Journals to Publish Research for Students

This is a compilation of Journals that Publish Research conducted by Undergraduate, Graduate and High school Students.

The article presents a list of journals where student can present their research work to the community at large. The journals are grouped by

  • Business and Economics
  • History
  • Humanities
  • Interdisciplinary Journals
  • Mathematics
  • Multidisciplinary Journals
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy
  • Politics and Global Studies
  • Psychology
  • STEM

Business and Economics

Issues in Political Economy

Issues in Political Economy is committed to supporting and encouraging quality undergraduate research in all areas of economics. Through the process of research, writing, and peer review, students actively engage the discipline in a way not possible by simply listening to lectures and reading textbooks. Issues in Political Economy is edited and refereed entirely by students, with oversight from faculty at the University of Mary Washington and Elon University. The only requirements for submission are that the article pertains to some aspect of economics, that it was written during undergraduate study, and that it be submitted through a faculty sponsor. Though submissions on all topics in economics will receive consideration, papers should be analytical and seek to add new understanding to the topic.

Journal for Global Business and Community

The Journal for Global Business and Community is a multidisciplinary e-journal dedicated to serving those participating in and affected by the global economy. It offers undergraduate students a venue for publishing works that explore the functional dimensions of global business organizations and behavior or discuss the relationships between these businesses and the global economy with the political, social, cultural, economic, legal, technological, and ethical issues derived from those relationships. All submissions are subject to student and faculty review.

Michigan Journal of Business

The Michigan Journal of Business is an academic journal published annually by undergraduates at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. The Michigan Journal of Business seeks to encourage undergraduate research related to the fields of business and economics. By recognizing and publishing high-quality papers, the Journal provides an incentive for students to conduct research, explore academic areas of interest, and contribute to the body of academic knowledge. The Michigan Journal of Business aims to publish distinguished theses, empirical research, case studies, and theories relating to the areas of accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, operations management, information systems, business law, corporate ethics, and public policy.

The Developing Economist

Longhorn Chapter of the Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society and the Department of Economics at the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Our mission is to publish exemplary undergraduate research in the fields of Economics, Mathematics, Political Economy, Finance, and Public Policy while fostering a culture of undergraduate academic research at The University of Texas at Austin community.

Undergraduate Economic Review

The UER is a peer-reviewed journal aimed at promoting high-quality undergraduate research. It is supported by the Department of Economics and The Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University. 

History

History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research: App State

History Matters is an undergraduate history journal that is published annually on this website by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. At History Matters, our goal is to publish the best undergraduate historical research possible. In doing so, we would like to provide an opportunity for top undergraduates from a variety of schools to be recognized for their work, become familiar with the publishing process, and engage in student-faculty collaboration. We are especially seeking research papers that utilize primary sources. 

Columbia Journal of History

The Columbia Journal of History (CJH), formerly the Columbia Undergraduate Journal of History, is a publication of the Undergraduate History Council at Columbia University. The Journal was founded to provide opportunities for undergraduate students to contribute their research to the field of history. Our Executive Board reviews student submissions from history departments across the United States and abroad, and selects about 10% of submissions for inclusion in each biannual edition. The Columbia Journal of History is an independent, peer-reviewed undergraduate research publication that promotes intellectual inquiry and recognizes outstanding historical literature on diverse subjects. Our Editors welcome the submission of historical research papers produced in seminars, upper-level electives, independent study, and/or thesis programs. 

Grand Valley Journal of History

Established by Grand Valley State University’s History Department in 2011, the Grand Valley Journal of History is a student-operated publication that seeks to provide undergraduate students of any discipline with the opportunity to publish their historical research. The Journal helps undergraduate students to interact professionally with their fellow scholars in the world beyond the safe confines of their universities, while preparing them for further education and fulfilling careers.

The Vanderbilt Historical Review

The Vanderbilt Historical Review is a student-run, undergraduate journal of history that works in close collaboration with our Phi Alpha Theta chapter. We strive to provide a forum that promotes the discussion of history and help showcase the exceptional work of students from all over the world.

Ezra’s Archives

Ezra’s Archives is a publication put forth annually by the Cornell Historical Society. This journal, launched in the Spring of 2011, showcases stellar examples of undergraduate research in the field of history. In the Fall of 2011, Ezra’s Archives expanded to accept submissions from undergraduates at other universities. The next issue of Ezra’s Archives will be published in the Spring of 2021.

