{"id":433,"date":"2020-07-10T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/undergraduate-psychology-journal\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T17:46:11","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/undergraduate-psychology-journal\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>uKnighted Minds<\/em> encourages undergraduates in psychology or a related field to submit their work for our upcoming Spring 2027 publication. As the first and only undergraduate journal for psychology at Rutgers, <em>uKnighted Minds<\/em> provides undergraduates with a specialized platform to share their research. We encourage submissions from authors of all backgrounds to apply.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that publications comply with industry and university standards, authors and manuscripts must meet certain criteria. Please refer to the following guidelines <strong>before<\/strong> submitting. Additionally, please be aware that articles submitted here should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Finally, be sure to communicate with everyone who advised you on your manuscript (e.g. faculty and graduate student supervisors) prior to submitting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Submission Deadlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline 1: <\/span><b>Feb 1st<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline 2: <\/span><b>March 1st<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline 3: <b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">March 15th<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Registered Reports<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you anticipate difficulty with completing your submission prior to the March 15th deadline, or would prefer to receive feedback on your empirical manuscript early, we encourage you to submit a registered report. Please see below for deadlines, and see the Types of Submissions section for more details on what this is.<\/p>\n<p>Registered reports involve two stages of submission: a proposal submitted in the fall and a completed report submitted in the spring. If you submit a registered report, you are agreeing to work on implementing reviewer edits on your introduction and methods throughout the fall and early spring prior to submitting and editing your results and discussion in the spring.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fall Deadline: Proposals<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline:\u00a0<strong>November 15<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spring Deadlines: Reports<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline 1: <\/span><b>March 15th<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline 2: <b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">March 31st<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you anticipate being unable to make our final deadline but are still interested in submitting a paper, please reach out to us via email (undergraduatejournal@psych.rutgers.edu) to inquire about a potential deadline extension.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 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