Works can be submitted into 7 primary fields (if you would like to submit an article under a different category, please let us know):

 

1. Mathematics
2. Physics/Astronomy
3. Biology/Health
4. Chemistry
5. Terrestrial Science
6. Tech/Engineering
7. Social

 

By sending your work to be published on Spectra, you agree to the following conditions. There are two cases in which students may submit their work:

 

Submitting an article paper (informal) » 

 

The procedure for approval will be conducted as such:

1. You will need to send a submission request the “Submit Your Work” form and your article must be sent to spectra.staff19@gmail.com (attached as a PDF), where, based on the uniqueness of the topic, its relevance to STEM fields, and the quality of writing, the article will be either approved or denied for publication. We will notify you of our decision within 1~5 days.

2. If approved, your article will be sent to the editors’ committee, where they will revise your writing in terms of grammar, prose, and citations. The information presented in the article will not be changed. Further communication for clarification purposes may be necessary during the editing process. Within a week, the revised article will be emailed back to you for you to confirm the revisions, while also asking for your credentials (grade, school, and country)

3. After you have confirmed your article’s revisions, the editors will send it to the technology committee, where it will be published, with full credits given to you as the author.

 

By submitting your work, you indicate that you have understood and agreed with this procedure. The Spectra committees reserve the right to decline your article at any point in this procedure. If the situation requires it, we also reserve the right to take down your article from Spectra. While the formats of publicly submitted and writers’ committee articles are identical, for publicly submitted articles, there will not be an “About the Author” section, and we will mention that this article was publicly submitted.

 

We will not take responsibility for your article if we or a third party finds out that your information has been plagiarised after publication. We will immediately remove the article in this case. Spectra Publications will also work towards preventing other sources from plagiarising your work in this website, but that will not be our responsibility, either.

 

 

Submitting a research paper (formal) »

 

Submitting a research paper requires a stricter process for accuracy and quality of information presented is the highest priority:

1. You will need to send a submission request through the “Submit Your Work” form found on the “Contact/Work With Us” page of our website and you will need to send your research paper to spectra.staff19@gmail.com, where it will be approved/denied. This decision will be based on its relevance to mathematics and science fields, the accuracy of information, and (depending on the type of research paper) the quality of writing. You will be notified by the same email you submitted whether your research paper is approved or denied. (Takes 1~5 days).

2. If approved, we will further require you to have your paper approved by a professional. This can be a high school teacher, university teacher, or anyone else with a degree in the field of study. We will require them to send us an email with your research paper attached, along with the following:

   1. His/her approval of this research paper being published on Spectra

   2. His/her expertise in the field of study (such as job, degree, education, etc.)

   3. His/her statement that nothing in this paper has been plagiarized in any way, and the paper has proper citations.

   4. Confirmation that all information is accurate and unbiased.

   5. Confirmation that the student author presents at least one original argument on to the topic covered — the report should not merely be a summary of what is already known.

3. Once we receive the email, we will send your research paper to the technology committee to be published on our website, where you and the professional will be credited with your respective roles (as the author and reviewer/approver).

 

By submitting your work, you have understood and agreed with this procedure. You will also agree to be respectful to the Spectra student workers communicators. The Spectra committees reserve the right to decline your research paper before and during this procedure. We also have the right to take down your research paper from Spectra, if the situation requires us to. While the format of publicly submitted research and research made by the organization is identical, there will not be an “about the author” section and we will mention that this article was a publicly submitted work.

 

If any of the statements in your paper are found to be false, or if we find plagiarism in your paper, we reserve the right to take down your research paper from the Spectra website. We will not take responsibility for any problems occurring from your report(s), such as plagiarism or misleading information.