Humanities

Undergraduate Journal of Service-Learning and Community-Based Research

The Undergraduate Journal of Service-Learning and Community-Based Research is a new, refereed, multidisciplinary, online undergraduate journal that will advance knowledge in new scholarly arenas by presenting intellectual and reflective work by undergraduate students.  The Undergraduate Journal of Service-Learning and Community-Based Research is committed to publishing a wide variety of topics related to service-learning and community-based research from undergraduate scholars. Accepted articles contribute to the literature on service-learning and community-based research through reflection, research, or analysis. As service-learning and community-based research endeavors expand in academia, this journal strives to publish work expanding the knowledge of this type of research as well as overall awareness of service-learning and community-based research experiences.  

Apollon Undergraduate eJournal

At Apollon, we strive to publish superior examples of undergraduate humanities research from a variety of disciplines as well as intellectual approaches. Our goal is to engage students in every stage of the process, beginning with student-faculty collaboration in generating undergraduate scholarship and finishing with the release of a polished digital journal. Apollon strives to take advantage of the unique opportunity of venturing into the digital humanities by engaging with image, text, sound, video, and a variety of presentation platforms in the process of showcasing the many species of undergraduate research.

Inquiries Journal

INQUIRIES Journal, formerly Student Pulse, is an open-access academic journal that highlights the work of students at the undergraduate level and above. The journal publishes work across a range of academic disciplines with a particular focus on the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

Interdisciplinary Journals

1890: A Journal of Undergraduate Research

The purpose of 1890: A Journal of Undergraduate Research is to provide undergraduate students the opportunity to demonstrate their interests and abilities in various disciplines by accepting works of research, creative writing, poetry, reviews, and art. New Plains Student Publishing uses 1890 to encourage, recognize, and reward intellectual and creative activity beyond the classroom by providing a forum that builds a cohesive academic community.

Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research publishes original, scholarly research undertaken by undergraduates from any college or university. BJUR builds upon and strengthens Butler’s commitment to quality undergraduate research by providing an outlet for the publication of outstanding undergraduate scholarship across the humanities, social and natural sciences.

Duke Vertices

Duke’s Premier Undergraduate, Peer-Reviewed Research Journal, Blog, and Club.
We provide original, student-composed content that creatively analyzes all things related to research. This includes our blog posts, and, very soon, publications of original research done by college students across the country.

We are additionally dedicated to highlighting diverse voices in science.

Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography

The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography (JUE) is an online publication for undergraduate academic writing. The JUE seeks to publish original ethnographic research by undergraduate students working in a variety of disciplines. Our goal is to bring readers insights into subcultures, practices, and social institutions. We expect crossovers with anthropology, sociology, urban studies, and area studies, as well as programs in education, design, or management.

ISSN 2369-8721

Journal of Undergraduate Research

JUR is a peer-reviewed, undergraduate journal registered with the Library of Congress that accepts submissions of any subject, from any undergraduate institution. We receive hundreds of submissions for publication every year, from institutions ranging from small liberal arts colleges to international institutions. The review process for publication includes peer, graduate, and faculty referees, ensuring that the Journal publishes competitive material that follows the Journal’s standards for academic, creative, and passionate work. We are always accepting submissions. Currently, our queue of submissions takes about nine months for an initial decision. A Library of Congress Recognized Journal.

JOURney: UNC-Chapel Hill

Our annual journal is dedicated to the publication of outstanding faculty-mentored research conducted by current undergraduate students. We publish research in the disciplines of natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Our goal is to celebrate and support the original research conducted early in students’ academic careers that reflects appropriate scope and complexity for excellent undergraduate work.

Liberated Arts: A Journal for Undergraduate Research


Huron At Western is a fervent supporter of undergraduate research. Liberated Arts publishes radical and original student research on a variety of topics, with the aim of helping students participate in our wider academic research community. The journal is interdisciplinary in scope and perspective, and is founded on the academic collaboration between students, faculty and staff. We publish the best in undergraduate student research, and also welcome original graphics for the front journal ‘cover’. Our annual deadline is January 15th, and authors should expect to hear from the editors by early March of that year.

