UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal

UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal is published by eScholarship Publishing, University of California. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Higher Education Research Studies, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending and Racial and Ethnic Identity Research, together about 18.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Social Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal accepts submissions from all disciplines of academic study. We encourage UCM undergraduate students and recent alumni who have completed research or are currently engaged in research with either a faculty member or graduate student to submit their work. Former or current coursework projects -- including but not limited to research studies, critical essays, extended reviews of scholarly works, and the like -- as well as independent research conducted by UCM students outside of the purview of their coursework are also acceptable for submission. For formatting requirements and other details on how to prepare a paper for submission, please review the guidelines for researched writing found on Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) site. To be eligible for publication in the URJ, student authors must have completed their projects while attending UCM as an undergraduate student. Work completed while studying at another institution (with the exception of UCM students studying abroad) is not eligible for publication in the URJ. The UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal accepts submissions from all disciplines of academic study. We encourage UCM undergraduate students who have completed research or are currently engaged in research with either a faculty member or graduate student to submit their work. To be eligible for publication in the URJ, student authors must have completed their projects while attending UCM as an undergraduate student and the primary author of the project must be a UCM student if there are multiple authors. The URJ accepts work from single authors, co-authors, and multiple authors. Whether you are submitting on behalf of yourself or your co-author(s), please submit each project only once per review cycle. The Submission Process includes a Google Form to certify all information is clear and concise for the Author(s) and the editors working on the manuscript. This is the first step of submission to the Undergraduate Research Journal. Process Using the Google Form, fill out your information and submit your piece. Rolling submissions will be accepted from October 4th – October 24th. During the preliminary review process, all identifying materials are removed to ensure an anonymous, unbiased screening. Manuscripts are screened by our Review Board, and the student authors who are accepted will be contacted by one of our Section Editors. If the piece is not accepted for publication, authors will

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CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

h-index

6OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

4OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.3OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Volume

Articles per year (publisher)

2,000Publisher website · 2026-11-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Average review time (community reports)

about 16 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 16 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

eScholarship Publishing, University of California

Country or region

United States

Language

English

ISSN

2373-809X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
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• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
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