STEM Fellowship Journal (SFJ)

The STEM Fellowship Journal accepts the following types of manuscripts:

• Original Investigations: These should be the student(s)’ original work. This can be accomplished with or without a mentor’s help. It should contain experimental data, or collected information, and should report novel results.
• Review Articles: These provide a detailed critical review of a specific area of study based on the existing literature, including a meaningful synthesis.
• Viewpoint Articles: These may address any important or controversial issues (i.e., “hot topics”) within any of the STEM fields. They should be focused, well informed, and provide a clear sense of direction.
• Conference Proceedings: These should contain abstracts from conference presentations, posters, and seminars.

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Detailed guidance for preparing each type of article can be found on the table here and the SFJ's Preparing a Paper page.

• Students at the high school and undergraduate level are the main priority, but graduate students may submit research as well. 
• Submissions must not have been previously published, nor before another journal for consideration.

• Rolling

• You have carefully reviewed and followed all instructions on preparing your manuscript and submitting a paper.
• A Peer Reviewer List has been completed for submission alongside your manuscript.
• You have attached proof of discounts (e.g., competition winner, emails) and waivers to publish in SFJ or I agree if I do not have any discounts, there is a $400 CAD fee to publish the manuscript upon acceptance.
• In compliance with ensuring a blind review, you have removed all identifying information from the article text and prepared a separate title page with authorship information to be submitted alongside your manuscript.
• You have used the templates for article text or conference proceedings and a title page to prepare your submission.
• Your article text and title page are saved as Microsoft Word documents (.docx).
• Any and all figures (including equations and tables) have been included in the manuscript file and provided as separate image files in the highest possible resolution. If your submission does not contain figures, you must still check this box.
• Any and all tables are provided in text as Microsoft Word tables. If your submission does not include tables, you must still check this box.

All submitted articles undergo a three-phase process of review and consideration before a final decision is made: editorial review, peer review, and copy editing. Authors will be expected to make revisions based on editorial feedback. Articles recommended by an expert reviewer, either after initial review or a revision process, will be published contingent upon the managing editor’s approval.