FORMATTING GUIDELINES

These guidelines must be followed by all authors prior to submission and verified by editors during screening. Submissions that do not meet these criteria will be rejected.

Length:

We expect submissions to be around 30,000 characters in length.

Sections:

Submissions should include the following sections:

Front Matter
- Title (concise and descriptive)
- Author name(s), major(s), and class year(s)
- Email address of corresponding author(s)
Abstract (150–300 words)
- Clear summary of the topic, key findings or arguments, and significance
- Keywords (7–10) related to your manuscript
Introduction
- Contextual background, rationale for topic selection, research question or central claim, and scope
Materials and Methods (if applicable)
- Include all the methodologies and resources used for the research
- Figures, and tables may be included within this section
Results/Thematic or Chronological Sections
- Presentation of findings or structured argumentation
- Images, figures, and tables may be included within this section
Discussion
- Implications, limitations, and scientific or societal relevance
Conclusion
- Concise restatement of contributions and key takeaways
Back Matter
- Supplementary Materials, Author Contributions, Funding, Informed Consent, Data Deposit, Acknowledgements (if applicable)
References
- See citation guidelines for more information

CITATION GUIDELINES

We accept submissions with citations in the APA 7th edition format. Citations must be consistent, properly formatted, and include in-text citations and a full bibliography. For a complete reference guide for the reference list, please see this guide.

In Text Citations
- SGRJ uses numbered in text citations that correspond to the numbered reference list
  - Ex. ILD is present in 50%–100% of cases [1].
- All images, figures, and tables should be referred to within the article text via a callout before they appear in the text.
  - Ex. We utilized a four step method to prepare the nanoparticles (see Figure 1)
Reference List
- The reference list should be organized in order of appearance with all reference numbers corresponding to the appropriate in-text citation
- Only include sources cited in the text.
- Examples:
  - For books:
    1. Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.
  - For webpages:
    1. Tuscan white bean pasta. (2018, February 25). Budgetbytes. Retrieved March 18, 2020, from https://www.budgetbytes.com/tuscan-white-bean-pasta/
  - For articles in print journals:
    1. Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5–13.
  - For articles in electronic journals:
    1. Baniya, S., & Weech, S. (2019). Data and experience design: Negotiating community-oriented digital research with service-learning. Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement, 6(1), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316979
  - For specialized software (do not cite office software, anything trademarked, or programming languages):
    1. Many software packages will specify how they would like to be cited. Please follow this guidance if available. If unavailable, please refer to the below example
    2. Maplesoft. (2019). Maple companion (Version 2.1.0). Cybernet Systems Co. https://www.maplesoft.com/products/MapleCompanion/
Figure Citations
- If the license associated with clip art or a stock image states “no attribution required,” then do not provide an APA Style reference, caption citation or, copyright attribution.
- If the license associated with clip art or a stock image states that attribution is required, then provide a copyright attribution in the figure caption.