Q. Where can I publish undergraduate research?

It's easy to add your research to Scholarly and Creative Works from DePauw University, even if it's in a nontraditional format. SCW accepts all types of faculty and student research, including journal articles, book chapters, conference posters, and even videos and sound recordings. You can submit your research via the Faculty Development Form and any questions can be answered by emailing Victoria Peters, your Scholarly Communication and Resource Services Librarian.

Broad Scope: Journals that publish research in any discipline

• Aletheia: The Alpha Chi Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

  Peer-reviewed journal for undergraduate scholarship run by the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society.

• American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR)

  AJUR is a national, independent, faculty peer-reviewed, open-source, quarterly, multidisciplinary student research journal.

• Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research (BJUR)

  Submission of original, scholarly research articles is open to undergraduates from any accredited college or university. BJUR publishes scholarship across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

• Discussions: The Undergraduate Research Journal of Case Western Reserve University

  The journal accepts research papers written by current undergraduate students from accredited colleges and universities around the globe. The research can be on any topic.

• Inquiries: Social Sciences, Arts, & Humanities

  An open access academic journal focusing on publishing high quality original work across a range of disciplines, especially on work in the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

• International Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (IJURCA)

  Peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication of outstanding scholarship by undergraduates and their mentors. Accepts submissions from all academic disciplines, including original research in the the form of articles and literature reviews, as well as creative work in a variety of media.

• Journal of Student Research

  Multidisciplinary and faculty-reviewed journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research done by high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.

• Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research (MJUR)

  Multidisciplinary scholarly journal produced by a team of Monmouth College student editors and faculty members with peer and faculty reviewers for each article.

• Reinvention: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research

  An established online, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality undergraduate student research. The journal welcomes academic articles from all disciplinary areas and all universities.

• SBU Brooklogue

  SBU's exclusively undergraduate, peer-reviewed journal for humanities and social sciences.

• Undergraduate Research Journal

  Double-blind, educator-reviewed print and electronic journal published annually. A forum for multidisciplinary undergraduate research and creative endeavors including case studies, conceptual pieces, creative writing, journalism writings, literature reviews, original art, photography, and scientific studies. Highlights mentored undergraduate scholarly products across all disciplines from all types of higher education institutions.

• UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity

  The official undergraduate journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Submissions are accepted from undergraduates in the following categories: STEM, Social Science, Humanities, Fine Art, and Creative Writing.

Arts and Humanities

• Animus: The Undergraduate Classical Journal of the University of Chicago

  Supports undergraduate scholarship in the Classics and related fields.

• Apollon Undergraduate Journal

  A peer-reviewed journal run by faculty and students at Fairfield University. Any undergraduate student whose research was produced through coursework in the humanities may submit.

• Archive: An Undergraduate Journal of History

  Accepts submissions of History scholarship, including scholarly papers, articles, book reviews, and historical essays from undergraduate students of all majors from colleges and universities in the U.S. or abroad.

• Berkeley Undergraduate Journal of Classics

  Original manuscripts on any topic related to Classics from undergraduate students in any major at an institution which confers a bachelor's degree are eligible to submit.

• Clio's Scroll: The Berkeley Undergraduate History Journal

  The journal publishes articles by undergraduates and recent graduates of any university on historical topics.

• Dies Ligibiles: An Undergraduate Journal of Medieval Studies

  The journal accepts research papers, book reviews, translations, and art in English, French, and Spanish from any undergraduate student at any college or university. The work must pertain to the time period 400 - 1600 CE.

• Epistemai: An Undergraduate Philosophy Journal

  A student-run philosophy journal at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. The journal publishes short, original philosophical work done by undergraduates from universities across the country, and internationally.

• Falsafa: Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy

  Run by the Philosophy Club at the University of California, Irvine, this journal highlights philosophical ideas and research by undergraduates.

• Forbes & Fifth

  This undergraduate journal of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh considers both scholarly and creative work from students at any accredited university in the world.

• The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

  Open access peer-reviewed undergraduate journal that publishes academic essays, public history essays, and book reviews on the Civil War Era.

• History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research

  An undergraduate history journal published annually by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. The journal is indexed by EBSCOhost's America: History and Life.

• Journal of Art History and Museum Studies (JAHMS)

  An undergraduate peer-reviewed journal that publishes undergraduate scholarship by a diverse coalition of student artists and historians.

• The Kennesaw Tower: Undergraduate Foreign Language Research Journal

  Annual undergraduate double blind and peer-reviewed journal publishes scholarly work of advanced undergraduates students in Chinese, FLED, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

• Mysterion: The Theology Journal of Boston College

  Publishes undergraduate research from around the world on topics related to theology.

• Nota Bene: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Musicology

  Publishes essays written by undergraduate students from universities around the world. Topics include historical musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies, music theory, music education, and interdisciplinary subjects. Double blind review by professors across Canada.

