UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity

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UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity is an interdisciplinary journal for students by students, and is dedicated to fostering intellectual curiosity and innovation by showcasing exceptional work from undergraduate students worldwide. As such, UReCA only accepts student submissions.

Article types

UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity is actively accepting submissions for publication. We accept any work created while enrolled in a bachelor’s or associate’s undergraduate program. Students from any institution are welcome to submit their work; however, we request that foreign language submissions be accompanied by an English language translation.

Unless specifically required for your research, we do not accept content generated by AI.

Submission requirements

Creative Works:
When reviewing creative submissions, UReCA Editors look for pieces that are thought-provoking, unique, and that maintain clear artistic vision and perspective. Ideally, the piece’s content should take risks and push the reader to think differently. Artists should also include a paragraph under “Abstract” explaining their technique, process, and motivation.

Submissions must be void of all identifying information in order to ensure our blind review process is successful. Do not include your name as part of the file name. Do not include your college affiliation, the name of an advisor, or any other identifying information within your work. The reviewers will only see the document you attach. Please upload Word files only (.doc or .docx.)

Undergraduate Research
When reviewing research submissions, the UReCA Editors look for pieces that contribute a new and exciting perspective to their disciplines and generate results that are meaningful both to the specific field of study and to a larger audience. The piece’s content should exhibit originality as well as practice sound research methods pertinent to the issue at hand.

Because we publish for an interdisciplinary audience, please adapt your work for general readership.

Submissions must be void of all identifying information in order to ensure our blind review process is successful. Do not include your name as part of the file name. Do not include your college affiliation, the name of an advisor, or any other identifying information within your work. The reviewers will only see the document you attach. Please upload Word files only (.doc or .docx.)

Regarding length, we ask that submissions be limited to 7,500 words. References do not contribute to word count. In regard to formatting for research papers and essays, we prefer MLA styling for the humanities and creative works and APA styling for all other categories. However, we will accept other styles appropriate to your field if you explicitly note the citation style in your submission. For text that is accompanied by graphics, we may ask that you send those files unembedded from within your document.

You must use endnotes versus footnotes.

Editorial and Peer Review Process

Submissions are reviewed by our journal editors on a rolling basis, and most will hear of their submission’s status in September or October, after the September 1 deadline. Our panel of editors may request that certain edits be implemented as a condition of publication. Should you have any questions about the submission process, please email us at nchc.ureca@gmail.com.

Publication details

Issues will be published online in November, in conjunction with the NCHC Annual Conference.

All copyright remains with the author.