Publish your research
Synthica Journal publishes peer-reviewed research by high-school and early-career scientists. Submitting costs nothing, everything we publish is open access, and the whole process — submission, review, revisions, publication — runs in one place: your Synthica dashboard.
Four steps from draft to DOI
There is no email submission and no separate manuscript portal. You submit from the same researcher dashboard where Synthica's projects and mentoring live, and your manuscript never disappears into a black box.
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Step 1
Create your free researcher account
Everything starts on the Synthica dashboard. Registration takes a few minutes and costs nothing — no submission fees, no publication fees, ever.
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Step 2
Complete your researcher profile
A short onboarding sets up your researcher profile — who you are, where you study or work, and what you research. Your profile is where your published articles will be listed, so it is worth the five minutes.
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Step 3
Submit your manuscript in My Journal
Open My Journal in your dashboard and start a submission: enter the title, pick one of the journal's eight subject categories, paste your abstract, and upload your manuscript PDF. See the manuscript guidelines for what the PDF should contain.
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Step 4
Track every review stage live
From the moment you submit, your dashboard shows exactly where your manuscript is — first review, senior screening, revision rounds with your Associate Editor, final checks, sign-off — and what happens next at each stage. Editor comments and revision requests arrive there too, so you never have to write and ask.
Declines can happen at any stage and always come with the editors' reasons. The full pipeline is described in the peer-review policy.
What to prepare
- Manuscript PDF — a single file with all figures and tables included, structured as described in the guidelines.
- Title and category — one of: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Humanities, Economics, Psychology.
- Abstract — plain text, up to 5,000 characters; most strong abstracts are 150–300 words.
- Keywords — three to six terms readers would search for.
- References — a complete, consistently formatted reference list for every source that shaped the work.
After acceptance
- DOI — your article is registered with a Digital Object Identifier under the journal's 10.55555 prefix, making it permanently citable.
- Issue assignment — the article is published into the volume's open quarterly issue; there is no waiting for an issue date.
- Publication here — the article appears on this site, open access under CC BY 4.0, with full bibliographic metadata. You keep the copyright.
- Your profile — the publication is linked to your researcher profile on the dashboard.
How long does it take?
Most manuscripts receive their first editorial decision — the dual read by two Reviews Editors — within a few weeks of submission. The middle of the pipeline depends mostly on revisions: each of the up-to-two revision rounds takes as long as the editing plus your own turnaround. In the common case, plan for one to three months from submission to a final decision.
Accepted articles are published into the open quarterly issue as soon as the DOI is registered, so publication follows acceptance directly. These are typical times rather than promises — but you are never left guessing, because your dashboard always shows the stage your manuscript is in.
Common questions
Is it free?
Yes — completely. There are no submission fees and no article-processing charges, and the researcher dashboard account is free. The journal charges neither authors nor readers.
Is it open access?
Yes. Every article is published open access under CC BY 4.0. Anyone can read your work without a subscription, and you retain the copyright.
Can teams submit?
Yes. Co-authored work is welcome — list every co-author on the manuscript, in an order you have all agreed. One author submits and manages the manuscript from their dashboard, and all listed authors must have contributed to and approved the work (see the authorship policy).
What if revisions are requested?
That is the normal path, not a bad sign. Your Associate Editor sends consolidated comments through the dashboard; you revise and resubmit in the same workspace, with up to two revision rounds. Most published articles went through at least one.
Start your submission
Read the manuscript guidelines, then create your account — your manuscript can be under review this week.