Papers & Publications Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research

Papers & Publications (P&P) is a regional, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal of undergraduate research and creative works published and supported by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA) at the University of North Georgia. This journal promotes student learning by disseminating undergraduate research and creative works that make an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline or to applied practice.

ISSN: 2325-2502

Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring

Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (PURM) is an open-access, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal supporting the mission of undergraduate research and the programs that strive to provide undergraduate students opportunities to participate in scholarly activities with faculty mentors. PURM currently runs on a themed-issue format, but general submissions are also welcomed. Each annual issue is released in the fall. Please see the Call for Papers for information on the current theme. PURM is an open-access journal, meaning that users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles. 

ISSN: 2157-7307

Pursue: Undergraduate Research Journal

The scholarly journal, “PURSUE”, provides undergraduates an avenue to publish their original research articles in the following areas: (but not limited to) psychology, sociology, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, humanities, agriculture, architecture, business, and education. The original research articles included in this journal are peer-reviewed and selected by the journal’s Editorial Board. The review process allows undergraduate researchers to receive feedback from notable scientists in their field of study and teach them about the publication process. The journal is open to undergraduates from all Colleges and Universities.

ISSN 2575-159X

Reinvention: An International Journal of Educational Research

Reinvention is an online, peer-reviewed journal, dedicated to the publication of high-quality undergraduate student research. The journal welcomes academic articles from all disciplinary areas and all universities.

The Honors Review

The Honors Review is a nationally competitive multidisciplinary journal seeking illuminating, insightful, and contemporary research at the undergraduate level. Students need not be members of Honors Programs to submit papers.

The primary goal of The Honors Review is to give all undergraduates the opportunity to participate in scholarly conversations within their disciplines and to expose them to the dialogue that occurs between a journal and a contributor in editing an article for publication. The Honors Review will provide its authors with the unique chance to receive prompt and personal feedback during the editing process through the use of private online discussion forums.

The Lookout: ECU

The Lookout is a journal of undergraduate research and creative writing dedicated to showcasing the writing prowess of students from all disciplines at East Carolina University. This journal includes research papers, literary analysis papers, poems, and creative writing from various students in different disciplines at East Carolina University. 

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Undergraduate Research Journal

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Undergraduate Research Journal is an open-access and peer-reviewed journal of scholarly work conducted by undergraduate students. The goals of this journal are to 1) provide a platform through which undergraduate students who conduct novel research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte may publish their work, 2) allow students on the review board to experience the peer review process, and 3) share research that is conducted at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with the Charlotte community and beyond. Manuscripts undergo a rigorous review process by a board of student and faculty reviewers. This journal accepts scholarly work from multiple disciplines.

An open-access journal

Y Ddraig Goch: An Interdisciplinary Journal: UNCG

In these essential times of conversation, we all have something to say. As the global climate is escalating amid racial injustices and an environmental crisis, we are continuously learning and using this new information to change and shape our previous thoughts and opinions. Race and the Environment have been a topic of discussion all around the world. Not only is it important to have conversations, but to continue to listen, read, and learn. It is vital for us all to educate and learn from one another.

Mathematics

Involve: A Journal of Mathematics

Involve showcases and encourages high-quality mathematical research involving students from all academic levels. The editorial board consists of mathematical scientists committed to nurturing student participation in research. Submissions in all mathematical areas are encouraged. All manuscripts accepted for publication in Involve are considered publishable in quality journals in their respective fields, and include a minimum of one-third student authorship. Submissions should include substantial faculty input; faculty co-authorship is required. The submission (and accompanying cover letter) should in all cases come from a faculty member. Involve, bridging the gap between the extremes of purely undergraduate-research journals and mainstream research journals, provides a venue to mathematicians wishing to encourage the creative involvement of students.

The Mathematics Exchange

The Mathematics Exchange is a journal for undergraduate research in the mathematical sciences. It is a forum for student activities, which are not necessarily original research but go beyond standard classroom material.  Among other information, issues contain senior thesis abstracts, extra-curricular projects, and seminar and colloquium papers.

