About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Formally endorsed and sponsored by the Faculty of Science, OSURJ publishes articles from all disciplines of science including mathematics and statistics, physics, biology, chemistry, immunology, earth sciences, environmental science and integrative science. A multidisciplinary student-run initiative of this nature is meant to enrich the undergraduate science student experience and provide students with invaluable publishing and peer-review process experience to supplement the traditional science curriculum. As one of the few bilingual undergraduate journals in Canada, OSURJ accepts submissions in both English and French. OSURJ features original research, review articles and opinion pieces on recent research issues of interest, point-counterpoint, and interviews. The basic criteria for a manuscript to be published in OSURJ is that the results or analyses be novel and scientifically valid in a concise and easily-understood prose.

About OSURJ

The University of Ottawa Science Undergraduate Research Journal (OSURJ) is an online, open-access, multidisciplinary, non-proprietary, bilingual academic journal that is published and reviewed by University of Ottawa students.

In addition to a hardworking undergraduate executive and editorial team, OSURJ also collaborates with post-doctoral, PhD and faculty reviewers as part of a permanent review board. The journal publishes digitally once per academic year on a rolling-publishing basis. The journal is published by the University of Ottawa Science Undergraduate Research Journal.

Mission statement

OSURJ seeks to enhance the undergraduate science student experience by providing a medium in which to write, review and publish academic research in a formal scholarly journal format. Through this initiative, OSURJ hopes to inspire undergraduate students to continue pursuing research in the field of science.

Objectives

  • To provide undergraduate students with publishing and manuscript submission experience with the academic publishing process as a final aspect of their science research education.
  • To provide opportunities for students to improve their scientific writing.
  • To encourage undergraduate students to become involved in scientific research.
  • To provide formal review for undergraduate work and a medium for discourse and analysis of scientific literature among readers in diverse areas of study.
  • Improves uOttawa’s research profile by providing a publicly-accessible journal to showcase undergraduate research conducted during UOttawa undergraduate research opportunities such as UROP, NSERC-USRA, SIRI, URS, CIHR, fourth year theses and papers and meta-analyses from upper year science courses.
  • Provides opportunity for students to improve their research credentials for future employers and graduate studies.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.