Submissions

This page is designed to help you ensure your submission is ready for and fits the scope of the journal.

Before submitting you should read over the guidelines here, then register an account (or login if you have an existing account)

About

Welcome to the future home of the Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences. The journal hasn’t moved quite yet though. Please visit the Journal’s Home Page for current content and information on how to submit to the journal.

The Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences (URJHS) is a peer reviewed publication of Kappa Omicron Nu (KON) Honor Society for the Human Sciences. Undergraduate students need not be initiates of KON to submit papers. Please read further to see the Human Sciences fields included in this journal. To learn more about KON visit https://kon.org/. Thank you for visiting URJHS.

URJHS includes the following human sciences:

Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Athletic Training
Family & Consumer Sciences
Food Science & Human Nutrition, Hotel & Restaurant Management
Health Sciences, Wellness
Human and Child Development, Gerontology, Social Work
Interior Design and Human Environment
Personal and Family Financial Planning
Textiles & Apparel, Design, Merchandising Management
Educator training in these fields
Related Fields

Focus and Scope

This should be updated to reflect your journals focus.

Copyright Notice

Please review the following submission agreement ("Submission Agreement") and indicate your agreement below.

Thank you for submitting an article to (the "Journal").

To submit an article (the "Article"):

You must be the author, or the authorized agent of the author(s) and copyright holder (if different from the author(s));
the author(s) must have approved the work for publication;
the author(s) must have agreed to submit the article to the Journal;
the author(s) must accept full responsibility for the content of the Article;
the Article must be the Author(s) original work and must not contain any libelous or unlawful statements or infringe on the rights or privacy of others or contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury
the Article must not have been previously published, is not pending review elsewhere, and will not be submitted for review elsewhere pending the completion of the editorial decision process at the Journal.

By submitting the Article, you represent and warrant that the above are true.

Each article submitted will undergo the Journal's editorial decision process. The Journal is not under any obligation to publish the Article. We will send you notices at the email address associated with your account.

If the Journal agrees to publish the Article, in order to expedite the publishing process and enable the Journal to circulate your work to the fullest extent, you hereby agree to the copyright terms as described in the Journal policies.

By clicking Accept you agree and consent to the Submission Agreement and the Journal policies.

Peer Review

This journal operates a open/single anonymous/double anonymous, peer review policy.

Licences

The following licences are allowed:

None
CC BY 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-ND 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-NC 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Publication Fees

You should update this section to show any fees that your journal charges.

Publication Cycle

This journal published continuously all year round/publishes in issues every x months.

Sections

Section or article type	Public Submissions	Peer Reviewed	Indexed
Article	Yes	Yes	Yes
article	Yes	Yes	Yes
literature_review	Yes	Yes	Yes
research_paper	Yes	Yes	Yes
policy_brief	Yes	Yes	Yes
Research Paper	Yes	Yes	Yes
Literature Review	Yes	Yes	Yes