Policies
Contents
- Open Access Policy
- Review Process
- Submission Types
- Format & Style Guidelines by Submission Type
- Additional Format & Style Guidelines
- Accessibility Requirements
- Copyright & Licensing Terms
- Plagiarism Policy
- Charges & Fees
- Digital Archiving
Open Access Policy
National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal (NYARJ) is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
Review Process
NYARJ is reviewed by the editorial board and published annually as a companion to the NYAR Conference held in March
- Manuscripts will only be considered from authors who have presented/shared their work at the NYAR Conference.
- All submissions must be previously unpublished manuscripts and must currently be submitted only to NYARJ
- By submitting a work for consideration, the authors affirm that the manuscript will not be submitted to another venue while under review with NYARJ. If you have concerns about the terms of submission or review, please contact the editor
- After receiving your work, the editorial board will review your submission and will provide specific and narrative comments for your revision. You will work with the editorial board to finalize your manuscript before it is accepted for publication in the next issue.
The editor will consider the following criteria when reviewing your work and providing feedback:
- Focuses on issues related to the well-being of youth
- Is relevant to one or more of the five journal strands ("Head" for intellectual achievement and talents, "Heart" for social and emotional skills, "Hands" for safety and protection, "Health" for physical and mental health, "Home" for family and community support)
- Clearly establishes the background issue or problem
- Utilizes appropriate design and methodology (if applicable)
- Provides information or evidence to support findings and/or conclusions
- Demonstrates quality of written expression (e.g., grammar, spelling, writing style, etc.)
- Reflects overall clarity of ideas and expressions
- Follows formatting and style guidelines as specified for the format type
- Has the potential to impact policy and practice
Submission Types
Written Workshop Report:
- Summarizes key points from conference workshop
- Includes references.
Poetry or Creative Writing:
- Express ideas or insights through creative writing, poetry, or other artistic forms.
- Focuses on the intersection of creativity and the conference theme.
- Submissions should be thought-provoking and relevant to the conference content.
Visual Essays, Summaries or Infographics:
- Presents key conference insights or research findings through visually appealing infographics or visual summaries.
- Submissions should ensure clarity and simplicity in design. Include annotations or captions to explain complex concepts.
Screencasts/Videos:
- Delivers brief, impactful talks that communicate key ideas or findings in a short time frame.
- Meets time limit and highlights the relevance to the conference theme.
Format & Style Guidelines by Submission Type
| Submission Type | Format & Style Guidelines |
|---|---|
| Written Workshop Report | Submission Form Information:
Written Workshop Reports should include the following:
Submit your report in .docx format. Your report should follow APA Style as found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition, for headings, citations, and references.
In addition, format your report according to the Additional Format & Style Guidelines below. |
| Poetry or Creative Writing |
Submission Form Information:
Submit your Poetry or Creative Writing in .docx or .pdf format as required to preserve formatting. |
| Infographics or Visual Summaries |
Submission Form Information:
Infographics or Visuals Summaries should include the following:
Submit your Infographic or Visual Summary in .pdf format. If your Infographic or Visual Summary includes references, then include an APA-formatted References page at the end of your document. Your reference page should follow APA Style as found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition, for headings, citations, and references.
|
| Screencasts or Videos |
Submission Form Information:
Screencasts or Videos should include the following:
In the Full Text of Submission field of the submission form, submit an APA-formatted title and reference page in .docx format. Your title and reference page should follow APA Style as found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th Edition, for headings, citations, and references. Include on the page a space titled "Video URL" for us to link the archived copy of your video.
After clicking Submit on the submission form, click the Upload Additional Files link under What's Next? to submit your screencast or video file. Submit your video in MP4 format at a minimum resolution of 720p. MOV, AVI and WMV formats are also acceptable. |
Additional Format & Style Guidelines
For Written Workshop Reports, follow these additional format and style guidelines.
Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification
- Indent all paragraphs except those following a section heading. An indent should be at least 2 em-spaces. Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below.
- Don't "widow" or "orphan" text (i.e., ending a page with the first line of a paragraph or beginning a page with the last line of a paragraph).
- All text should be left-justified (i.e., flush with the left margin—except where indented).
Language & Grammar
- All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.
- Authors should use formal English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides exist as well.
Colored Text
- Set the font color to black for the majority of the text. We encourage authors to take advantage of the ability to use color in the production of figures, maps, etc., however, you need to appreciate that this will cause some of your readers problems when they print the document on a black & white printer. For this reason, you are advised to avoid the use of colors in situations where their translation to black and white would render the material illegible or incomprehensible.
- Please ensure that there are no colored mark-ups or comments in the final version, unless they are meant to be part of the final text. (You may need to "accept all changes" in track changes or set your document to "normal" in final markup.)
Emphasized Text
Whenever possible use italics to indicate text you wish to emphasize rather than underlining it. The use of color to emphasize text is discouraged.
Titles
- Whenever possible, titles of books, movies, etc., should be set in italics rather than underlined.
Tables and Figures
- To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must fit within 1.5" margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.
Accessibility Requirements
By submitting their work for publication, the author(s) must warrant and affirm the following:
- The author(s) have reviewed the National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal's accessibility requirements as outlined in the journal's policies and submission guidelines.
- The author(s) have made a good-faith effort to ensure that the work, including all text, images, figures, tables, supplementary materials, and multimedia files, complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA (opens in new tab), including but not limited to:
- The work uses built‑in heading styles to reflect its structural hierarchy.
- All tables are created using proper table tools and include clearly identified header rows.
- All images and figures contain descriptive alternative text (alt text).
- All video or audio content contains accurate captions or transcripts.
- Color is not used as the sole method of conveying information.
- The author(s) affirm that an accessibility check has been performed on the work, and all identified issues have been resolved.
- If any component of the work cannot be made fully accessible due to the nature of the content, the author(s) have described these limitations and the accommodations provided.
- The author(s) affirm that the work may be returned to them at any time for accessibility remediation, both prior to and following publication.
Copyright & Licensing Terms
All works published in the National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (opens in new tab) (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Copyright owners retain all rights to their work without restriction and agree to apply the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license to the final published version of their work as a condition of publication.
End users' rights under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license are outlined on the Creative Commons website (opens in new tab). For all other uses, permission must be obtained from the copyright owners or their authorized agents.
Copyright and licensing terms for the National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal are registered with Open Policy Finder (opens in new tab).
Plagiarism Policy
The National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal may use Similarity Check, a multi-publisher initiative, to selectively screen article submissions for originality. Similarity Check uses the iThenticate software, which checks submissions against millions of published research papers (the Similarity Check database), documents on the web, and other relevant sources. These submitted papers are not retained in the Similarity Check system after they have been checked. Read more at Crossref's Similarity Check (opens in new tab) page.
Charges & Fees
The National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal levies no submission charges, or charges or fees for publication of accepted articles.
Digital Archiving
The National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal is preserved using CLOCKSS (opens in new tab), a leading preservation archive that guarantees persistent access to journal content for the very long term. Articles also receive Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) through Crossref (opens in new tab) to ensure they can always be found.
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