no, this isn't about Chances... this isn't about Financial Aid... It's ABOUT RESEARCH

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<p>Hi folks!
Okay, straight to the point! I did a few independent researches last year and wrote a few research papers, just due to interest! Well, after skimming around CC for a while, I see that getting your research published is a rather BIG thing! So well, TA-DA! I decide I want to try and get my stuff published. The problem is that while looking around for possible Journals, most of them I get online (like the American Journal of Physics, Physika etc. etc.) seem to be uber-high-level-PhD level, I'd say!) So, just needed to ask some stuff... Please please answer whatever you can from the following! Thanks a lot a lot a lot! </p>

<p>1) Do you guys know of ANY research journals (Physics-based) which publish student (read: NOT PhD level) work?</p>

<p>2) What's usually the procedure for getting papers published in Journals?</p>

<p>3) How long does it usually take?</p>

<p>4) Which Journals will be most suited if I want everything to wind up before October this year?</p>

<p>5) What are the chances that papers do get published?</p>

<p>6) Any other suggestions about the whole research-paper thing?! </p>

<p>Again, thanks in advance to anyone who replies! Greatly appreciate it! And yeah, FYI, the research topics are:
1) Thermotropism and Photochromatism in Glass for Windows
2) Aerodynamics in Badminton (Shuttle-Coc*k)
3) Transducer-based-Sound-Energy-Utilization at high Decibel Levels.
If you could suggest some Journals for individual topics, that'd be even better! </p>

<p>Looking forward to your prompt replies!</p>

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<p>If your work is as good as the work they generally accept, they're not going to care what your academic credentials are. You might, however, want to see whether there are journals in your field that specifically publish students' work.</p>

<p>The process is that you submit your article, in the format and way that the editors specify. If it isn't obviously something to reject and the editors don't know your area well, they'll send it to a couple of other scientists working in the area and ask for reviews. Those scientists will make comments, recommending that the journal accept the article, that it reject the article, or that it send the article back to you so that you can address flaws. If they accept it, they'll put it in the next issue that isn't devoted to a specific topic other than the one you're dealing with that has space.</p>

<p>I don't know physics journals, but if you were in the humanities there is no way you would be able to get something submitted in July and published by October. You might not even be able to find out whether it's accepted by October. I suspect that the student journals move faster, but I haven't explored them so I don't know.</p>