International Journal of High School Research (IJHSR)

IJHSR accepts submissions for either "original research" performed by high school student authors or "literature review" on a specific topic written by high school students. $250 publication fee after January 1, 2023 ($200 for articles submitted until December 31, 2022) will be requested once the article is accepted for publication after a review process. A copy of the printed journal will be mailed to authors once the articles are published. Your library may ask for subscription (Annual US rate $300 and International rate $400, including shipping) to receive every printed issue.

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All submitted articles are subject to plagiarism check by TurnItIn before they are accepted. A refund would not be given when an article is retracted by the editor for ethical reasons after its publication.

We highly encourage all students to read The Science of Scientific Writing Guide and use it as they are drafting their manuscripts.

All manuscripts published by IJHSR are indexed internationally by EBSCO, which makes it available to be searched by most libraries around the world.

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Research Article:

High school students and mentors from any country can submit their advanced level research to be considered for publication in IJHSR. Students who receive awards at regional, national and international science fairs are highly encouraged to submit their work to reach out to a greater audience and take their research to a higher level of presentation by publishing with IJHSR. Research articles should include discussion and presentation of new experimental data and original research performed by the authors. Authors should make sure that their research has not been published elsewhere and they must point out what makes their research different than similar articles published in literature.

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Review Article:

A review article, also called a literature review, is a survey of previously published research on a topic. It should give an overview of current thinking on the theme and, unlike an original research article, won’t present new experimental results. The objective of a literature review is to provide a critical evaluation of the data available from existing studies and published work by other authors. Review articles can identify potential research areas to explore next, and sometimes they will draw new conclusions from the existing data. If you’ve been working on a topic for a while, writing a review article gives you the opportunity to share what you’ve learned. You should find a topic of interest, search literature for articles published in that topic, redefine the scope of your research if there are too many articles published (such limit can be for certain years or a specific subtopic), read all articles published in the focused topic/years, summarize the articles by looking at similarities differences and contradictions between articles. For more tips on how to write a review article, please visit this website or visit this website. IJHSR will only accept 2-3 review articles per issue and thus the process is EXTREMELY selective.

• IJHSR accepts submissions for either "original research" performed by high school student authors or literature reviews on a specific topic written by high school students.
• All submitted articles are subject to plagiarism check by TurnItIn before they are accepted. A refund would not be given when an article is retracted by the editor for ethical reasons after its publication.

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• The following templates must be used for your submission: Formatting must be followed exactly, and papers should be fully edited before submission. Failure to do so will result in the paper being rejected without review.
  • Download and use the IJHSR Research Article Template to help structure your paper for original research article submissions.
  • Download and use the IJHSR Review Article Template to help structure your paper for literature review submissions.
• When you are ready to submit (articles correctly placed in correct template and with proper citations), please EMAIL your article to editor@terraed.org as a single document named as “LastName_FirstName” or “LastName_LastName_LastName” (if multiple authors). Any images (including figures, formulas) used in the article should be submitted separately in high resolution and .png format in the same email with the article.
• For help typing formulas, we recommend using the free one-month trial of MathType.
• Please provide at least 3 suggested reviewers for your paper. Reviewers must be outside your organization and be experts who did not help you in your research. They may be people you referenced in your paper, people you admire or wish to work with in the future. It is recommended that you contact your suggested reviewers ahead of time to see if they are available.
• For submissions, send the paper and any images used in paper as a single email to editor@terraed.org

• We also provide a publication scholarship for students who receive Free/Reduced lunch (dependent on school documentation).
• IJHSR does not wish to have our fees prevent any student from publishing their work. Please contact editor@terraed.org directly if you have other circumstances that may qualify you for a publication scholarship. For any publication fee scholarship, please contact the editor with free/reduced lunch documentation or detailing your circumstances, once your paper is accepted for publication.