The Rice Journal of Public Policy is Rice University's premier undergraduate journal of scholarship in domestic and international public policy, published by the James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, the top university-affiliated think tank in the world. The journal is entirely organized, written, edited, and designed by students, and seeks to publish work on nearly all issues in public policy.

RJPP publishes short-form articles throughout the year on this website as well as long-form papers in the printed journal published each Spring. Short-form articles are more informal opinion pieces of about 500-6oo words (comments) or 1,000-1,200 words (analysis), while long-form articles are formal research papers of about 4,000 words. RJPP not only publishes the work of our staff writers, but we also accept submissions from the community, to be reviewed and chosen for publication. See below for more information!

 

Interested in Writing for RJPP? 

Submit short-form and long-form pieces to ricejournalofpublicpolicy@gmail.com! 

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Submission Guidelines

Short-Form Analysis: 1,000-1,200 words

• Discussion of context, theory, and background issues

• Hypothesis and/or proposed policy change

• Rationale for change with properly cited evidence, including a consideration of potential drawbacks

• The path forwards

• MLA in-text citations and reference list

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Short-Form Comments/Blog Style: 500-600 words

• Brief explanation of current event that you are responding to

• Analysis of predicted impact of event/policy change

• Directly hyperlink words to cite

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Long-Form: 4,000+ words

• Sections to include:

  • Abstract/Executive Summary

  • Defining the Problem

  • Current Problem

  • New Policy Recommendation

  • Appendix (if necessary)

• Can be purely qualitative or include quantitative analysis

• Focuses on an American domestic or foreign policy problem

  • Can do something comparative but bring it back to the US​

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