Frontiers for Young Minds is a unique science engagement platform for kids, which is fully and freely accessible online. Now 10 years old, it has achieved significant global impact, publishing 1400+ articles and garnering 40+ million views and downloads from 230 countries and territories. We have also invested in expanding our impact to kids in their native languages: we publish in English, Hebrew and Arabic, and we launched Chinese and French versions in 2023.
And we go further – we don’t just publish good OER science articles, we actively engage our young audience in the process. Each article we publish is written by top researchers, including 30 Nobel Prize winners (example), and is then peer-reviewed by young students aged 8-15, to ensure that everything is clear, accessible and engaging for their peers. Under the guidance of Science Mentors, based locally in 65 countries worldwide, we have directly worked with 8500+ Young Reviewers, who get to give direct feedback to our authors on how to make the best possible articles – clear and fun to read – for readers their own age.
Here are a few short testimonials from different participants in our unique process:
“What a marvelous contribution to the all-important education of young minds. It’s greatly encouraging that [the journal] is successful.”
– Roger Kornberg (Nobel Prize Winner), Author
“This is such a worthwhile effort! Everyone involved had a good experience. The young reviewers all enjoyed the articles and being part of the process, the science mentors enjoyed working with the kids, and the authors enjoyed a new (and challenging) style of writing that will reach a different audience than usual. Thank you for the opportunity!”
– Nina Chambers (National Parks Service, US), Editor
“It is a privilege to be part of the publication process [sharing] innovative and relevant research to a younger audience.”
– Lucette Garget (Open University, UK), Science Mentor
“It’s a great educational experience for kids to get a better understanding of the academic world.”
– Nan Lin (Beijing Tiantan Hospital, China), Science Mentor
“We think that being Young Reviewers will expand our own horizons of knowledge and help researchers and scientists with their work!”
– King Edward VI Grammar School, years 7-10, Young Reviewers
“I am very excited to write this review from my point of view. …. I found this article overall very interesting, once I understood everything – when I understood the article, it made me want to find out more.”
– Delara, aged 11, Young Reviewer
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Young Reviewers learn not only about the latest science but also about how science works, as they are coached by Science Mentors all about the crucial peer-review stage of the research process, and they gain critical thinking skills for life. And our respected academic authors learn too – how to communicate outside their own research fields and enable the young leaders of tomorrow’s world to understand the scientific breakthroughs of today. Researchers are delighted to make a truly global impact with us, as they receive on average, in just the first months after publication, 5-10K reads per article.
Award NominatorThis is an incredible initiative to foster science for young kids. Not only are difficult topics made available through papers from renowned authors, but peer review is conducted by kids, mentored by an adult scientist.
Award ReviewerAward ReviewerThis is a fabulously engaging and established resource available in multiple languages, richly illustrated and engaging. The mobile optimisation of the platform is excellent and the impact data is impressive, suitably so for this category of award
