{"id":39,"date":"2020-11-09T15:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T15:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:05:05","slug":"guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission Guidelines for the School of Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work Student Journal:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Eligibility:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open to current undergraduate students enrolled in the School of Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work at Queen&#8217;s University, Belfast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Submission Period:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opening date: September 1, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closing date: February 28, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Academic Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Submissions must have received a grade of 70% or above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Submission Format:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Microsoft Word documents only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PDFs will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Word Count:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recommended maximum: 4500 words (excluding references).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We accept longer submissions (e.g., research projects), but each edition will only publish one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Review Process:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Original essay with markers feedback need to sent with application.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authors must apply feedback from the original marker as well as feedback received during the review process to continue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submission and feedback application do not guarantee publication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Selection:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If there are many submissions, we will select a maximum of 8 entries for publication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selection is made by a panel.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. To submit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To request a submission form, email (<a href=\"mailto:sssj@qub.ac.uk\" data-type=\"mailto\">sssj@qub.ac.uk<\/a>) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Important Notes: The submission and review process takes several months. Please be patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submission Guidelines for the School of Social Sciences, Education, and Social Work Student Journal: 1. Eligibility:&nbsp; 2. Submission Period: 3. Academic Requirements: 4. Submission Format: 5. Word Count: 6. Review Process: 7. Selection: 8. To submit: Important Notes: The submission and review process takes several months. Please be patient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1441,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/sssj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}