Writing Guidelines
If you’re interested in writing for The Triple Helix, please contact the Oxford Editor in Chief. If you already have an idea for an article, please attach a brief abstract outlining the article you’d like to write. You can also write news & articles for the Online Publishing Divison of www.thetriplehelix.org. -> Read more
All Oxford undergrads are eligible and encouraged to write articles for The Triple Helix. We will select and publish as many articles written by active members as our page limit allows. Selected articles will go through an editorial process prior to publication. Writers who are members are required to correspond consistently with editors involving the writing and editorial process. Once your abstract has been accepted, your article will be expected to follow the following guidelines:
Article Guidelines
- Should be typewritten (MS Word preferred) in 12-point font, Times New Roman, single-spaced.
- Writers may choose to write a standard article, a brief article or a debate article.
- Standard articles are published at Cornell and have a maximum word count of 1200 words. Writers who write standard articles can indicate interest for promotion of their article to INTERNATIONAL FEATURE articles.
- International Feature articles are 2000 words long and published in all editions of the Triple helix across the world. One international feature will be chosen as our international cover article. Writers cannot choose to write the Feature. Promotion to feature from standard will be made after consent of the writer and the executive editor in chief.
- Brief articles are 750 words long and published at Cornell. Brief articles are not considered for promotion to international feature
- Each side of the debate article is 750 words long and written on a topic chosen by the managing editor.
- Debate articles are not considered for promotion to international feature
- Some articles will be published on the web as decided by the editorial board. These articles will only be referenced in a special table of contents in all print editions of the Triple Helix.
- Please DO NOT exceed or fall below your word limit by 100 words or more.
- Please include your name, year, and/or a 1-2 sentence description about yourself.
- Images related to your article and article titles are strongly encouraged but not required.
Sample Article Topics
- Litigation battles between companies
- Importance of patents to corporate success
- Patent Race
- Impact of other noteworthy research
- Description of major corporate/government/academic research
- SARS, mad cow
- Stem cell research
- Cloning
- Euthanasia
- ADD - normalizing?
- Depression - real or marketing gimmick