The Journal of Young Investigators: An Undergraduate, Peer-Reviewed Science Journal
Benefits
- Proofreading and editing to improve your scientific writing and chance of acceptance.
- A chance to network with other students internationally.
- Training workshops on scientific writing.
- Access to a range of documents on best writing practices.
SciEdit Submission Checklist
- Read this contract (Author Contract) and sign at the bottom.
- Email your manuscript as a Microsoft Word file format to eic at removeme.jyi.org. Attach the Author Contract with this email.
- After your manuscript has been reviewed (around 3 weeks later), you will receive an email from the Editor in Chief indicating recommended improvements to your manuscript.
- SciEdit requests that you please acknowledge us in your published manuscript so that other authors can hear about our service.
Significant investments have been made in strengthening research capabilities in emerging economies. Yet, scientists from these countries remain underrepresented in the published scientific literature. Without research results being shared, the full benefit in research investment is not being realized. The fact that most international scientific publications are written in English makes it difficult to compete on an equal basis. Prospective authors may be unfamiliar with editorial conventions, face pressure to write in English and be uncertain about which journals to submit to. Manuscripts are also more likely to be rejected at smaller journals if they seem to require more editing than they can afford to provide.
The Journal of Young Investigators (JYI, Inc.) is a non-profit international peer-reviewed online science journal and news source offering a new scientific manuscript editing service for students in developing countries. JYI aims to create high-quality educational experiences for students that encourage active, critical examination of scientific ideas through peer-review, editing and scientific journalism. A group of elite university students with successful publication track-records in submitting to top peer-reviewed science journals including Nature and Science will edit your manuscript and provide constructive feedback specific to your goals. Getting your science published in a peer-reviewed journal is challenging, and even more so coming from emerging regions of scientific excellence. We appreciate these challenges, and hope to encourage and assist you in communicating your science to the world.
If you have any questions about the SciEdit service, please contact the Editor in Chief at eic at removeme.jyi.org.
Downloads
Forms for submission
- Author contract
- An agreement between the submission author and JYI.
- Review contract
- An agreement between the reviewer and JYI.
Review policy and examples
- Submission and Review policy
- JYI's policy with regard to article submissions. Also contains information regarding the submission and review process.
- Review timeline
- A timeline of the various stages an article goes through during review.
- Example review 1
- Some examples of an editor's comments with regard to various parts of an article.
- Example review 2
- Some examples of an editor's comments with regard to various parts of an article.
- Example review 3
- Some examples of an editor's comments with regard to various parts of an article.
List of peer review publications
SciEdit operated free of charge by graduate students based at top academic institutions including Harvard and Stanford with track-records in publishing at international journals including Nature family of journals and Science. Here are a select list of peer-reviewed publications by our editors.
- Ghimire, L.V., Pun, M. Health effects of Maoist insurgency in Nepal. Lancet. 2006 Oct 28; 368(9546):1494. PMID: 17071281
- Call, G.B., Olson, J.M., Chen, J., Villarasa. N., Patananan, A.N., et al. Genome-wide clonal analysis of lethal mutations in the Drosophila melanogaster eye: comparison of the X-chromosome and autosomes. Genetics. 2007; 177, 689-697.
- Ali, F., Jadavji, N.M., Ong, W.C.H., Pandey, K.R., Patananan, A.N., Prabhala, H.K., Yang, C.H. Supporting Undergraduate Research. Science. 2007; 317, 42.
- Evans, C.J., Olson, J.M., Ngo, K.T., Kim, E., Lee, N.E., Kuoy, E., Patananan, A.N., Sitz, D., Tran, P.T., Do, Yackle, K., Cespedes, A., Hartenstein, V., Call, G.B., Banerjee, U. G-TRACE: a rapid, in vivo screening technique for Gal4-expression-based cell lineage analysis in Drosophila. Submitted to Nature Methods (2008).
- Pun, M. Mortality on Mount Everest - Important points in analysing deaths on Mount Everest. British Medical Journal 2009;338:b41
- Zahn, R., Moll, J., Iyengar, V., Huey, E.D., Tierney, M., Krueger, F., Grafman, J. Social conceptual impairments in frontotemporal dementia with right anterior temporal hypometabolism. Accepted to journal Brain.
- Chakma, J. The next generation: a biotech renaissance? Nature Biotechnology. 2009; 27(2), 1-2. In Press.