In this policy 'the student' refers to the undergraduate(s) who wrote the article, and 'you' refers to these students' advisor. Any questions regarding the approval policy should be directed to sfe@jyi.org.
The purpose of this policy is to inform the student's advisor of the various criteria they must agree to before approving the publication of a student research article.
You attest that you have thoroughly reviewed the student's research manuscript, specifically regarding the proper citation of all references. Additionally, you agree that to the best of your knowledge the undergraduate student researched and wrote the article herself, and that the majority of the work has been done by the undergraduate student.
You agree to be identified as the student's advisor, and have checked that all authors of the article agree to its submission to JYI. Additionally, you have checked that the student has not submitted this article to any other peer review journals.
You understand that should the research article fail any of the criteria listed here, that the article will be rejected and the student will not be permitted to submit articles to JYI in the future.