• Participating school communities must have administrative approval on file within our school field site database. 
• Student participants must be 16+ years of age and/or have parental permission (as appropriate in your context) to use the chatbot and contribute anonymously to this project.
• No identifiable information about participants is allowed, neither within a chatbot transcript file, nor within any personal reflection data.
  • Youth under 18 can be recognized for their contributions through first name or pseudonym acknowledgments.

Our journal focuses on a publishing through open-review and curation, following initial acceptance. We focus on welcoming diverse submissions that meet minimal standards for research ethics, format, topic, and writing quality. These initial publications will be archived in the repository, and available for various forms of youth and/or expert review (based on the authors interests and publication type). Through meeting higher levels of quality standards and review processes, repository articles may be selected for higher levels of publication and recognition within the journal.

Repository contributions:

• Must meet basic ethical and consent requirements

Article submissions:

• If you plan to submit an article that is not part of a call for submission, you are encouraged to contact the editors prior to submission.
• Submitted articles will be initially reviewed by a chief editor and/or topical editor for suitability formatting requirements.
• If basic requirements are met, the article will be published in our repository as an unreviewed article within one or more article categories.
• Upon publication, it is the responsibility of the author to organize and engage with peers or diverse experts to provide critical review and mentorship for the work.
• Reviewer commentary and subsequent article revisions can be added at any time.
• Articles that meet specific quality targets and review process requirements will be elevated by editorial teams into our core article section and collections as appropriate.

• Authors are encouraged and even, for some formats, required, to use AI chatbots for article or data contributions.
• For all submissions in which an AI chatbot was used to generate content, two supplemental files should be included:
  • A brief description of your strategies and reflections on how you used the tool in relation to the quality and value of your contribution
  • A .xlsx file containing the transcript(s) of your AI chatbot conversations
• For any submissions in which the authors claim AI chatbots (or related technologies) have not been used, we may require proof of writing process, e.g. in the form of document history screenshots, time-stamped prior drafts, and/or emails discussing prior drafts with co-authors or advisors.