Student Spotlight is an independent publishing platform designed to highlight the high-quality works and ideas produced during the course of undergraduate studies. Most undergraduate works require significant reworking to be suitable for publication in academic journals, and as a result many of the unique perspectives and ideas produced in these works never reach further than the course instructor. Student Spotlight aims to make sharing these ideas more accessible by lowering the barriers of entry and allowing students to showcase their strongest papers and essays in a medium closer to the original formatting. We are an interdisciplinary platform and invite publications from students on all topics across the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities fields.

The Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ) is an annual peer-reviewed publication of research articles written primarily by Stanford undergraduates, but also by well-qualified students at other institutions, from all academic fields.

Stance is an international philosophy journal published by Ball State University undergraduates. [ISSN 1943-1899] Beyond publishing manuscripts, we train an international external reviewer board. Stance is listed in The Philosopher’s Index. All manuscript authors receive constructive feedback. 8% acceptance rate.

Sprinkle: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the diverse voices of emerging scholar-activists, authors, and artists in women’s, gender and queer studies, and related fields of inquiry. First established at McGill University in 2007, Sprinkle has been published annually at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo since 2013 and welcomes submissions from around the world.

Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics, a nexus of undergraduate research, is dedicated to further the field of biomathematics and the development of future scientists in mathematical biology. Spora is fully refereed and published both online and in-print.

Splice, the Undergraduate Research Journal of the SDSU College of Arts and Letters, is an anthology of peer-reviewed publications produced by undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University. Splice is edited by a multi-disciplinary board of undergraduate/graduate students and faculty advisors from the College of Arts and Letters. The journal is initiated, organized and directed by students, for students.

Spectrum is a student-run, interdisciplinary journal that strives to publish diverse and engaging research completed by undergraduate students within and across the areas of health sciences, natural sciences and engineering, social sciences, arts and humanities. English-language submissions are welcome from undergraduate students at any postsecondary institution. Spectrum is managed by the Undergraduate Research Initiative at the University of Alberta (www.uri.ualberta.ca)

Spectra is a biannual (i.e., fall and spring issues), peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, open-access journal primarily dedicated to the publication of undergraduate student research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. If and when possible, Spectra also publishes well-qualified undergraduate research from other institutions.

Student Perspectives About Civic Engagement (SPACE) is an online journal hosted by a consortium of Chicago area universities. We hope to draw out the voice of university students in metropolitan settings who wrestle with the challenges and the opportunities that the city and surrounding environs present to us through service-learning opportunities. We welcome manuscripts from undergraduate and graduate students who have had a robust civic engagement experience, including service-learning, and want to further explore the meaning of the experience through research and writing.

Sociology between the Gaps (SBG) publishes high-quality, original articles including research notes, critical essays, and review papers which fall into subfields in sociological work that may be viewed by some as outside mainstream sociological topics; hence the full journal title: Sociology between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics. The journal also aims to reflect the intersections of social class, race, gender, age, and cross-disciplinary views by encouraging sociologists and professionals in related fields to submit work on topics that cross disciplinary boundaries and/or areas of specialization but effectively link disciplines to provide a multi-disciplinary perspective on the topics addressed. The Editorial Board encourages original, unpublished papers in the field of sociology written by undergraduate or graduate students to be submitted to SBG. High-quality, well-written student papers may be submitted either by the author(s) of the paper or by the faculty advisor/mentor of students who are currently enrolled in the pursuit of an undergraduate or graduate degree. The submitted work should be reviewed by the student’s faculty mentor for whom the paper was written before it is sent to the Editor-in-Chief of SBG. Student submitters are NOT required to be sociology majors.