Student reviewers
Read blinded manuscripts with a shared rubric and write comments the 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 comments they can use.
Ways to contribute
Different roles. One standard.
We look for relevant experience and careful readers. Every contributor agrees to confidentiality, conflict disclosure, and fair feedback.
Section editors
Check fit, coordinate reviews, and make decisions with the editorial team.
Academic advisors
Help with calibration, specialist questions, and hard decisions. Student editors keep the lead.
Research communication volunteers
Help with copyediting, citations, accessibility, and author resources.
Before an invitation
We explain the work before an invitation.
New reviewers start with the public rubric, sample reviews, and a calibration exercise. Editors assign work only when the field, capacity, and conflicts fit. 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 when their experience fits a current need. Applicants under 18 need a guardian email.