• Please submit your file as a .doc or .docx.

• If using Latex figures, please submit your paper as a PDF file, including line numbers and all figures in text.

• Submissions should be double-spaced and written in formal English.

• Please include line numbers. This can be done in Word by selecting Layout > Show Line Numbers > Continuous.

Title

• Titles must be formatted in 12-point Times New Roman font and fit on two lines in print (approximately 75 characters).

• Subtitles are allowed if the title and subtitle together fit on two lines.

Abstract

• Please include an abstract of less than 250 words at the beginning of your submission. This is not counted in the word count for the main text.

Main Text

• Your submission has been anonymized and does not include your name, the program for which you may have written your paper or the name of your professor/advisor for your research.

• The main text of your submission should be formatted in 12-point Times New Roman and have a minimum of 1500 words. This word count does not include the title, abstract, captions, or references.

• The main text may include sections with bolded section titles to aid navigation, but this is not required.

• All figures and tables and corresponding captions and citations should be included in the main text.

• As stated in the File Format section, all figures and tables (and corresponding captions and citations) should be submitted as part of the main text.

• Our standard for figures and tables is as follows:

  • Always caption figures BELOW image: “Figure 1. Caption….” 

  • Always title any tables ABOVE table: “Table 1. Title”

• All figures and tables must be original and cannot be reproduced from another journal due to copyright fees. For figures that are reproduced from another journal, authors may need to work with their department to cover any copyright fees for reproduction in our journal.

• Please use MLA style formatting for research submitted to the Humanities section.

• Please use APA style formatting for research submitted to the Social Sciences or STEM sections.

• Resources for formatting using MLA style can be found here, and resources for formatting using APA style can be found here.

• Prior to submission, you must have approval from your lab’s principal investigator to publish your work with our journal if this work was done in a group.

• If the entirety of your submission is original (meaning not written as part of a class assignment AND all included data was gathered by and rightfully belongs to you), there is no need to obtain approval from a mentor.

• For any research involving human subjects, you must demonstrate IRB approval or exemption before we are able to publish your research. These documents must be sent to the contact emails above.

• Examples of research for which you would need to demonstrate IRB approval or exemption include interviews, surveys, focus groups, observational or psychological studies, studies involving vulnerable populations, and research collecting biological specimens or physiological data.

• The Yale Human Subjects Committee has a helpful document outlining student projects that require IRB approval here. Because we are a journal publishing generalizable knowledge, you will still need to demonstrate IRB exemption before we can publish your work, even if the previously linked document suggests your research does not need IRB approval.

• When in doubt, email HRPP@yale.edu with a brief description of your project or call (203) 785-4688.