Submission Requirements

If you are interested in submitting your work to JOSHUA, we request that you adhere to the following guidelines:
  1. We accept articles from current undergraduate students. If you are a graduate student or recent alumni of The University of Alabama, we will consider your article if the majority of your work was done while you were an undergraduate at UA. Undergraduate students from other institutions may submit; however, priority will be given to those who conducted their research at UA.
  2. Your name, e-mail address, and phone number must be included.
  3. Your submission must relate to science or health.
  4. Your work must be sponsored by a faculty member.
  5. The length of your submission must be between 2000 and 4500 words. We will accept longer submissions if the author can limit the submission to the required length for the publication, and any extra material is able to be published online.
  6. Figures, charts, and graphs are encouraged but not required. (Note: The final printed color of figures will be mostly black and white.)
  7. Your paper must contain an abstract.
  8. The deadline for submission is February 28th, 2023 at 5:00 PM.
  9. E-mail submissions to joshua.alabama@gmail.com

Citation Guidelines

Internal References:
  1. Reference using a number inside brackets [ ] that corresponds to the references section at the end of your submission.
  2. Punctuation always follows the citation. It never precedes it.
  3. If more than one citation is required, use the same set of brackets and separate the numbers using a comma.
  4. Examples follow:
                Previous studies of the let-7 family of miRNAs in C. elegans came to a similar conclusion [1].
                Previous studies of the let-7 family of miRNAs in C. elegans came to a similar conclusion [1,2]

References Section:
  1. Cite authors using the last name followed by first and middle initials (e.g. Bryant PW).
  2. If there is no middle initial, use the first initial only.
  3. Commas may only separate authors and are not used to separate last names and initials.
  4. Do not use a period after the first and middle initials.
  5. If there is more than one author, use the & symbol before the final author in the series rather than the word and.
  6. References should be listed in alphabetical order, not in the order you cite them within the text of your article.
  7. Website citations: Author(s). Title. Website. URL. Date Published/Updated. Date Accessed.                                                                                                                 Example:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     [1]      State medical marijuana laws. National Conference of State Legislatures Website. http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-                  laws.aspx#1. Updated March 5, 2019. Accessed March 24, 2019.
  8. Examples of academic papers:
               Author(s). (Year). Title. Journal, Volume: Pages.
               [1]       Abbott AL, Alvarez-Saavedra E, Miska EA, Lau NC, Bartel DP, Horvitz HR & Ambros V. (2005). The let-7 MicroRNA family members mir-48,
                          mir-84, and mir-241 function together to regulate developmental timing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev. Cell, 9:403-414.
               [2]      Ambros, V. (2004). The functions of animal microRNAs. Nature, 431:350-355.
               [3]      Bettini, ML & Kersh, GJ. (2007). MAP kinase phosphatase activity sets the threshold for thymocyte positive selection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
                           USA, 104:16257-16262.