Middle and high school students have proven they wish to publish their scientific findings after completing an experiment or science project, and they are capable of doing so. As science publication evolves, we know more students will publish and receive transparent feedback.
After 12 years of publishing the Journal of Emerging Investigators, we are embarking on a new project that will change the landscape for middle and high school students to publish their preliminary work and receive feedback.
JEI with our partners will develop the first preprint server for secondary students. Post your paper and receive feedback from scientists all on a transparent and free platform.
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We are driven by the opportunity to help high school students learn to write about their scientific findings and receive feedback from read reviewers.
More updates will be published soon as we progress in the development of the first student focused preprint server.
Unlike traditional preprint servers where many papers receive no comments, the JEI team of 250+ reviewers will ensure every student receives thoughtful feedback.
After the server is launched in Q4 of 2024, our goal is 500+ submissions in the first year. With increasing results over time.
Today there is no preprint server, specifically designed for this age group, that provides a timely and transparent publication process that allows students to also receive feedback, comments and questions on their work. Join on on this journey.
We provide students with an opportunity to publish their work and receive at least one review from an experienced reviewer through The Journal of Emerging Investigators.
Over the last decade preprint servers have earned a place in academic writing to help students and professionals receive feedback.
We believe students deserve this same experience to receive feedback on their written work.
Our advisory board is comprised of experienced professionals who are dedicated to the success of the first preprint server for high school students.
As we build the first ever preprint server for middle and high school students, we would love to connect with you.
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The Journal of Emerging Investigators will utilize our 11 years of experience in the online publishing space to leverage the development and implementation of the first-ever preprint server designed for middle and high school students. Through programming professionals and our staff, we will develop a preprint server that allows students to submit their own scientific papers for direct publication, comments, questions and inquiries from other students and the JEI network of reviewers.
The preprint server will be created for, and is expected to receive, tens of thousands of submissions from students, and will be of particular service to those who live in disadvantaged rural and underserved communities who have limited access to other means of sharing their research. Peer-review and publication processes are essential to research and other scholarly work, yet the skills associated with these processes are rarely explicitly or consistently taught to developing scholars (Mattison, 2021). The outputs from the project will be:
Historically, science students only receive recognition through activities such as science fairs. However, with over 10 million United States students participating in science fairs each year, it is estimated that only 5% of the US population is receiving recognition for their work, feedback, questions and inquiries about how to improve their science (Hill, 2017). Moreover, evidence has shown that the location and availability of science fairs differs drastically based on geography (Grinnell, 2023). The disenfranchisement of rural people in science and research propagates a cultural divide between rural America and the scientific community (O'Neal, 2021). Providing an opportunity for students to share their scientific research broadly, freely, and transparently will help bridge the opportunity-gap that rural and other disadvantaged communities face. Our current work with the Journal of Emerging Investigators has shown that publication is an avenue that students are eager to use to share their research and engage with the scientific community. As science communication practices evolve, these advances should be (and can be) brought to the younger populations. There is a general understanding that rapid and transparent dissemination leads to rapid evaluation and this typically improves pace and quality of research (Stevens, 2017). According to the chart below of Biomedical preprints per month (through June 2020), there has been an explosion in use of preprint servers with the medical and science fields. In fact, a recent survey from e-Life shows that transparency and communication is the number one priority to improve research communication and culture in biology and medicine. While these factors are important to the professional level science community, the pre-college science community is lagging behind. Providing the experience of publishing their work to thousands or tens of thousands of students allows for many opportunities to receive feedback. Moreover, teaching secondary students about the value and importance of scientific preprint services, and allowing them to publish their findings on one specifically designed for their age and grade, will truly change the communication, transparency and accessibility of science for youth.
This is the path of the future for scientific dissemination, and students shouldn’t be left out of important scientific advances. Our proposed preprint server will bring professional scientific practices to the students, unveiling the inner workings of the scientific enterprise and engaging them in an authentic practice that will connect them to the scientific community and help build their science literacy. And unlike other preprint servers, we will be dedicated to providing transparent, publicly available, peer-review of each article, which we have shown to be impactful on student outcomes. The preprint server will continue to be maintained by JEI indefinitely to allow students to submit their work, receive feedback and consider the option to publish. Following the initial launch, JEI will have minimal costs for long-term sustainability but will continue to seek grants, contributions and support to maintain this important resources for students.
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