Share your piece With VU:Sci
Find our content guidelines below and learn how to contact us on this page. Whether its science content or an art piece, our committee will assist you throughout the submission process to publish your ideas on our site.
Please keep in mind that we are a volunteer committee who are also studying and trying to graduate in parallel. In our experience, the average time to publish a 1500-word science article is 6-8 months from the submission of the first draft.
We especially welcome your contributions to our magazine if you are studying or researching in the fields of Neurosciences, Biomolecular or Biomedical Sciences on campus at VU.
Got an idea for a piece you want to share with our VU:Sci readers?
These are the steps to follow:
1. Use our contact form to express interest or ask us any questions.
2. We’ll email you this brief template & ask you to return it to us for approval.
3. Use our feedback on your article brief & writer guidelines while you write!
4. Finally, submit via our email to VUSci.mag@gmail.com and await news from our editorial team!
We work entirely using google docs, so all article draft versions should be shared using this medium. Duplicate and resubmit our templates for quicker processing. If you are writing about unpublished research or interviewing local scientists for your piece, we will request written permission to publish before launching the article.
A ‘best-case’ timeline publishing content with VU:Sci:
The editorial formats our magazine is currently accepting :
Local science news (300-500 words)
Including recent local publications, awards or events from your science discipline here in Amsterdam/VU.
Research commentary (300-500 words)
A shorter comment about an important recent paper or technique published in your field of science that you think your colleagues should read.
Your own research highlight (1000-1500 words)
A reworked, submitted internship report or literature review.
Features or extended communications (1000-1500 words)
A focus on broader scientific developments or questions from your field/discipline, a reworked literature review or think-piece.
Profiles or interviews (500-1000 words)
With VU students, academics or relevant industry specialists on topics relevant to our readers.
Book/podcast/movie review (300-500 words)
Relevant/interesting for young life scientists studying in our programs.
You can also choose to just publish a visual on the VU:Sci Visual page.
Infographic or scientific diagrams (max. 100 words)
A figure and a self contained abstract/legend summarizing an internship report or recent publication.
Your own life science-inspired art or media piece (max. 100 words)
Including a short abstract/description.
For Visual submissions, please also refer to our Visual Brief.
Timeline publishing content with VU:Sci Visual:
