Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
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Where applicable, you have linked your citations (like a blog post) instead of using parenthetical notation (like an academic paper)
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If your submission lives elsewhere on the Web, you have included a short summary and a link in the Abstract
Author Guidelines
MKP publishes contributions to public knowledge in the form of stand-alone original work as well as engagement with the work of others. We ask that, where possible, authors use language accessible to those outside of their field. Works cited must either be properly referenced, or at least hyperlinked, in genre-appropriate forms (e.g., in a recognized citation style for academic articles, hyperlinks for digital comments, and a list of references mentioned for podcasts). If your submission exceeds the word count, submit a query letter to the editors if you want to request an exception.
Original student work
Essays and research papers
- Scholarly work on any topic, prefaced with a short commentary (500 words) on its public value
- 4000 word maximum
Artworks
- Short fiction and poetry
- Photo essays that explore contemporary social issues
- Fine art photography
- Paintings and multimedia art
- Comics
- No word or page limits
Op-eds
- Explores contemporary social issues and research
- 1000 word maximum
Videos
- Must be hosted on YouTube or Vimeo, submit a link (unlisted is OK) — video files will not be accepted
- Include license information about any audio or imagery used
Podcasts
- Include paragraph summary. Transcripts are accepted and encouraged.
- Include details about hosts and interviewees
- Include license information about any audio used
Scholarly engagement with the work of others
Comments on news articles, reddit threads, and other public online forums
- Include a minimum of one reference to an open source academic resource
- Include a hyperlink to the critiqued material
- Be a minimum of 150 words
- Author must not engage in uncivil, inflammatory exchange with other commenters
Twitter
- Can submit individual tweet threads, or a whole account if it is dedicated to scholarly communication
- Author must not engage in uncivil, inflammatory exchange with other Twitter users
Reviews
- Review of academic texts (2500 word maximum)
- Scholarly analysis of pop-culture and literary works (2500 word maximum)
Science Communication
- blog posts, videos, or podcasts that summarize published research papers to make the knowledge more accessible to the general public
- Papers cited must be available as open source, and linked to in the text/description
Topics of interest
As the aim of Making Knowledge Public journal is to make knowledge public and to encourage others to do so, we encourage submissions W, we solicit works that specifically discuss open access in scholarly publishing, knowledge accessibility, and open pedagogy.
Miscellaneous
If you have created something that falls outside of the above categories but think it satisfies the Aims & Scope of our journal, please submit or email for further inquiry.
