Running a Student Journal: Best Practices for Success and Sustainability

The presentation was given at the Third Annual Student Journal Forum organized by the University of Toronto Libraries in January 2018.The presentation describes the operation of the STEM Fellowship Journal - an open-access peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly research by high school and university students in the STEM fields. It also shares findings of a study on Student-Run Academic Journals in STEM: A Growing Trend in Scholarly Communication published in 2017. The survey of North American journals found that the number of student-run journals has grown almost ten-fold from 1995-2015. Most have focused on expanding within local post-secondary institutions, with the goal of promoting student research or encouraging student publication. While there has been steady growth, a large proportion of journals report critical challenges, such as gathering manuscripts, recruiting reviewers, and transitioning managers. The article is available at https://www.csescienceeditor.org/article/student-run-academic-journals-stem-growing-trend-scholarly-communication