Journal of Emerging Investigators

Name

Journal of Emerging Investigators

Legal name

Journal of Emerging Investigators, Inc.

Website

https://emerginginvestigators.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

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Product category

Scientific Publishing / Open-Access Academic Journal

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open Access Scholarly Journals & Monographs (EDAGAFAJ)

Keywords

• Open access journal
• Student scientific publishing
• Peer reviewed research
• Biology physical sciences
• Youth science education

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Submission and Publication Fees: Students pay a fee to submit and publish their research articles through the JEI platform. The submission process includes a pay-and-submit step.
2. Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors including Alloytx and New England Biolabs (NEB) provide financial support to the organization.

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Core offering

Journal of Emerging Investigators is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research in the biological and physical sciences authored by middle and high school students. Student authors submit manuscripts through an online pay-and-submit workflow; a team of volunteer editors and scientist reviewers provides feedback and guides accepted papers to formal publication with DOI assignment. Published articles are distributed globally for free via the JEI website under open-access licensing.

Product overview

Journal of Emerging Investigators is a single, unified peer-reviewed journal platform dedicated to publishing original scientific research by middle and high school students. The core product is the journal itself, supported by a manuscript submission system, structured peer review process, and complementary educational resources including Classroom Resources, Ask A Scientist, Student Showcases, and Featured Scientists content featuring Editor's Choice articles. The journal organizes published work across categories including Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, and Social Sciences, with content accessible through article browsing, newsletter subscriptions, and an events calendar.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journal of Emerging Investigators (Peer-Reviewed Student Research Journal) A peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal that publishes original research in the biological and physical sciences authored by middle and high school students, providing formal publication with DOI assignment, editorial review, and free global distribution under CC BY-NC-ND licensing.
• Article Submission Service (Pay-and-Submit Manuscript Workflow) An integrated online service that lets student authors submit original research manuscripts, pay the associated publication fee, and enter the editorial review pipeline per JEI submission guidelines.
• Newsletter Subscription Service Email notification subscription that delivers updates on new JEI publications, journal announcements, and editorial content to subscribers.

Quantifiable outcome

• First article published January 30, 2012
• +1 more outcomes

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Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Frontiers for Young Minds: Frontiers for Young Minds is an open-access journal published by Frontiers Media that pairs young readers (and student authors) with scientist mentors to produce peer-reviewed articles. It directly competes with JEI for the same cohort of student scientists and uses a similar open-access model with DOI assignment.
• Science Journal for Kids and Teens: Science Journal for Kids and Teens is a nonprofit that translates peer-reviewed scientific papers into student-accessible versions, originally founded by a high school student. It targets the same K-12 student scientific research audience and operates with a comparable educational non-profit structure.
• American Journal of Undergraduate Research: AJUR publishes original peer-reviewed research by undergraduate students. It addresses the next tier above JEI's middle/high school focus, making it a closely comparable model for student-driven scientific publishing with similar editorial workflows.
• Inquiries Journal: Inquiries Journal publishes original research by undergraduate and graduate students across multiple scientific disciplines. It uses an open-access, peer-reviewed student-publication model that parallels JEI, with category-based browsing of student articles.

Broad incumbents

• The Public Library of Science (PLOS): PLOS is a large, established open-access scientific publisher with global reach. It differs in serving professional researchers rather than K-12 students, but its open-access publication infrastructure and DOI/journal ecosystem is the broad platform within which JEI operates.
• Regeneron Science Talent Search (Society for Science): Society for Science operates the Regeneron Science Talent Search and related competitions/affiliated programs that engage the same high school student research cohort. They are a broader incumbent in the K-12 scientific recognition space and an alternative venue for student research output.

Others

• Genes in Space: Genes in Space is an existing JEI partner/contributor that runs a student science competition. They are adjacent ecosystem participants in the K-12 student research space rather than direct publishers of student papers.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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