Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria For Undergraduate Scholar Articles

The Eagle Feather is a journal dedicated to publishing original research articles from undergraduate research scholars who are currently enrolled at the University of North Texas, or who have been enrolled in the past academic year. The research may be in any area of academic study offered at UNT. Undergraduate scholars must have a faculty mentor as a sponsor who has been involved in advising and/or supervising the scholar in the research project. The research paper submitted must conform strictly to the format guidelines to be considered for review, and must be submitted with a signed release form from both the student scholar and the faculty mentor. The research must not have been previously published and must be free of plagiarized or fabricated material. The research must adhere strictly to the research compliance regulations at the University of North Texas.

Authors wishing to submit manuscripts for review should use the submission checklist available on this site to assemble the documents that are required to accompany the manuscript. The materials should be submitted at the same time to the journal electronically at eaglefeather@unt.edu. Authors will be notified when their materials have been received and their file is complete. When the file is complete, the manuscript will be sent out to two reviewers with a request for a completed review within two weeks. Manuscripts will contain the names of the undergraduate scholar and the faculty mentor; i.e., the reviews will not be blind. Manuscript reviews with a recommendation for acceptance or rejection will be returned to the authors within three weeks from the time the manuscript file is complete and the manuscript is sent to the reviewers. Any requested revisions in the manuscript are due back to TEF within two weeks. All comments and questions should be submitted to the Editor at The Eagle Feather e-mail address.

The review guidelines for the reviewers are available on this website. Manuscripts received will be evaluated on the quality of the research article including, as relevant, clarity of the research question, goals, and objectives; theoretical foundation; literature review; methodology, analysis and interpretation of data; presentation of conclusions; and formatting and style of the manuscript. The Editorial Board will make the decision to either accept the manuscript with no changes, to accept with suggested revisions, or to not accept the manuscript. All undergraduate scholars and faculty mentors submitting manuscripts will receive copies of the comments from the two anonymous reviewers and a letter from the editor evaluating the merits of the manuscript. Any questions should be directed to the Editor at eaglefeather@unt.edu.