Scientia et Humanitas
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ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Focus and Scope
We accept academic articles from all disciplines, including social science, natural science, and humanities. They must be written by a current MTSU undergraduate or graduate student or a recent alumnus.
Please contact the Scientia et Humanitas editor at scientia@mtsu.edu with questions or for more information.
Peer Review Process
All articles undergo a double-blind peer review process from two separate reviewers, which usually entails subsequent revision before final acceptance. In double-blind peer review, authors and reviewers remain anonymous, which ensures objectivity.
Peer reviewers primarily examine a paper's argument, evidence, logical and stylistic consistency, and the ability of a paper to answer and meet potential counter objections. Peer reviewers will look for ways for revision to deepen or extend a paper's argument. A peer reviewer's commentary will consist of global-level changes or general commentary about the academic style of the piece. Local-level commentary will occur in the proofing stage.
Most submissions go through multiple revisions, but the editors will work to eventually publish authors willing to undertake those revisions.
Faculty reviewers, checking for discipline-specific quality assurance, handle the article after the peer reviewers have given their approval. Once the article passes this stage, it then heads to proofreading and copyediting.
Initial response time is usually less a month. This includes receiving feedback from both peer reviewers, after which the author works with the editor-in-chief or associate editor.
Entire process time is about 2-5 months. The time usually depends on the number of revisions as well as how quickly peer reviewers and copy editors complete their tasks. Submissions which meet the Fall deadline stand a significantly higher chance of inclusion in that year's issue.
Publication Frequency
Scientia et Humanitas publishes one issue annually that is indexed with OAI-PMH harvesters, search engines, and databases such as WorldCat, Google Scholar, and DOAJ.
Open Access Policy, Archiving, and Reuse
Scientia et Humanitas is an open-access journal. By making research freely available, we help support the greater global exchange of knowledge. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles in this journal, and to use them for any other lawful purpose. There are no article submission or processing charges. Each journal volume is preserved via the Walker Library's three level preservation methods including local and cloud storage. The author(s) retains/retain the copyright to the work, but grant(s) Scientia et Humanitas the right to publish, display, and distribute the work in the Scientia et Humanitas journal, in print and electronic format. Works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Privacy Statement
Names and e-mail addresses will never be shared with any agency or individual outside of Scientia et Humanitas.
Style Guide
Refer to our Style Sheet for complete information: https://www.mtsu.edu/scientia/authorguidelines.php