Minnesota Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics

The Minnesota Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics focuses on original mathematical research done primarily by undergraduate researchers in all areas of mathematics and its applications.  Faculty may be involved in the research and writing, through advising, mentoring, and editing, but the majority of the original work and writing must be completed by students. Students must have completed the research while undergraduates, although they do not need to be undergraduates at the time of submission. Each paper must be sponsored by a faculty sponsor familiar with the work who will write a letter of support.

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

The Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal is devoted entirely to papers written by undergraduates on topics related to the mathematical sciences. Although the authors need not be undergraduates at the time of submission or publication, the work must have been completed before graduation. The journal will be distributed freely in an electronic format from this site. In order to maintain a high level of exposition, each paper must be sponsored by a mathematician familiar with the student’s work and each paper will be refereed. The editor-in-chief will make the final decision for publication. The Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal is sponsored by the Mathematics Department at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Multidisciplinary Journals

Undergraduate Research Journal

Undergraduate Research is a national double-blind, educator-reviewed print and electronic journal published annually in the Winter. The journal is a forum for multidisciplinary undergraduate research and creative endeavors within higher education. Debuting in Winter 2020, Undergraduate Research publishes research and creative endeavors from undergraduate students enrolled in institutions of higher education from across the United States. This journal highlights the best of mentored undergraduate scholarly products across all disciplines from all types of higher education institutions.

Portales: The LAIC Undergraduate Journal

PORTALES: is the undergraduate journal of the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. Founded in 2015, Portales publishes academic and creative work to foster interest in Latin American and Iberian cultures and celebrate undergraduate academic research.

American Journal of Undergraduate Research

American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR) is a national, independent, faculty peer-reviewed, open-source, quarterly, multidisciplinary student research journal, established in 2002. AJUR‘s entire content, by invitation, is archived by the United States Library of Congress. AJUR makes a unique contribution because of the high standards for content, faculty peer-review process, and ease of accessibility to students, the public, and professionals. The editorial board of AJUR consists of approximately fifty professional subject editors in a wide variety of fields. 

Crossing Borders: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

Crossing Borders: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship seeks to encourage research among undergraduate students at Kansas State University and elsewhere. Crossing Borders introduces undergraduates to the processes and values of open-access, peer-reviewed communication, thereby preparing them to be more critical consumers and producers of scholarly discourse. Crossing Borders publishes work in a variety of formats including original case studies, reports of research or creative activity, book reviews, and field notes. Submissions can be from any scholarly disciplines.

Journal of Student Research

Journal of Student Research is devoted to the Rapid Dissemination of current student research. The journal uses an automated process from manuscript submission to publication. Manuscript submission, peer review, and publication are all handled online, and the journal automates all clerical steps during peer review. We accept submissions from High school, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Post-graduate level students. 

Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research

Founded in 2010, the Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research (MJUR) is a peer- and faculty-reviewed journal produced by a team of Monmouth College student editors and faculty mentors. Scholars from a variety of colleges and universities contribute to the manuscript review process. Our mission is to support the development of high-quality original undergraduate research, recognize exceptional undergraduate scholarly efforts and accomplishments, and contribute to the undergraduate learning experience. MJUR accepts submissions from all academic fields and from any undergraduate institution, national or international. New volumes of MJUR have been published annually in print and online

ISSN: 2160-9357

Process: Journal of Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Scholarship

Process: Journal of Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Scholarship provides an online space for undergraduate writers across the disciplines to share their work outside of the context and constraints of the college classroom. Each issue of Process centers on a topic of contemporary interest to a global audience, fostering critical conversations that traverse disciplinary, cultural, and national borders. We believe that undergraduate projects deserve serious attention, and hope to encourage all undergrads to begin forging new pathways for the future of academic and public scholarship.

Neuroscience

IMPULSE: The Premier Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal: App State

IMPULSE is the first international, online neuroscience journal for undergraduate publications. Submissions are reviewed by students worldwide under faculty guidance, and articles are immediately published online as they are accepted.

Neurogenesis: Duke

Every semester, we offer undergraduate researchers the opportunity to share their work with the Duke community. Interested students often reach out to us with original research, topic overviews, and critical pieces. We welcome neuroscientific submissions of all sorts – and we especially love interdisciplinary work.

Philosophy

Aporia

Aporia is an undergraduate journal of philosophy at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Aporia is published twice yearly: an online edition in the fall, and a print edition in the spring. The staff of Aporia consists of philosophy students at Brigham Young University.

