Future Young Scientist Authors: The Submission Deadline is Quickly Approaching

The submission deadline for the second edition of Young Scientist is January 24, 2012.

At this point in the process authors should have a working version of their manuscript using the template download. Supplemental methods/figures/etc. may be included with the submission, either in a separate document or starting on a separate page after the article (in the same document). The supplemental material does not have to be in the same format as the article.

Within the next week or two, it is advised that the submission materials be sent to the PI/advisor and other co-authors who helped with the research so that they can review the manuscript and give feedback to make it the best possible submission! It may be helpful to include a link to the Young Scientist website as well as a brief description of the page limit for print (supplemental information will be available on the online version), why the abstract and introduction are written less scientifically, etc.

An example email would be:

Hi Dr. ___,

I am submitting the work I have completed over the past year to Young Scientist, a high school research journal for students doing research at Vanderbilt (www.youngscientistjournal.org). I would appreciate any feedback on my attached submission.

There is a 3-page print limit using the journal template, but I can include supplemental data (such as methods or figures), if needed, for the online version. The abstract and introduction are targeted at a more general audience while the methods, results, and discussion are more technically written. The final deadline for submission is January 24th, but it would be helpful if you could email your edits back to me by January 10th.

I look forward to your comments and suggestions.

Thanks,
Your name

Remember, all authors need to approve the entire submitted work.

If authors/advisors/reviewers have any questions, we will be happy to answer them! Just contact us through our website.