Submissions

Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Abstract: My paper has an abstract of between 100 and 200 words
  • Assessment: My paper is not based on work that is awaiting assessment or is to be submitted for assessment (note: papers based on work that has already been assessed may be submitted)
  • Ethics: I can confirm that my research is in accordance with ethical approval as set out by my institution/affiliation.
  • Glossary: I have included a glossary of subject specific or technical words with brief, one line definitions.
  • Images: All images embedded in my paper have also been given clear file names and have been attached to this submission as separate files
  • Keywords: My paper has around 6 keywords
  • Length: My paper is between 2000 and 5000 words long (not including abstract, references and appendices)
  • Original Work: The material in my paper is original and has not been published or submitted for review elsewhere. If produced as part of a larger research group or project, I confirm that I have authorization from the project supervisor to publish on this work.
  • Permissions: I have permission to reproduce all images or other copyrighted material within my paper (for assistance / advice contact the journal team)
  • Referencing: My referencing adheres to Reinvention’s style guidance. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • Settings Style: The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. The text is double-spaced; uses Arial font, size 11 point; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • Submission file: The work is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Undergraduate work: I am an undergraduate student or my work was carried out when I was an undergraduate and I graduated within the last 6 months

Author Guidelines

The Editors would like to encourage students to make their work as interactive as possible and to include tables, diagrams and links to films, photographs and other websites where appropriate. Papers should be between 2000 and 5000 words in length, not including the abstract, bibliography and any appendices.

Papers will be published on the understanding that the material is original and has not been published or submitted for review elsewhere. All material, including footnotes, titles, tables, and quotations, must be prepared according to the style guide on this website and appropriate permissions must have been obtained to reproduce any copyrighted images or content.

Please note, essays will not be accepted for submission, all work must be in a suitable format for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and will also be rejected if it does not conform to the journal style guide. Papers may be based on work that has been produced for assessment during a student's degree but will only be considered if the assessment has been completed. For guidance on how to write for publication it may be helpful to consult the websites on our related links page.

Students wishing to discuss a possible submission should contact the Editor at reinventionjournal@warwick.ac.uk. Submissions should be made through the on-line submission form on this site.

The checklist above should be used to confirm that your submission adheres to the journal’s submission and style guidance. If you cannot tick every box above, please do not submit your paper to us. Please do not submit an essay – we do not accept work in essay form and these will be rejected. If your work does not satisfy all of the criteria listed it will be rejected and returned to you.

Copyright Notice

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing through any medium of communication those illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. Authors are also responsible for adding these permissions to the acknowledgement footnote that precedes all other notes or crediting the source and copyright of photographs or figures in the accompanying captions.

The journal's policy is to ask authors to grant us the licence to publish their work, which gives us the exclusive right both to reproduce and/or distribute their article (including the abstract) in printed, electronic or any other medium, and in turn to authorise others (including Reproduction Rights Organisations such as the Copyright Licensing Agency and the Copyright Clearance Center) to do the same. In return the author(s) assert their Moral Right to be identified as the author, and we promise that we will respect their rights as the author(s). That is, we will make sure that their name(s) is/are always clearly associated with the article and, while they do allow us to make necessary editorial changes, we will not make any substantial alteration to their article without consulting them.

Copyright remains with the author(s), however, the author(s) authorise us to act on their behalf to defend their copyright if anyone should infringe it, and to retain half of any damages awarded, after deducting our costs. The author(s) also retain the right to use their own article (provided they acknowledge the published original in standard bibliographic citation form) in the following ways, as long as they do not sell it or give it away in ways which would conflict directly with our interests. The author(s) is/are free to use their article for the internal educational or other purposes of their own institution or company; mounted on their own or their institution’s website; posted to free public servers of preprints and/or articles in their subject area; or in whole or in part, as the basis for their own further publications or spoken presentations.

If you have any queries about copyright please contact the Journal Coordinator, at reinventionjournal@warwick.ac.uk

Privacy Statement

The data on this form relates to your submission to Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research. The date and time of your submission, your identity and the work you have submitted will all be stored, but will not be used for any purpose other than communicating with you about the journal and your submission. If your submission is accepted and published then your submission will be stored whilst in publication. If your submission is not accepted then we will retain your submission for two years, after which time it will be destroyed. You have the right to withdraw consent of submission at any time, however in doing so we will be unable to work towards publishing or to publish your work. By submitting your work you agree to the terms stated here.