Episteme

Episteme is a student-run journal that aims to recognize and encourage excellence in undergraduate philosophy by providing examples of some of the best work currently being done in undergraduate philosophy programs. Episteme is distinguished as being the oldest undergraduate philosophy publication of its kind. Funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Five Colleges of Ohio (Next Steps in the Next Generation Library: Integrating Digital Collections into the Liberal Arts Curriculum, 2010).

STANCE: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal

An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal is produced and edited entirely by undergraduate students. We aim to enrich student learning by providing an opportunity for undergraduate students to have their original scholarly work reviewed by or published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.

Politics and Global Studies

The Journal of Politics and Society

The Journal of Politics & Society, with its particular focus on undergraduates and interdisciplinary coverage, is the only scholarly publication of its kind. Now in its twenty-eighth year, the Journal only considers academic papers submitted by undergraduates. In a process comparable to the peer review and editing procedures of professional academic journals, selected papers are rigorously edited by the Editorial Board, itself composed exclusively of undergraduates.

Journal of Undergraduate International Studies

The Journal of Undergraduate International Studies (JUIS), based at UW-Madison, is one of only two nationally distributed undergraduate international studies journals in the country. We seek to publish academic articles that give voice to a body of typically unseen, yet thorough and often novel, scholarship.

Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics

The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics was founded in the spring of 2001 by the Delta Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha at Purdue University, under the name The American Undergraduate Journal of Politics and Government.  With the sponsorship of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society, the name of the Journal was changed to The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics beginning with the Fall 2004 issue. The Journal will be hosted by Oakland University until Spring 2020. The Journal is published online bi-annually by the Nu Omega Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, Oakland University. The Journal welcomes submissions from undergraduates of any class or major; submissions from Pi Sigma Alpha members are especially encouraged. The Editorial Board routinely receives honors theses, senior seminar projects, capstone projects, and research methods papers. 

Seriatim Journal of American Politics

Seriatim was conceived in the winter of 2012 and founded on a simple premise: everyone has a voice. We hope to provide an avenue through which the genuine political speech of undergraduate students may better be heard and shared with the community at large. Thus, Seriatim was born—an attempt to tangibly create Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’s conception of the “marketplace of ideas,” in which different opinions freely compete for the validation of the many. By using academic papers as well as original work, we hope to bring greater meaning to students’ work inside the classroom by making it accessible to a wider audience. We encourage you to contribute to the undergraduate marketplace of ideas, either by submitting a paper you wrote for your politics class or by writing an original article on an issue of your choosing.

Psychology

Undergraduate Journal of Psychology: UNC-Charlotte

The Department of Psychological Science publishes the Undergraduate Journal of Psychology (UJOP). All undergraduate students are encouraged to submit their original research or literature reviews to the UJOP review committee.  This is an opportunity to experience the peer-reviewed journal process and to get your work into print.

Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations, and Identity

The Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations and Identity (JIRIRI) is an international scientific journal published annually in April. The mission of the JIRIRI is to offer undergraduate students a unique opportunity to fully experience the scientific method from the development of original ideas to their diffusion, through the peer-review process. The JIRIRI also aims to promote the conception and expression of new theoretical ideas in the fields of identity, interpersonal and intergroup relations — ideas that could eventually become solid bases for large-scale studies. The JIRIRI publishes both theoretical and empirical articles. Thus, any undergraduate student in psychology or in a related field eager to share and refine his or her ideas or results pertaining to identityinterpersonal or intergroup relations is invited to submit a manuscript.

The Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences

JPBS is an annual periodical published by the Psychology and Counseling Department of Fairleigh Dickinson University at Madison, New Jersey. The responsibility for review and contact resides with the undergraduate and graduate journal student officers. The officers’ activities are coordinated by the current student editor. JPBS offers undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty, an opportunity to publish in a recognized academic journal. However, the undergraduate student, and not faculty members or graduate students, must be the first author of any accepted submission. Articles in ANY topical area of psychology are considered.

The Journal of Undergraduate Ethnic Minority Psychology

JUEMP is designed to address each of these points as it aims to accomplish the following: speed the flow of research results; open access to ethnic minority researchers’ and samples’ ideas and knowledge; and encourage undergraduate researchers to conduct, present, and publish empirical studies.

