About Submission to Perpetua: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at UAH
Publishing for Perpetua is now done online through UAH's research repository service LOUIS (Library Of Unique Institutional Scholarship). LOUIS collects, manages, and provides access to scholarship, research, and other materials that represent the intellectual and creative output of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, its affiliates, and collaborators.
Submissions are open the entire academic year, from September to April.
The Perpetua Journal is published continuously throughout the school year on LOUIS and then compiled in a print edition at the end of the spring semester. It features research from all colleges and departments at UAH. You may submit your research for publication consideration at any point in the school year.
To Submit Your Work:
Please go to the Perpetua page hosted on LOUIS. There is a "Submit Article" link on the sidebar. Please note that you must create an account with LOUIS to submit to the journal. This system handles every part of the submission and publication progress. We do not accept submissions any other way.
Who can submit?
Perpetua accepts research completed by undergraduate students of the University of Alabama in Huntsville under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The work should be substantially that of the student, and be sufficiently complete, original, and innovative to warrant publication. The research must have been completed while the student was an undergraduate at UAH. Students may submit research within one year after graduating.
Faculty mentors may include tenure-earning and tenured faculty, lecturers, full-time research staff with Doctoral-level credentials, and term faculty appointments. Professionals outside of UAH are also permissible with prior approval. Students must notify their mentor that they intend to submit for publication. The mentor should give guidance and advice and is expected to critically read and approve the accuracy and content of the manuscript prior to submission. The mentor may agree to be listed as a co-author or contributor in the manuscript.
For research submissions involving human testing, submissions must include a statement of approval from the UAH Institutional Review Board, including the protocol approval number. This information must be provided via the submission form. More information can be found at uah.edu/irb.
What submissions do we accept?
Perpetua accepts research papers, case studies, and comparative book review essays for publication in any major or field. Submissions must be 2500 words or less, and all papers are double-blind peer-reviewed to ensure rigorous academic standards.
Submission Agreement
By submitting a manuscript to Perpetua, students acknowledge that they have read and understand the eligibility guidelines, and consent to the work being published in Digital Commons through LOUIS. Authors retain the copyright for any work published in Perpetua and are encouraged to publish work elsewhere after publication with Perpetua.
Perpetua reserves the right to reject articles for publication at any time during the review process.