Vanderbilt University’s Young Scientist - A High School Research Journal

The Young Scientist is a peer-reviewed journal focused on communicating scientific work performed by high school students. It is a product of the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach, a group that is dedicated to enhancing scientific and technological literacy through the establishment of unique partnerships between Vanderbilt University scientists, K-12 educators and students, and the local and global science community.

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Students who wish to submit original research should download the  Young-Scientist-Template to create their manuscript and supporting files. The Abstract and Introduction (which includes Background and Significance) should be written for a more general audience such that anyone with or without a science background can understand the purpose and overall goal of the work subsequently described. These sections are followed by more technical Methods, Results, and Discussion sections, which should be readable to a person familiar with scientific research (but not necessarily in the field of expertise).

• High school students who have completed a research project in the last 1-2 years. 
• Co-authors (including the principal investigator/mentor of the lab) must be aware of the submission and willing to sign the Young-Scientist-Contributor-Agreement. 
• Participants must be willing to revise their submissions and complete each step in the peer-review process.

• December 1

• Download the Young-Scientist-Template and complete it accordingly.
• There is a 3000 word maximum for each article (this includes all article sections – Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References, and Supporting Information list).
• There is a 3 figure and 1 table limit for each article.
• There is a 30 citation maximum for each article.
• Any additional figures or tables can be mentioned in the article as Supporting figures/tables (Supporting Information). These figures will be available online but not in the print version. If additional figures/tables are necessary, please list them in the Supporting Information section and upload the actual files during submission.
• Any figures can be inserted directly into the template. You must also submit them separately as individual .jpg files.
• Table of contents image that summarizes your project.
• Citations/references.
• Please email your complete submission to young.scientist@vanderbilt.edu.

• Submissions are reviewed within two weeks, after which authors may be asked to revise their manuscripts according to reviewers’ feedback within a month.