About the Journal

The International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (IJURCA) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication of outstanding scholarship by undergraduates and their mentors. IJURCA accepts submissions in the range of 3,000 words from undergraduate students in all academic disciplines. These include original research in the form of articles and literature reviews, as well as creative work in a variety of media such as fiction, poetry, photography, video, and podcasts, among others.

Thus, the purpose of IJURCA is to:

encourage and showcase scholarly work in all disciplines.
engender a beneficial learning experience for undergraduate students, especially with regard to the peer-review process.
provide a setting for disseminating research, ideas, and creative concepts.

Open Access Publication

IJURCA is an open-access publication, meaning that its past and present content is freely available to view on and download from the Web. Open-access journals support an informed society by making knowledge and information available on a democratic basis.

Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published online as a continuous volume and issue throughout the year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in getting content publicly available.

Special issue proposals are welcomed and will be published as part of the normal issue within a separate collection.

Participating Institutions

We welcome submissions from all institutions of higher learning committed to outstanding scholarship by undergraduates. Any institution that participates through activities such as the donation of resources, faculty involvement on the editorial board, or student publication will have its website link included on this page.

Listed below are those institutions with faculty or students who have participated in the International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (or the archived Pacific Northwest Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities). We thank them for their support.

Pacific University
Central Washington University
Ashland University
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Boise State University
Booth University College
California State University, Chico
Colorado State University
Concordia University Chicago
Cornish College of the Arts
Drake University
Elon University
Federal University of ABC
Georgia Gwinnett College
Grinnell College
Gonzaga University
Idaho State University
Iona College
Keene State College
LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York
Longwood University
McMaster University
Missouri State University
Northwest Christian University
Oklahoma State University
Oregon State University
Portland State University
Presbyterian College
Russell Sage College
Salem State University
Shippensburg University
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
St. Ambrose University
Stetson University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stony Brook University
The College of Idaho
University of California, Riverside
University of Georgia
University of North Alabama
University of Northern Iowa
University of Portland
University of the Sciences
University of Washington
Wesleyan University
Western Carolina University

History

In 2010, Pacific University and Central Washington University collaborated to launch a journal that could showcase the original work be carried about by undergraduates in collaboration with their faculty mentors. They founded the Pacific Northwest Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities. In three years, editorial members realized that the scope of submissions was much larger than expected, and so the journal re-launched in 2013 as IJURCA: The International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities with the dedication to increase the visibility and impact of student scholarship across the globe. In its first decade, IJURCA published over seventy articles by undergraduates in over forty institutions of higher learning.