Submit Your Research to Q+A

Ready to submit to Query + Analysis: An Undergraduate Research Journal? Follow the instructions below to get the process started

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Submission Components

Ensure you have all of the following ready to upload:

  1. A completed research paper
  2. An appendix that includes any consent forms or IRB approval
  3. A signed letter of recommendation/support from a current BC professor indicating 1) they have overseen this project as your instructor or given you direct guidance on this project and 2) would recommend it for publication
  4. An unofficial transcript
  5. A statement indicating that the submission was written by you without any writing assistance from a generative-AI platform outside of reviewing your grammar and spelling or checking for alignment with the rubric

Submission Steps

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Step 1: Conduct Research and Write the Paper

The Writing Lab in the Academic Success Center is a great resource for this project.

Remember if it’s a study with human subjects, you must have IRB approval (Institutional Review Board) before you begin any research.

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Step 2: Collect Remaining Submission Components

An appendix? Letter of recommendation? Unofficial transcript? Signed statement about the originality of your work? Make sure you have what you need.

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Step 3: Submit

Use the form at the bottom of this page

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Step 4: Review Stage

A panel of reviewers, including one from the discipline(s) of the project, will review the submission. Reviewers can accept the paper as-is for publication, suggest edits (starting the revise and resubmit process (R+R)), or reject the paper. This step can take up to five weeks.

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Step 5: Revise and Resubmit

Look over the suggestions made by reviewers. Make changes and resubmit via email to the Editor.

It is possible that not all papers will reach the R+R stage. Ensuring you have a high quality paper with your own original ideas and words along with faculty mentoring will dramatically improve your chance of publication.

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Step 6: Publication

Once enough submissions have been approved, the issue will be designed and published online.

Haven’t started yet?

Many classes offer opportunities for research paper writing. If you already did the research but haven’t written the paper, make sure you check out the Writing Lab in the ASC. Don’t forget all submissions require a faculty recommendation as well.

Use the Form Below to Submit

Please log in to your Bellevue College account to enable submissions

Questions?

Reach out to Dr. Lê, the Editor in Chief of Q+A, for questions related to the submission process, publishing, or your individual submission.