Science and engineering students will have an opportunity this fall to publish their junior papers, theses or independent work in the Princeton Journal of Science, a new student-run publication.
"Our purpose is to recognize, encourage and promote outstanding scientific work, modeled after professional journals such as Nature and the New England Journal of Medicine," editor-in-chief and co-founder David Khalil '05 said.
The journal will incorporate student research from the natural sciences, engineering disciplines and even fields such as anthropology and sociology.
"A scientifically oriented and professional journal is long overdue at Princeton. Many Ivy League schools have something similar," co-founder Alex Ryder '05 said.
He stressed that the University's rich scientific environment will be conducive to the publication and reception of the journal.
"The journal will target the many students who are interested in sciences and also those who are majoring in scientific fields but do not know where their main research interests lie," Ryder said.
The journal's audience is primarily undergraduates but also extends to graduate students, professors and a handful of local companies, Khalil said.
Ryder and Khalil are working with a board of student associate editors and faculty advisers. Michael Littman, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and one of the journal's faculty advisers, said, "The publication will give students a chance to highlight the important work they have been doing and learn about the important process of submitting a paper."
Since independent work is often lengthy and accompanied by detailed figures and models, the journal's editorial board will review the submissions and select the best representative samples.
Littman added, "Not every article should be published; there will be some kind of editorial review." Ryder said the professors involved in the journal, including Littman, have extensive experience with the process of publishing scientific research.
"The journal will encourage science and engineering students who are conducting independent research to submit an article and can be very useful for all students and faculty," Littman said.
Ryder also said the journal will allow students to read what their peers have accomplished, instead of relying on departmental websites.
"The journal is a great opportunity for students who are trying to choose a department or a professor with which to complete their junior and senior papers," Ryder said.
Ryder and Khalil intend for the journal's fall issue to be a 25-page compilation of thesis abstracts and full papers, with links to complete articles on their website.
"We will accept abstracts for ongoing projects and full scientific papers, which include an abstract, introduction, results and discussions sections," Khalil said.
The journal is currently welcoming new members and submissions. Ryder said, "Even a politics major who does work on bioethics and uses scientific research methods can submit independent work."
The journal is funded by the molecular biology, chemistry, psychology, evolutionary and ecology biology and operations research and financial engineering departments and is hoping to receive additional support from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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