Berkeley Scientific JournalUniversity of California, Berkeley
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Write for the journal, or submit your own undergraduate research.

Get in touch

Where to write.

General inquiries

bsj.berkeley@gmail.com

Research submissions

bsj.berkeley@gmail.com
How to submit & Fall 2026 deadline

The journal

Berkeley Scientific Journal
A student organization at the University of California, Berkeley

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Join the staff

Two ways in.

  1. Write for the journal

    The staff is made up of students enrolled in the Science Journalism DeCal, which runs each semester. Writers, interviewers, research editors, copy editors, and designers all join this way.

  2. Submit your research

    Reviewed by faculty before publication. The steps and this semester's deadline of Monday, October 12 are below.

Undergraduate research submissions

What we accept, and how to prepare it.

Berkeley Scientific Journal publishes materials only by UC Berkeley undergraduates, or recent BA/BS recipients from UC Berkeley within one year of graduation.

Fall 2026 deadline: Monday, October 12. Both the eligibility form and your PI's signed release agreement need to be in by then.

How to submit

  1. Check your paper against the requirements

    Make sure your manuscript matches the manuscript requirements before you start. Examples are provided on eScholarship under the Research heading.

  2. Complete the eligibility form

    Fill in the research submission eligibility form.

  3. Have your PI sign the release agreement

    Send the PI release agreement to the faculty member who oversaw your research and have them sign it, scan it, and email it to bsj.berkeley@gmail.com.

Questions about any of this go to bsj.berkeley@gmail.com.

References

List references at the end of the paper in the order they appear. Refer to them in the text by number in parentheses — not in superscript.

Journal article
Johnson, R.B., Hayes, C., and McDonald, T., Article Title, Journal Of Scientific Research, 123.14, 475–479, 1998.
Book
Johnson, R.B., Hayes, C., and McDonald, T., Book Title, 123.14, pp. 475–479, 2000.

Manuscript requirements

Heading
Author names, research sponsor (PI), and your major, year, and the department the research was done in — followed by a list of keywords.
Type
Palatino or Times New Roman, 12 point.
Length
Double spaced, 8–14 pages, excluding figures.
Structure
Title · Abstract (150 words maximum) · Introduction · Materials and Methods · Results · Discussion · Conclusion · References · Acknowledgments (50 words maximum, including funding source).
Figures
Ten figures and charts at most, placed in the document you upload, at the highest resolution you have. Accepted papers are asked for 300+ dpi images afterwards, as separate files.
Tables and graphs
Also placed in the document. Accepted papers are asked for them as Word or Excel files — not scans.
Figure legends
Numbered to match, at the end of the paper's text.