Submission Guidelines

Aims & Scope

• There are no charges for submission and publication
• The authors and readers do not pay to publish and read
• Authors retain the copyright to their work

Article Types

• Original Empirical Article - qualitative, quantitative, replication studies
• Literature Reviews

Who can Submit

• Any current undergraduate student or
• Student who graduated from undergraduate degree within two (2) years 
• Members and non-members of Psi Chi and USI Psi Chi Chapter 

Submission Requirements

• Please download and read this document fully and follow the instructions as you are preparing your manuscript 

Submission Process

• Submitted articles cannot have been previously published or be forthcoming in an archival journal or book
• Your submitted article will go through a three-step process:
  • 1) Your submission will be pre-screened to ensure that all the parts of the manuscript are included
  • 2) Your anonymous manuscript will then be sent to two peer-reviewers who will review your manuscript and provide feedback
  • 3) Your manuscript can be
    • a) Accepted with minor or no revisions
    • b) Returned with a request for revisions and resubmission
    • c) Rejected
• All accepted papers will be published electronically online on JUPR website and Scholarly Open Access Repository (SOAR) (USI Library) 
• Maximum Word limit
  • Abstract: 250 words 
  • Article (not including abstract, references and tables/figures/diagrams): 4,000 words 
• Tables/Figures/Diagrams
  • Up to 6 in total