Undergraduate Journal of Psychology at Berkley

The Undergraduate Journal of Psychology at Berkeley is an annual publication that allows undergraduate students who have completed scientific studies in psychology and psychology-related fields to publish their findings to the larger academic community, promoting further and more excellent undergraduate research.

Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology

The Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology is an annual journal that showcases the best and most original research in psychology conducted by undergraduates from around the world. We publish research in all areas of psychology, including clinical, developmental, cognitive, and social psychology. Our goal is to contribute to scientific advance by encouraging serious, quality research early in students’ academic careers. We provide a platform for undergraduate scientists to share their findings and aim to bring together a community of young psychologists from both the United States and abroad.


STEM

Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development 

Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development is an online journal dedicated to promoting interdisciplinary dialogue on sustainable development. This journal aims to bring students, researchers, professors, and practitioners from a variety of disciplines and geographical regions in direct conversation with each other through an online, academically rigorous medium. Consilience publishes scholarly articles, opinion pieces, field notes, editorial columns, and photo essays. By providing a public platform for discussion, we hope to encourage a global community to think more broadly, thoroughly, and analytically about sustainable development.  The journal is run by a team of undergraduate and graduate students, under the guidance of faculty from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal

The CUSJ is a professional-level, open-access science journal that is committed to publishing manuscripts of the highest scholarship resulting from significant scientific research or outstanding scientific analysis. Each paper published in the CUSJ undergoes a double-blind peer review process facilitated by the Journal’s Editorial Review Board and a faculty review by the CUSJ Faculty Advisory Board. 

Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science

The Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science is a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), an international group of open access journals as scientific and scholarly journals that meet high-quality standards by exercising peer review or editorial quality control.

Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society

Intersect is an international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, STS-focused, academic research journal run by undergrads. Intersect publishes online quarterly at intersect.stanford.edu and is regularly cited in Google Scholar. Intersect is an open-access journal, meaning it provides free public access to its content to support a greater global exchange of knowledge. Intersect publishes three times during each academic year at Stanford: at the end of Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Journal of Young Investigators

JYI is a student-led initiative to broaden the undergraduate scientific experience, allowing students to participate in the scientific review and publication processes of its peer-reviewed undergraduate journal. Incorporated as a non-profit, student-run corporation, JYI represents over 50 different academic institutions from over half a dozen countries. JYI is dedicated to representing undergraduate research in biological/biomedical sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering, psychology, and social sciences. We not only publish submissions from undergraduate students but also allow them to experience the editorial side of scientific publication. Student editors working with their faculty advisers review submissions from their peers and determine whether that work is acceptable for publication in JYI. 

EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium

EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium is a journal designed to promote the education of evolutionary theory in colleges and universities. An evolutionary education provides a framework for enhancing the research and theory in all disciplines, and as such, EvoS Journal welcomes work from all academic disciplines as well as interdisciplinary scholarship that incorporates evolutionary theory across areas of study. EvoS Journal is an open-access, free journal. 

Fine Focus: An International Microbiology Journal for Undergraduate Students

We are an international journal dedicated to showcasing undergraduate research in all fields of microbiology. Fine Focus is managed entirely by undergraduate students from production to print but utilizes an external editorial board of experts for double-blind peer review of manuscripts. We are the first microbiology research journal for undergraduate students.

Penn Bioethics Journal

The Penn Bioethics Journal (PBJ) is the premier peer-reviewed undergraduate bioethics journal. Established in 2004, the Journal provides a venue for undergraduates to make contributions to the field of bioethics. Embracing the interdisciplinary nature of bioethics, PBJ reviews and publishes original work addressing debates in medicine, technology, philosophy, public policy, law, theology, and ethics, among other disciplines. 

RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences is a faculty-refereed international journal devoted to the publication of high-quality research by undergraduates in all agricultural research problem areas including, but not limited, to those described in the USDA, CSREES Manual of Classification of Agricultural and Forestry Research.

Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research

The Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research is a peer-review journal that is published quarterly with papers of original research performed by undergraduates on all aspects of chemistry including analytical, organic, inorganic, physical, polymers and biochemistry.