Student reviewers
Read blinded manuscripts with a shared rubric and write comments an author can use.
Contribute to the journal
Help us read the work well.
Open Margin needs reviewers, editors, and advisors who can give student authors clear, honest comments.
Ways to contribute
Different roles. One standard.
We recruit for relevant experience and careful reading. Every contributor agrees to confidentiality, conflict disclosure, and fair comments.
Section editors
Screen for fit, coordinate reviews, and make decisions with the editorial team.
Academic advisors
Help with calibration, specialized questions, and difficult decisions without taking over student leadership.
Research-communication volunteers
Support copyediting, citation checks, accessibility, and author resources.
Before an invitation
We show reviewers what the job involves.
New reviewers start with the public rubric, sample reviews, and a calibration exercise. Editors assign work only when the field, capacity, and conflicts make sense. No contributor reviews work by a classmate, collaborator, relative, or mentee.
Read the review processReviewer and advisor application
Tell us how you read.
Applications stay private. We contact candidates whose experience fits the current need. Applicants under 18 need a guardian email.