How NSRI Works
NSRI connects students to research groups, editorial guidance, integrity review, and public research pathways while keeping journal publication and research archive records clearly separate.
1. Students apply or join research groups
Students begin by applying to join open research groups or by exploring the researcher and lead researcher pathways.
2. Lead researchers organize group work
Approved lead researchers create project structures, recruit members, guide work, and coordinate team expectations.
3. Teams complete weekly logs and research milestones
Research groups document progress through weekly logs, milestones, meetings, and project updates so work remains accountable.
4. Students prepare manuscripts or outputs
Teams may prepare manuscripts, abstracts, reviews, datasets, reports, posters, or other research outputs depending on the project.
5. NSRI reviews submissions for quality and integrity
Submissions are checked for originality, ethics, authorship, rigor, safety, disclosures, formatting, and editorial fit.
6. Strong manuscripts may be selected for the NSRI Student Research Journal
Selected manuscripts that meet NSRI editorial and scholarly standards may be published in the NSRI Student Research Journal.
7. Other acceptable outputs may be hosted in the NSRI Research Archive
The NSRI Research Archive may host student manuscripts submitted through NSRI or student research completed through another venue, repository, journal, conference, preprint server, school platform, or publication pathway. Archive hosting does not necessarily mean NSRI formally published the work.
8. Submissions with major issues are rejected or returned for revision
Work with major concerns in originality, ethics, authorship, rigor, safety, or integrity is rejected or returned for revision.