Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 15:31     Subject: Publishing high school research
Why the hell is a high school kid publishing research?
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 15:31     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one needs your high school kid’s research paper. Just frame it and hang it on your wall.


Some highschoolers research is very good. There was a 12 year old British girl who found a new dinosaur. If she described it and got it peer reviewed, it would be ground breaking enough for these magazines.

Generally I do agree with PP. If you are trying to give a reasonably smart, yet normal, kid a leg up, it's like putting lipstick on a pig. Universities see through this as many reviewers are academics.

Maybe your kid could volunteer on a professor sponsored research project at a school they want to attend? It's better than dressing up average.


+1 I was interviewing a kid who was talking about his published research. Turns out he was talking about putting his findings of a HS science class on medium where anyone can publish anything. Educated people can tell the difference between peer reviewed research and admissions fluff.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 15:23     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is another one of those things that a certain kind of consultant has convinced clients to pay for. It's just no necessary.


If the kid is at TJ and wants to be a STEM major, yes, they need some research. Does it need to be published, though?
this is a question to ask older students at TJ - if that is where you are.

I suspect not.


Yes my child is in TJ and also did science fair but did not make to state competition. So thinking if publication would help with admissions for Bio Science major at top 10/15.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:55     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:No one needs your high school kid’s research paper. Just frame it and hang it on your wall.


Some highschoolers research is very good. There was a 12 year old British girl who found a new dinosaur. If she described it and got it peer reviewed, it would be ground breaking enough for these magazines.

Generally I do agree with PP. If you are trying to give a reasonably smart, yet normal, kid a leg up, it's like putting lipstick on a pig. Universities see through this as many reviewers are academics.

Maybe your kid could volunteer on a professor sponsored research project at a school they want to attend? It's better than dressing up average.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:55     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:This is another one of those things that a certain kind of consultant has convinced clients to pay for. It's just no necessary.


If the kid is at TJ and wants to be a STEM major, yes, they need some research. Does it need to be published, though?
this is a question to ask older students at TJ - if that is where you are.

I suspect not.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:53     Subject: Publishing high school research
Ask your kid's research mentor. If no research mentor, highly unlikely that it's of the quality and scope to be publishable.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:52     Subject: Publishing high school research
This is another one of those things that a certain kind of consultant has convinced clients to pay for. It's just no necessary.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:50     Subject: Publishing high school research
If the kid is good, I'd try a pop sience ones, like Science or Nature. These have some level of scrutiny behind them and they don't care the age of the submitter. It does need to be peer reviewed though. They both have large readership.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:48     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are several websites where high school research can be published - https://www.lumiere-education.com/post/15-journals-to-publish-your-research-in-high-school. For STEM (Bio science) research paper publication which is the best?

Best for what? Current administration frowns upon research.


Which is the Best for top college admission?


lol
That's not how this works.
hire a counselor.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:47     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are several websites where high school research can be published - https://www.lumiere-education.com/post/15-journals-to-publish-your-research-in-high-school. For STEM (Bio science) research paper publication which is the best?

Best for what? Current administration frowns upon research.


Which is the Best for top college admission?
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:31     Subject: Publishing high school research
No one needs your high school kid’s research paper. Just frame it and hang it on your wall.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:31     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:There are several websites where high school research can be published - https://www.lumiere-education.com/post/15-journals-to-publish-your-research-in-high-school. For STEM (Bio science) research paper publication which is the best?


Usually the pay-to-play ones are not highly regarded.

The goal of high school research isn't getting it published. It's more about what you learn and what the final product looks like and how its forced you to develop? If done with/through a university, publish there? If its not being done with university professors, you need to look at high school journals.
or:
https://ijhsr.terrajournals.org/
or
https://nhsjs.com/?mainpage
or
https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path

or for free below:
https://arxiv.org/
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:30     Subject: Publishing high school research
Lumiere is pay to play and the link OP posted isn't functional. There are several rankings of prestige of biology journals based on various factors...you can google them.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:28     Subject: Publishing high school research
Anonymous wrote:There are several websites where high school research can be published - https://www.lumiere-education.com/post/15-journals-to-publish-your-research-in-high-school. For STEM (Bio science) research paper publication which is the best?

Best for what? Current administration frowns upon research.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2025 14:15     Subject: Publishing high school research
There are several websites where high school research can be published - https://www.lumiere-education.com/post/15-journals-to-publish-your-research-in-high-school. For STEM (Bio science) research paper publication which is the best?