The Canyon Journal of Undergraduate Research (CJUR) is dedicated to the publication of exemplary faculty-mentored and peer-reviewed research produced by undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University (GCU). The CJUR is multidisciplinary with original, contemporary research in alignment with the Boyer Model of Scholarship. This publication is inclusive of a competitive manuscript selection process that undergoes rigorous peer-review.
NOTE: This journal only accepts manuscripts authored by undergraduate students enrolled at Grand Canyon University.
The goals of the CJUR are:
CJUR features both reflective and empirically-based research articles. Manuscripts must be appropriately grounded using one of the four writing guides provided to the undergraduate students enrolled at Grand Canyon University.
Open Access
CJUR is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access.
Open Access Archiving Policy
Once an article has been accepted for publication, authors may post the accepted version of the article on their own personal website, department’s website, or institution repository without any restrictions. When posting or re-using the article, authors must provide a link to the appropriate DOI for the published version of the article at CJUR.
CJUR publishes only original manuscripts (i.e., manuscripts under review with another publication, previously published, or revised versions of previously published manuscript are not acceptable). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/int/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
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Print
ISSN: 3066-005X
Online
eISSN: 3066-0068
Call For Papers
Prospective authors (undergraduate students enrolled at GCU) are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the Canyon Journal of Undergraduate Research. CJUR publishes original material highlighting undergraduate students’ scholarly engagement in which they have applied their disciplinary knowledge in applied and integrative activities. As is the nature of refereed journals, acceptance and publication of original manuscripts is a competitive process.
CJUR is accepting the following manuscript types, based on the following writing resources:
Author Resources
This journal will publish twice a year, in June and in November. All manuscripts must be submitted by February 20th to be considered for publication in the June issue and August 30th to be considered for publication in the November issue. This journal accepts manuscripts for consideration on a rolling basis. As noted previously, CJUR only accepts manuscripts authored by undergraduate students enrolled at Grand Canyon University. The review process may take three or more months, depending upon the peer review timeline and number of submissions. Once the review process is complete, authors will receive a decision notification (accept, revise and resubmit, or reject). Please note manuscript assignment to a specific journal issue is at the discretion of the editorial staff. Authors will receive a second notification once a decision is made on the journal issue assignment.
Original Work
Submission to CJUR indicates that the manuscript (or a similar version of it) has not been previously published, accepted for publication, and/or is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
NOTE: This journal only accepts manuscripts authored by undergraduate students enrolled at Grand Canyon University.
Identifying Information
To facilitate the masked portion of the manuscript blind review process, the author’s name and other identifying information should NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript (including the title page); the manuscript should be written in a generalized fashion that does not directly divulge authorship or institutional affiliation.
Fees
CJUR charges no fees. Aligned with the mission of open access publishing, CJUR does not charge submission, article, processing, author or access fees.
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CJUR utilizes an online manuscript submission and review platform hosted via Scholastica. To submit your manuscript for publication consideration, you must submit via the online system by clicking the link above.