Research by the next generation of
scholars.
NexGen Journal publishes original, peer-reviewed research and scholarship by high school students across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It's free to submit, and every manuscript is read and evaluated by faculty reviewers.
Volume 1, Issue 1
A journal built for high school researchers
NexGen Journal gives high school students a real venue for their scholarship. It is the kind of rigorous, faculty-reviewed publication usually reserved for graduate students and professionals. We publish original research, analysis, and review across a wide range of fields, and we treat every young author as what they are: an emerging scholar.
Our editorial board oversees manuscript evaluation, peer review, research integrity, and every publication decision. Those decisions are made on academic merit alone, and independently of the publisher's business and administrative activities.
Fields we cover
Sciences & Engineering
Computer science and AI, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, environmental science, health sciences, and related fields.
Social Sciences
Psychology, economics, sociology, political science, education, business, and related fields.
Humanities
History, literature, philosophy, cultural studies, and related fields.
We publish empirical studies, analytical and review papers, and replications. What every accepted manuscript shares is a clear question, an honest method, and conclusions that follow from the evidence.
From submission to publication
Submit
Free of charge. An adult mentor or teacher submits on the student's behalf.
Peer review
Faculty reviewers evaluate your manuscript for merit, method, and clarity.
Decision
You receive a decision with reviewer feedback, whatever the outcome.
Publish
Accepted work is published open access, with a permanent DOI, archived for good.
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Our editorial board
NexGen Journal's editorial team brings together academics and researchers with expertise across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
NexGen Foundation
501(c)(3) pending
Published by NexGen Foundation, Inc.
NexGen Foundation empowers high school students to develop and share meaningful academic and creative work. It advances research, scholarship, writing, and intellectual exploration through peer-reviewed publishing, literary publications, educational programs, mentorship, and the public dissemination of student work.
Editorial decisions at NexGen Journal are based on academic merit and are made independently of the Foundation's business and administrative activities.
Free to submit
Submitting to NexGen Journal is free. If your work is accepted, a modest publication fee helps cover the real costs of publishing it. This covers registering an ISSN, assigning a permanent DOI, and hosting your article so it stays online and citable for good.
$0 to submit · publication fee on acceptanceHave research to share?
The inaugural issue is open for submissions through October 15, 2026. Free to submit, read by faculty, published open access.
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