The ME Review
Submission Instructions and Policies
Who submits
Students in High Impact BYU Experiential Research (HIYER), offered through BYU Mechanical Engineering, submit a paper at the end of their second semester as a course requirement. Each volume represents one HIYER cohort. Papers should accurately represent the research at the time of submission; the research project may still be ongoing.
Submission checklist
Submit after completing HIYER's required internal review process.
- Template: Use the required HIYER Overleaf or Microsoft Word template.
- File: Upload one complete manuscript, including figures, tables, references, and any appendices. PDF is preferred; Microsoft Word is also accepted. RTF is not accepted.
- Title and abstract: Enter these in the submission form and ensure they match the manuscript.
- Authors: Enter all authors and affiliations in the agreed order. All authors must approve the submitted version.
- Keywords: Provide 3–5 keywords describing your research.
- Disciplines: Select 3–5 relevant disciplines. Adjust the preselected disciplines to match your paper.
- Document type: Select Article.
- Cover Page Footnote: Optional. Use this for brief acknowledgments or funding information intended to appear on the generated cover page.
- Cover letter: No cover letter is required.
Manuscript preparation
Follow the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines and the official HIYER template.
Review and corrections
By submitting, you confirm that your paper has completed HIYER's required internal review process. The editors primarily check formatting and manuscript preparation requirements and may return the paper for corrections before publication.
Copyright and submission elsewhere
Authors retain copyright in their work and grant BYU nonexclusive permission to archive and make the submitted manuscript publicly accessible through The ME Review.
The ME Review does not require exclusive publication rights. Work under submission or review elsewhere may be included, provided that posting the submitted version does not conflict with another publisher's terms or other existing restrictions. Authors are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions.
Authors may subsequently submit or publish their work elsewhere, subject to the requirements of the other publication.
See the Publication Ethics Statement for author responsibilities. Questions may be directed to the editors.