Submissions

Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The paper must have been written throughout the duration of the candidate’s undergraduate studies (e.g. if you are recently graduated alumni, your submission must have been written during your undergraduate degree). This promotes fairness amongst applications and ensures that our journal only showcases undergraduate work — as is its intention.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.docx) format. Artwork and photography cover submissions should be uploaded as JPEG or PNG files.
  • Text submissions are formatted as follows: single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
  • All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end, and meet stylized requirements (properly labeled), standard indentations and paragraph format where applicable.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • An abstract of 150 words or less is provided.
  • Your name is NOT included in the file submitted for publication review. We take no responsibility for your anonymity; that is your responsibility.

Author Guidelines

Who can submit:

All undergraduate students' work will be considered, though we encourage those in 3rd year and above.

Non-UBC student papers are also accepted and encouraged!

Students up to 2 years post-graduation may also make submissions (must be written during time as an undergraduate).

Authors may submit up to 3 articles to be considered for each edition.

Articles

Article topics should fall into one of the 4 fields of Anthropology :

  • Sociocultural
  • Linguistic
  • Physical
  • Archaeology

Papers should be 4-12 pages in length

  • This is a general guideline, we encourage articles of all lengths to be submitted

Submitted text is in 12 point font with 1 inch margins.

Submissions meet requirements of an approved citation style (ie. APA, MLA, Chicago/Turbarian).

All published articles are peer reviewed and indexed, with citation in CMOS style.

Submissions must include an abstract of roughly 150 words or less at the beginning of the article.

All works submitted must be original creations by the author, with all secondary materials properly attributed (using an official citation style).

Submissions must meet UBC’s conduct of academic integrity.

Original fieldwork including 3rd party sources must be certified in the appropriate ethics qualifications (ie. Canadian Tri-Council Ethics Policy of research working with humans).

Copyright Notice

You agree to grant The Ethnograph first publication rights, ensuring that this work has not been published in any other journal, nor have you entered into any contractual agreements regarding the copyright of the article. You will retain your copyright to the work (what is copyright?). As this is an Open Access journal, we will assign a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 license that will allow others to read and reuse your works for free, with proper attribution to you, the author, and this journal (Creative Commons BY-NC). 

You are encouraged to post your work online before, during, and after the submission and publication process should you want to. You are also encouraged to seek further publication in other journals, given a non-exclusive contract and proper acknowledgement of first publication in this journal.

By submitting your work to The Ethnograph, you agree to the above statements.

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