• The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

  Published annually, and requiring a faculty member's endorsement, the refereed journal in indexed in EBSCO and accepts undergraduate criticism and research in the field of English from students throughout the U.S. and abroad.

• Queen City Writers: a journal of undergraduate writing & composing

  Refereed journal that publishes essays and multimedia work by undergraduate students affiliated with any post-secondary institution. Topics covered include writing, rhetoric, reading, pedagogy, literacy broadly conceived, popular culture and media, community discourses and multimodal and digital composing.

• Rock Creek Review

  An undergraduate journal edited, produced and published at Heidelberg University in partnership with the English Department. The journal publishes literary research from schools around the world for an annual publication. Check the website for the "call for papers," which will explain the theme of the next issue.

• RhetTech Undergraduate Journal

  Run by students at James Madison University, this journal showcases exemplary work being done in undergraduate writing, rhetoric, and technical communication courses around the country.

• Simpliciter: Brandies Philosophy Journal

  Run by students at Brandeis University, this journal aims to recognize excellent works of philosophy produced by undergraduates from universities anywhere in the world.

• Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal

  Peer-reviewed journal publishes original work by undergraduates from around the world.

• Stony Brook Undergraduate History Journal

  Peer-reviewed publication that showcases the research of SBU students writing about history at the local, national and international levels.

• UC Berkeley Comparative Literature Undergraduate Journal

  Publishes undergraduate research in comparative texts and media, treating a broad range of topics including theoretical literary discourse, international trends in literature, and comparisons for national literature. Showcases the best work across the U.S. and also highlight more contemplative writing by students regarding multicultural issues, culture shock, or transnational experiences such as studying abroad.

• UC Santa Barbara Undergraduate Journal of History

  A space for undergraduates to share original research other scholarly works of history. Reviewed by graduate students with faculty mentorship.

• Xchanges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Writing Across the Curriculum

  The fall issues publishes these and research projects of upper-level undergraduate students. Submissions may be traditional articles or multimodal "webtexts." Based in the English Department at the University of New Mexico.

• Yale Historical Review

  Welcomes works from undergraduates at any institution on any historically relevant topic.

• Young Scholars in Writing (YSW)

  An international peer-reviewed journal. Publishes original research and theoretical articles by undergraduates of all majors and years on the subjects of rhetoric, writing, writers, discourse, language, and related topics.

Social Sciences

• Afkar: The Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies

  International peer-reviewed journal that accepts research articles, essays, and book reviews that focus on the politics, history, culture, and society of the Middle East and North Africa.

• Cambridge Journal of Political Affairs

  A student-run academic journal supported by the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. The journal publishes undergraduate scholarly work on topics such as political philosophy, political history, comparative politics, international relations, political anthropology, and political sociology.

• Chicago Journal of Foreign Policy: University of Chicago's Premiere Undergraduate Journal of International Affairs

  Accepts submissions from undergraduates from around the world on articles related to foreign policy, international relations, and related topics, preferably pertaining to the period since 1945..

• Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas

  A joint project of Northern Illinois University and Arizona State University, Compass publishes work related to American democracy understood in the broad contexts of political philosophy, history, literature, economics, and culture.

• Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development

  To encourage an international community to think more broadly, deeply, and analytically about sustainable development, the journal publishes work by students, researchers, professors, and practitioners from a variety of academic fields and geographic regions.

• Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics

  Peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarship by students of political science. The journal is recognized by the American Political Science Association and indexed by EBSCO.

• The Developing Economist

  Student-run undergraduate economics research journal, published with support from the Longhorn Chapter of the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society and the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Issues in Political Economy

  Co-edited by undergraduates at Elon University and the University of Mary Washington, the journal publishes undergraduate research in the field of economics and is indexed in Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics and Finance.

• Journal of Integrated Social Sciences

  A web-based, peer-reviewed journal committed to the scholarly investigation of social phenomena. We especially encourage students and their faculty advisors to submit the results of their investigations in Psychology, Sociology, and Gender Studies.

• Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations, and Identity (JIRIRI)

  Affiliated with the Universite de Montreal, the international peer-reviewed journal publishes the work of undergraduates on new theoretical ideas in the fields of psychology, identity, interpersonal and intergroup relations. It publishes both theoretical and empirical articles.

• New Errands: The Undergraduate Journal of American Studies

  Sponsored by The Eastern American Studies Association and the American Studies Program at Penn State Harrisburg, this journal publishes undergraduate research in the field of American Studies.

• The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Review

  International undergraduate journal housed in the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Virginia Tech. Through a double blind review process, the journal publishes original research in the humanities and social sciences from undergraduates worldwide.

• Righting Wrongs: A Journal of Human Rights

  Based at Webster University's Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, this peer-reviewed academic journal publishes undergraduate research papers, book reviews, opinion pieces, and photo essays that explore human rights issues.

