Proceedings of SoTS

Professional scientists chase metrics. Publication counts, citation indexes, impact factors. The pressure distorts science itself: rushed work, confirmed hypotheses only, and a reproducibility problem in which studies suggest up to 70% of findings fail to replicate.

You have a rare advantage as a teen scientist: the freedom to follow pure curiosity. No tenure pressure. No grant deadlines. Just questions worth asking and the drive to answer them. We built this journal to publish that authentic science for the world to read, cite, and build upon.

We welcome original discoveries, surprising results that challenge what you expect, replications that confirm or call into question published findings, methods that help others do better science, and reviews that connect the dots across a field.

Your hypothesis was disproved? That is science working. If the research was rigorous, it belongs here.

Your paper is reviewed by fellow teen scientists in our community. Every review comment is published alongside your article, so readers see the scientific conversation that shaped your work. Reviewers can sign their name or stay anonymous.

During our growth phase, our editorial team and advisor network conduct reviews. As membership grows, the community takes over.

With open access, everyone can read your work. You retain copyright under Creative Commons BY 4.0. Every article receives a DOI for proper citations.

There is no single required structure. Research takes many forms, so we accept the format that fits your work: the familiar Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) layout, a replication or methods report, a review or synthesis, a dataset or code paper, or another structure suited to your question.

• Clear, rigorous scientific writing in the form that best fits your research
• IMRaD is welcome but not required
• A short abstract or summary of your work
• Citations in a consistent style (APA works well)
• Data and code available on reasonable request

Ready to share your work with the world? We accept submissions from authors in North and South America, Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. Email your manuscript to editor@teenscientists.org and include:

• Your manuscript as a PDF, Word, or LaTeX document
• A brief cover letter describing your research
• All co-authors with their affiliations
• The subject area of your research

Our editorial team will respond within 5-7 business days.