western University Canada)

Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies

Aporia (Brigham Young University)

The Dualist (Stanford University)

Episteme: An International Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy (Denison University)

Ex Nihilo (University of Texas at Austin)

Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa (Theta Alpha Kappa: National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology)

Logos: The Undergraduate Philosophy Journal (Cornell University)

Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal (Ball State University)

Vassar College Journal of Philosophy (Vassar College)

Politics and Global Studies

The Birch Journal (Columbia University)

The Brown Journal of World Affairs (Brown University)

Critique: A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics (Illinois State University)

Harf: A Journal of South Asian Studies (McGill University)

Journal of Politics & Society (Columbia University)

The Journal of Undergraduate International Studies (JUIS) (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics (Oakland University)

Roshangar: Roshan Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal (University of Maryland)

Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies (University of Toronto)

Psychology

Journal of Identity, Interpersonal Relations and Intergroup Relations (Université de Montréal)

Journal of Psychological Inquiry (JPI) (Fort Hays State University)

The Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (JPBS) (Farleigh Dickinson University)

Journal of Undergraduate Ethnic Minority Psychology (Alabama State University)

Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research (Psi Chi: The International Honor Society in Psychology)

Undergraduate Journal of Psychology (UNC Charlotte)

Undergraduate Journal of Psychology at Berkeley (University of California, Berkeley)

Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology (Yale University)

Social Work

Critical Theory and Social Justice Journal (CTSJ) (Occidental College)

Sociology/Anthroplogy

AnthroJournal: The Collegiate Journal of Anthropology

International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology (St. Hugh's College)

The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography (JUE) (Roger Williams University Foundation to Promote Scholarship and Teaching)

Women’s Studies

On Our Terms: The Undergraduate Journal of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies (Barnard College)

Women’s Web Work: The (K)new WWW: An Undergraduate, Multimedia Journal about Black Women’s Histories and Lives (City University of New York)

*Indicates a DigitalCommons-hosted journal.

SHERPA/RoMEO

SHERPA/RoMEO is an online resource that you can search to find publisher open access policies, summaries of self-archiving permissions and conditions of rights given to authors on a journal-by-journal basis.