Top 5 Neuroscience Journals for High School Students to Publish Their Research
A concise list.
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List of Neuroscience Journals
1. National High School Journal of Science (NHSJS)
Description: NHSJS is a free, student-run, and peer-reviewed journal designed for high school students. Their Scientist Advisory Board will provide valuable feedback if your research makes it to the peer review stage. Submission types include original research, short articles, reviews of books, films, or exhibitions that would be of interest.
Cost: Free
Deadline: Throughout the Year
Types of Research:
Original Research: Original research papers are expected to present findings in research. These manuscripts will be reviewed by peer and professional reviewers. Research articles must include an abstract, an introduction, six figures or tables, sections with subheadings, and a maximum of 40 references.
Short Articles
Reports: describe significant developments. There is a maximum of 40 references and 4 figures or tables. Reports should not just summarize known information, but should inform the reader about ongoing research or new advances being made. High school students interested in conducting a literature review should contact the Editor to confirm that NHSJS is an appropriate journal for the submission.
Policy: presents issues related to science that have public policy implications.
Media: presents reviews of current books, multimedia, exhibitions, and films of interest to NHSJS readers.
Technical Comments: These discuss papers published in the NHSJS within the previous months. You are allowed up to two figures or tables. Authors of the original paper are given an opportunity to reply.
Letters: discuss material published in the NHSJS past months or address issues of general interest. Letters can be submitted directly to the editor here. Letters will be acknowledged and reviewed before inclusion in the journal. Letters are subject to editing for clarity and space, and it is up to the editor to decide whether to publish the whole letter or just an excerpt.
3. International Youth Neuroscience Association Journal (IYNA)
Description: IYNA Journal is also run by high school students and undergraduate college students and is not a peer-reviewed journal.
Cost: Free
Deadline: Throughout the Year
Type of research: Original Research articles
Submission Process:
Write and Submit: Articles should be based on reliable primary and secondary sources (Wikipedia and similar sources are not acceptable). We recommend using Pubmed to find sources. Please make sure you read the editing process below carefully. Gross deviations from the IYNA Editing and Formatting Guidelines will result in the automatic rejection of a submitted article. However, you are always welcome to make changes to a rejected article and resubmit for further consideration.
Format Round 1: Your article will be reviewed by our Managing Editor who will review the article within 2-5 weeks of receiving it and ensure that it follows the IYNA Formatting
Format Round 2: Your article will be reviewed by our Managing Editor who again will, within 2-5 weeks of receiving the article, review it and ensure that it follows the IYNA Formatting and Editorial Guidelines.
Editing Round 1: Your article will be reviewed by a senior editor and 2 junior editors, who will review the article within 2-5 weeks
Editing Round 2: When received with your improvements, the article will enter its final round of revision and be edited by another team of 1 senior editor and 1 junior editor
Compilation and Publication: Finally, our journal leadership team will compile usually 10 articles (with related pages) of the to-be-published issue into one document to be later uploaded onto the IYNA Journal website. Typical timeline length of an article to be published varies but average time is 3-6 months.
3. Stanford Neuroscience Journal Club
Description: This program was created to mentor high school students interested in neuroscience. In this program, students participate in once-a-month meetings where students and Stanford scientists read and discuss literature and newsworthy developments in the field of neuroscience.
Cost: Free
Deadline: Spring 2024
Types of Research: Scientific Literature
4. Grey Matters
Description: This undergraduate neuroscience journal published a neuroscience journal each quarter. This journal also combines artistic expression with scientific research, that makes this journal stand out. High School students can easily submit their research proposals as their goal is to make neuroscience research as accessible as possible
Cost: Free
Deadline: Throughout the Year
Types of Research: Research articles
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5. IMPULSE
Description: IMPULSE, an online journal for undergraduate research in neurosciences, encourages undergraduate students from every institution to compose quality research articles. Because most research done by undergraduates, whether to fulfill a thesis or major or to aid the research of other scientists, goes unwritten and unpublished, IMPULSE is the perfect outlet for undergraduates and high school students to engage in the process of writing and publishing and to become familiar with the complete process of scientific publication.
Cost: Free
Deadline: Rolling
Type of Research: Research articles
Common Reasons for Rejections:
flaws in experimental design
incorrect interpretation of data
flaws in language usage
plagiarism or incorrect citation of references
incorrect/incomplete authorship.
Written by Shaan Manchinasetty. Previously published on RishabAcademy.com.
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