IYNA Journal

Write an Article!

We encourage all IYNA members who have NOT graduated from a college, undergraduate institution, or an equivalent institution of higher education to write for the IYNA Journal! Not only does the IYNA provide free editing and web publication services, but you also have a chance to influence others, providing resources to help our readers learn more about neuroscience.

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Editing Process

  • Step 1: Write!

    Write your article on a neuroscience-related topic of your choosing. Articles should be based on reliable primary and secondary sources (Wikipedia and similar sources are not acceptable). We recommend using Pubmed to find sources.

    Please make sure you read the editing process below carefully. Gross deviations from the IYNA Editing and Formatting Guidelines will result in the automatic rejection of a submitted article. However, you are always welcome to make changes to a rejected article and resubmit for further consideration.

  • Step 2: Submit

    Submit your article on your journal dashboard. You can submit as a docx file. Please note that all articles must follow the IYNA formatting guidelines (see below).

  • Step 3: Editing Round 1

    Your article will be reviewed by a senior editor and 2 junior editors, who will review the article within a week in accordance with the IYNA Formatting and Editorial Guidelines.

  • Step 4: Back to You!

    After the first round of editing, your article, now with feedback, comments, and suggestions, will be sent back to you. You will be asked to improve the article accordingly, and then send it back, preferably within a week. However, you will be given a maximum of two weeks to make changes to your article. If you send back your article past the two week deadline, your article's chances of being published in the next issue will be in jeopardy.

  • Step 5: Editing Round 2

    When received with your improvements, the article will be edited by another team of 1 senior editor and 1 junior editor,who will put final touches on the article within a week. In some cases, the article may be sent back to you again.

  • Step 6: Compilation and Publication

    Finally, our journal leadership team will compile all 7-8 articles (with related pages) of the to-be-published issue into one document to be later uploaded onto the website under the tab “Read the Journal.

  • Step 7: Individual Article Uploads

    The journal leadership team will individually upload all 7-8 articles of the to-be-published issue to the website under the tabs “Columns” and “Authors.

Guidelines

These guidelines are provided to our editing team. Please make sure your article aligns with the guidelines as much as possible. Gross deviations from the IYNA Editing and Formatting Guidelines will result in the automatic rejection of a submitted article. However, you are always welcome to make changes to a rejected article and resubmit for further consideration.

Editing Guidelines Format Guidelines

Article Topic Restrictions

We at the IYNA Journal want to ensure that our readership is receiving a comprehensive overview of the vast field of neuroscience. To encourage topical diversity in our journal, the following spreadsheet is meant to be a reference for prospective authors to avoid publishing articles that cover the same topic over and over again. To increase your article's chances of getting accepted, please refrain from writing an article about the topics listed in the spreadsheet OR find a way to write about a unique aspect or perspective of one of these redundant topics that hasn't been published in our journal yet. Reach out to swagle@youthneuro.org with any questions.

Spreadsheet of Redundant Topics

Our Plagiarism Policy

The IYNA takes plagiarism very seriously. All articles should be original content, with any outside information properly cited. An exception to this is our research summary articles, where a recent publication is restated in layman's terms. However, writing such an article requires express consent from the original author of the study.

Submitting articles that are plagiarized (in part or in whole) may result in permanent termination of IYNA membership. If you believe that an article contains plagiarized material, please file a support ticket.