Student Research Archive
An open-access archive for undergraduate research conducted through Borchard Labs simulations.
Submissions Opening Soon
The Student Research Archive is currently in development and will open for submissions once the platform enters pilot testing. Check back for updates.
What Is This?
The Student Research Archive is an open-access publication platform built specifically for undergraduate research produced through Borchard Labs simulations. It's not a traditional academic journal and it's not trying to be one. It's designed for a specific purpose: giving undergrad researchers a real, citable publication they can point to on a CV or grad school application.
Every publication goes through faculty review before it's accepted. Reviewers evaluate the research question, methodology, statistical analysis, and writing quality. The goal isn't gatekeeping—it's making sure students get constructive feedback that improves their work before it goes public.
Once published, each paper gets a permanent URL that stays live. Grad school admissions committees, scholarship reviewers, and future employers can see exactly what the student did, how they did it, and what they found.
What Each Publication Includes
- Title and author information — Student name, institutional affiliation, and date of submission.
- Abstract — A concise summary of the research question, methods, key results, and conclusions.
- Full paper — The complete write-up following standard scientific paper structure: introduction, methods, results, and discussion.
- Raw data download — The original CSV data files collected during the simulation, available for anyone to download and verify.
- Simulation config permalink — A link that recreates the exact simulation parameters used, so other students can replicate the study or build on it.
- Citable URL — A permanent link to the publication that students can list on CVs, grad school applications, and scholarship materials.
Built for Simulation-Based Research
This archive is different from a traditional journal in a few important ways. It only publishes research conducted through Borchard Labs simulations, which means every paper shares a common methodological framework. Reviewers understand the tools, the data collection process, and the statistical approaches involved.
The emphasis on reproducibility is built into the format. Because every simulation has configurable parameters, and those parameters are saved as a permalink, anyone can re-run the exact same experiment. That's a level of reproducibility that's hard to achieve with field research, and it gives students hands-on experience with one of the most important principles in science.
The archive is also designed to be accessible. There are no paywalls, no subscription fees, and no access restrictions. If a student publishes here, anyone in the world can read their work.