Top Journals for High School Students
Updated: Dec 29, 2021
It can be hard to know where to start when thinking about getting your research published, especially as a high school student. For lots of prestigious journals, you must at least be an undergraduate student to publish.
Here, we have compiled a list of some of the most well-regarded journals in which high school students can publish their work.
1. Journal of Student Research
Multidisciplinary
An academic, multidisciplinary, and faculty-reviewed Journal (Houston, Texas) devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research published by high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
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2. The Columbia Junior Science Journal
Sciences, Engineering
Supported by the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, The Columbia Junior Science Journal is a high school research journal seeking one to two page original research papers or two to five page review articles. It provides high school students with a platform to publish manuscripts in the fields of natural sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and social sciences
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3. The Concord Review
History
The Concord Review, Inc., was founded in March 1987 to recognize and to publish exemplary history essays by high school students in the English-speaking world. With the Spring Issue (#124), have been published from authors in 46 states and 41 other countries. The Concord Review remains the only quarterly journal in the world to publish the academic history papers of secondary students.
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4. IEEE Access
Multidisciplinary
IEEE Access is a multidisciplinary, all-electronic archival journal, continuously presenting the results of original research or development across all IEEE’s fields of interest. Supported by article processing charges (APC), its hallmarks are a rapid peer review and publication process of 4 to 6 weeks, with open access to all readers.
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5. The National High School Journal of Science
Sciences
The National High School Journal of Science is a free, online, student-run and peer-reviewed research journal that is targeted towards high school students. Striving to bring science to a wider audience and engaging students in learning beyond the classroom walls, this journal hopes to expose young people to new ideas and topics. This high school student-run science journal always welcomes aspiring scientists to submit articles and to get involved with our publishing process.
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6. Questioz
Multidisciplinary
Questioz is an international online journal of high school research that is dedicated to promoting research and the spirit of intellectual enquiry spanning all academic disciplines - Humanities, Natural Sciences, Math, Engineering and Social Sciences - among high school students globally.
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7. Curieux Academic Journal
Multidisciplinary
The Curieux Academic Journal is a youth-led 5O1.C.3 nonprofit founded in 2017 to publish exceptional research by high school and middle school students. The journal currently operates in California but has editors from across the nation. Submitting your paper to Curieux is a great way to get experience in the craft of academic writing, learn from their editors, and help your ideas blossom. They are open to submissions from any academic subject including the sciences and humanities.
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8. International Journal of High School Research
Multidisciplinary
IJHSR selects the highest quality of high school student research work in all areas of science, including the behavioral and social sciences, technology, engineering, and math. IJHSR publishes both original research or literature review articles. Six issues are published each year. IJHSR has a rolling admission without a deadline and has an open access to the public.
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9. International Scholastic Journal of Science
Sciences
The International Scholastic Journal of Science is an entry-level, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing the original research of secondary students in all areas of the natural sciences. The ISJOS is edited by Dr. Jonathan Eales. Papers submitted to the ISJOS undergo an editorial selection process and are then forwarded to a member of the Peer Review Board, which consists of current and former secondary school science teachers. The ISJOS publishes papers on a rolling basis as they are received throughout the year.
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10. Journal of Emerging Investigators
Biological and Physical Sciences
The Journal of Emerging Investigators is an open-access journal that publishes original research in the biological and physical sciences that is written by middle and high school students. JEI provides students, under the guidance of a teacher or advisor, the opportunity to submit and gain feedback on original research and to publish their findings in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Because grade-school students often lack access to formal research institutions, it is expected that the work submitted by students may come from classroom-based projects, science fair projects, or other forms of mentor-supervised research.
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11. Journal of Youths in Science
Sciences
JOURNYS was founded eleven years ago when students noticed a gap in mainstream science publications. Although there were plenty of science journals available for professional researchers, as well as science articles written for lay audiences, there was nothing available for high school students who had already begun their science education and wanted to broaden their knowledge. Additionally, most magazines were not published by young adults, so there was no way for high school students to access the publication process from a scientific viewpoint.
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