Bryant University Undergraduate Journal
Policies
Contents
- Who Can Submit?
- General Submission Rules
- Formatting Requirements
- Rights for Authors and Bryant Digital Repository
Who Can Submit?
Any Bryant University undergraduate student may submit an original work to be considered for publication in Bryant University Undergraduate Journal provided they own the copyright to the work being submitted or are authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the work. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).
General Submission Rules
Submitted work cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in a journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to Bryant University Undergraduate Journal, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at Bryant University Undergraduate Journal. If you have concerns about the submission terms for Bryant University Undergraduate Journal, please contact the editors.
Formatting Requirements
Bryant University Undergraduate Journal has no general rules about the formatting of work upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the work as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.
It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.
Rights for Authors and Bryant Digital Repository
As further described in our submission agreement, in consideration for publication of the work, the authors assign to Bryant Digital Repository all copyright in the work, subject to the expansive personal-use exceptions described below.
Attribution and Usage Policies
Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the work, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Bryant Digital Repository, requires credit to Bryant Digital Repository as copyright holder (e.g., Bryant Digital Repository © 2024).
Personal-use Exceptions
The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from Bryant Digital Repository provided the author does not alter the format or content of the work, including the copyright notification:
- Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
- Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
- Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Mathematics professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her work appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Mathematics online publication series); and
- Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.
People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.
General Terms and Conditions of Use
Users of the Bryant Digital Repository website and/or software agree not to misuse the Bryant Digital Repository service or software in any way.
The failure of Bryant Digital Repository to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Bryant Digital Repository and the Author(s) regarding submission of the work.