Submission
General Information
Submissions are OPEN for our 2024 journal! We accept articles on original student research (i.e., not a research project associated with a lab for class).
**Please fill out this form if you are interested in submitting a manuscript (for our records as well as to receive reminder emails).
- February 16, 2024 - Submission Deadline for Article Submission and Author Agreement Form
- February 23, 2024 - Editors Return Submissions as Accepted, Rejected, or for Online Publication
How to submit your article
- Download the author submission agreement form
- Ensure that you and your professor have read through and signed the agreement form, stating that you will not publish this research elsewhere
- Format your manuscript according to the guidelines below
- Fill out the submission form by February 16th, 2024
Article Requirements
Look at past Scientia journals for article examples.
- Author must be an undergraduate student enrolled at the University of Notre Dame.
- Papers must be submitted in Word format. They must be 5-10 pages long, double-spaced, Times New Roman size 12 point font.
- Main text must contain an abstract (250 words), introduction, materials & methods, results, and discussion sections.
- Figures must have captions that include figure number, figure title, and brief description/key: ex. Figure 1. Title. Key and/or description.
- Figures must be referred to in the main text as: ex. (Fig. 1)
- Tables do not need captions but must be referred to in the main text as: ex. (Table 1)
- Confirm that all figures and data have not been previously published, will not be published in a journal other than Scientia, and have been produced by the author(s).
- References must be included at the end of the paper in a “References” section. References should be numbered, and be referred to chronologically in the text.
- In-text Citation format: Single reference example: (1) Multiple reference example: (1,2)
- References citation format:
- Hendry, A. P., M. T. Kinnison, M. Heino, T. Day, T. B. Smith, G. Fitt, C. T. Bergstrom, J. Okeshott, P. S. Jorgensen, M. P. Zalucki, G. Gilchrist, S. Southerton, A. Sih, S. Strauss, R. F. Denison, S. P. Carroll. 2011. Evolutionary principles and their practical application. Evolutionary Applications 4:159-183.
- When submitting, denote which section your article should appear in: Biology and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics and Mathematics, or Health and Neuroscience.