• Sociology between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

  Undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in sociology and related fields may submit their articles, books and film reviews, and point of view essays. Double blind peer review.

• Undergraduate Journal of Global Citizenship

  Based at Fairfield University, the journal publishes undergraduate research on topics related to International Studies such as global awareness, interdependence, environmental responsibility, social justice, humanitarianism, and other themes that promote the understanding of global citizenship.

• Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning & Community-Based Research

  Refereed, multidisciplinary, open access undergraduate journal that publishes articles from students all around the world. Accepted articles contribute to the literature on service learning and community-based research through reflection, research, or analysis. Based at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

• The Undergraduate Research Journal of Psychology at UCLA (URJP)

  Based at UCLA, but accepting submissions of undergraduate research from institutions all over the world, this peer-reviewed journal aims to empower undergraduate students to engage in and with research and facilitate scientific conversation and inquiry in the field of psychology.

STEM Fields

• Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal (CUSJ)

  Open access science journal that publishes manuscripts resulting from significant scientific research or analysis. Each paper undergoes a double-blind peer review process and a faculty review by the CUSJ Faculty Advisory Board.

• EvoS: The Evolutional Studies Consortium

  A peer-reviewed open access journal, EvoS welcomes work from all academic disciplines and interdisciplinary scholarship that incorporates evolutionary theory.

• Illumin Magazine: A Review of Engineering in Everyday Life

  An online magazine dedicated to exploring the science and technology behind the things we encounter every day. Features the work of University of Southern California undergraduate engineers, as well as submissions from universities across the U.S.

• Impulse: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal

  International online neuroscience journal for undergraduate publications.

• International Journal of Exercise Science

  This journal engages undergraduate and graduate students in scholarly activity as both authors and reviewers. Articles on exercise science undergo peer review.

• Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society

  An open access international science, technology, and society research journal that accepts undergraduate, graduate, and PhD submissions at the intersection of history, culture, sociology, art, literature, business, law, health, and design with science and technology. Students from around the world are invited to submit.

• Involve: A Journal of Mathematics

  High quality mathematical research involving students from all academic levels. Submissions should include substantial faculty input; faculty co-authorship is required and the submission should come from a faculty member.

• Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research

  Peer-reviewed journal that publishes undergraduate students' work in chemistry, including analytical, organic, inorganic, physical, polymers, and biochemistry.

• Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics and Astronomy (JURPA)

  Peer-reviewed publication of the Society of Physics Students comprised of undergraduate research, outreach, and scholarly reporting.

• Journal of Young Investigators (JYI)

  JYI publishes original work in the sciences written by undergraduates mentored by a faculty member. The mission of the journal is to improve undergraduate science training by providing innovative, high quality educational experiences in science writing, publication, and the peer-review process.

• Psi Chi Journal

  Undergraduate, graduate, and faculty submissions welcome year round to this peer-reviewed psychology journal.

• Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

  Devoted entirely to papers written by undergraduates on topics in the mathematical sciences. Sponsored by the Mathematics Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the journal accepts submissions from undergraduates around the world and faculty co-authors are not permitted.

• RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

  Faculty-refereed international journal devoted to the publication of high quality research by undergraduates in all agricultural research problem areas.

• SIAM Undergraduate Research Online (SIURO)

  Run by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), SIURO publishes articles written by undergraduates from all over the world in the field of computational mathematics. Each paper must be submitted with a letter from a faculty advisor.

• Spectrum

  Published by the University of Alberta, this multidisciplinary journal publishes research completed by undergraduates in a variety of formats including research articles, review articles, music, video, visual arts, and creative writing.

• Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics

  Published by Illinois State, this is an open access refereed research journal dedicated to publishing high quality manuscripts by undergraduate or graduate students that describe mathematical and statistical techniques to solve problems in biological settings, as well as in experimental biology. Requires an article processing charge.

• PUMP Journal of Undergraduate Research

  PUMP stands for Preparing Undergraduate Mathematicians for Ph.D.s, and the journal publishes articles by undergraduates students who want to pursue doctoral studies in the Mathematical Sciences. The journal especially encourages submissions by students from underrepresented groups. Topics include pure and applied mathematics and statistics and authors may submit research papers, papers containing new proofs of known results, and expository papers which propose original points of view.

• Undergraduate Journal of Experimental Microbiology and Immunology (UJEMI+)

  Based at the University of British Columbia, the journal has two versions -- one that publishes only UBC students (UJEMI) and the other that is open to external submissions (UJEMI+). Dedicated to the publication of undergraduate articles in fields related to microbiology and immunology, the journal requires a formal endorsement from a course instructor or researcher who mentored the student authors.

• Young Investigator's Review

  Stony Brook's student-run science journal

(From Stony Brook University's An Undergraduate's Guide to Funding and Publishing Research)