1. What qualifies as research?
2. How often does JUROS publish?
3. What research is eligible for submission to JUROS?
4. What areas of study qualify for publication in JUROS?
5. What is the difference between Oculus and the online publication?
6. What rights do the authors published in the JUROS retain?
7. What if I want to submit a manuscript about a project but others who are involved in my research group have already (1) submitted it to another journal, or (2) will submit it to a journal this year or the next?
8. What if this research has already been published elsewhere?
9. What if I want to submit this research to another journal in my field?
10. Will JUROS retain any rights to my research?
11. What is a Creative Commons License and how do I use it?

Research involves investigating a question or topic in an original way that contributes to the scholarship of a field of study. Topics may represent any areas of academic study at OSU, as well as interdisciplinary areas with the approval of an OSU faculty member. JUROS publishes many types of research by Ohio State undergraduate students. The only requirement is that each researcher must have an OSU faculty member approve the submission. This includes the following types of projects:

• Projects that have been approved as a Senior Honors Thesis. If already completed, the senior thesis manuscript may need to be shortened to comply with the submission guidelines for authors.


• Projects that are past or proposed submissions to the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.


• Independent research for which the student has or has not received academic credit.


• Research that is part of a larger project to which the student has made a significant contribution. This is particularly relevant for research in the biological and natural sciences, which is typically an incremental series of investigations of previous work.


• Course papers that emphasize original research. A review of previously analyzed and developed ideas will not be accepted.


• Research and creative projects including fine arts pieces and performances, films, and other media. However, each submission must be accompanied by a written submission.

Submissions will be published electronically on a rolling basis. Exception to the submission and review processes will not be made except in extenuating circumstances.

Any research conducted while the author is enrolled as an undergraduate student at OSU. While OSU does not have to sponsor this research, the project must have been approved by an OSU faculty member.

All articles are grouped into three categories published in JUROS. They include Science & Technology; Social Science, Business, & Education; and Arts & Humanities.

Oculus is an annual hard-copy review edition of the best research published in JUROS in the past year. A panel of judges from the editorial board votes after four publication cycles have been completed.

Authors retain all rights to their work. JUROS may reproduce their work through an electronic or print medium. JUROS will not prohibit reproduction of the manuscript; however, if authors intend to publish their work elsewhere, they are responsible for knowing the copyright procedures of other journals.

(1) JUROS will not accept any manuscripts which have already been published or are currently under review by another publication. In these circumstances, authors may submit an abstract for consideration as a JUROS Feature Article.

(2) All authors of every manuscript must consent for research to be published in JUROS. Authors must review the copyright section.

If any of your content has been previously published, you must request permission from that publisher to use that content for this journal.

The license you signed gave only limited and non-exclusive rights for JUROS. You are free to submit your content to any other publication. A few publications will ask if your content has been previously published. If so, you will need to carefully describe which content had been included in JUROS and made available on the web. In many cases, however, the initial publication in JUROS will be of minor conflict since normally you will significantly modify and expand the content for formal, peer-reviewed publication.

You retain full copyright to your work. The only rights you have assigned to JUROS are "to reproduce, translate, and/or distribute the submission (including the abstract) as agreed upon, in print and electronic format and in any medium, including but not limited to audio or visual for the purposes of inclusion in JUROS." These rights are "non-exclusive" meaning you can assign them to others if you wish.

Creative Commons licenses give you the ability to dictate how others may exercise your copyright rights-such as the right of others to copy your work, make derivative works or adaptations of your work, to distribute your work and/or make money from your work. Creative Commons licenses attach to the work and authorize everyone who comes in contact with the work to use it consistent with the license. Creative Commons licenses are all non-exclusive. This means that you can permit the general public to use your work under a Creative Commons license and then enter into a separate and different non-exclusive license with someone else, for example, in exchange for money.

For more information visit: The Creative Commons FAQ

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