Manuscript Submission Guidelines

---

Eligibility: Open Access Journal for Graduate Students

The International Journal of Graduate Research (IJGR) is an open access journal for graduate students that welcomes submissions from:

• Current graduate students
• Recent graduates
• Graduate research teams
• Faculty-supported graduate research projects
• Senior undergraduates (when recommended by faculty advisor)

Authors must have the right to submit the work and obtain any necessary permissions before submission.

Submission does not guarantee publication.

Originality and Academic Integrity in Our Peer Reviewed Graduate Journal

By submitting a manuscript to our peer reviewed graduate journal, authors confirm that:

• The work is their own original research or scholarship
• All sources have been properly cited
• The manuscript does not contain plagiarized content
• The manuscript is not currently under review by another journal, publisher, or publication platform

AI Policy: The use of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) in the preparation of manuscripts: 1) must comply with your university requirements, 2) be approved by your advisers, and 3) must be clearly disclosed in the paper.

IJGR reserves the right to reject submissions that fail to meet accepted standards of academic integrity.

Faculty Review and Endorsement

To publish your graduate research paper in IJGR, provide the names and email addresses of three academic reviewers who can verify that the submission is:

• Original
• Academically rigorous
• Suitable for scholarly publication in our peer reviewed graduate journal

Author Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for:

• The accuracy of all content
• Securing any necessary permissions
• Ensuring all listed authors approve the submission
• Obtaining Faculty Review and Endorsement
• Complying with applicable ethical and academic standards
• Complying with all requirements listed in these Author Submission Guidelines

Types of Submissions for Thesis by Publication

As a thesis by publication journal, IJGR accepts a variety of graduate-level scholarly works, including:

• Thesis- or dissertation-based articles
• Research papers
• Literature reviews
• Case studies
• Applied research projects
• Interdisciplinary research
• Scholarly essays

Free-Format Submission

IJGR accepts submissions in a flexible format. Authors are not required to use a specific template, provided that all required sections are included. Additional formatting requirements may be requested prior to publication.