Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado
Please note: this journal only publishes work by University of Northern Colorado undergraduate students. Submissions from graduate students or non-UNC students will not be accepted.
Manuscript Submission and Review Timeline
1. Before submitting your manuscript, be sure to have your faculty mentor sign and the Faculty Approval Form.
2. Be sure your name does not appear anywhere on your manuscript. It is not necessary to include a title page, and please do not put your name in your running headers. The review is a blind review, so your name can not appear anywhere in your document. The URJ will automatically create a title page for you.
3. Please create a word document for submission. While the URJ accepts PDF files, they are much harder for our reviewers to use. Word documents are preferred.
4. Go to the My Account link on the journal homepage and create an account. Log in and select the Submit Article link. Upload your manuscript along with the Faculty Approval Form as a supplemental document. Your manuscript must conform to the following guidelines:
- 25 page limit (does not include figures and references)
- 12 point font; Times New Roman
- Double spaced (abstract may be single spaced)
- One inch margins
- Cite and reference your work in APA, Chicago, or MLA format.
5. Upon submission, you will receive an email confirmation noting that you have submitted your manuscript and supplemental documents successfully.
6. After your manuscript has been reviewed by a faculty scholar, you will receive an email regarding your review status:
- a. Accept Submission: Manuscript is accepted in its present form
- b. Minor Revisions: Manuscript needs minor additions, deletions, or corrections.
- c. Major Revisions Required: Manuscript needs a significant amount of corrections.
- d. Decline Submission: Declined manuscripts will not be published.
- Submission Deadline:We accept submissions year round, so you can submit as soon as your article is ready. It will be sent to a reviewer soon after it is submitted and students will be notified of the results as soon as the review completes the review. For consideration in the next summer issue, students must submit their articles no later than December 1st. Submissions that come in after that date will be accepted but may need to wait until the next year's full issue. All submissions for the next issue will be sent to reviewers by December 5th.
- Reviewer 1st Deadline: February 28
- Author Deadline for Edits: May 15
- Number of Issues per Year Since the journal now accepts submissions throughout the year, the number of issues in a given year will depend on the number of submissions. There will be at least one full-article issue each year as long as there is at least one submission and if there are enough submissions additional issues will be published. Students can also submit after graduation, as long as their research was done while they were an undergraduate student at UNC. If, however, students do submit after graduation, it is extremely important for them to include an email address where they can be reached as their bear emails will have expired, Students will also still need a letter of support from their UNC research advisor.