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Hello, I am but a highschool student and I'm trying to get published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. I've decided to take this up as a project which I'll be working on. I need some guidance from people involved in higher academics anyway.
So far, I've been toying with the idea of either a literary or historical journal to offer a paper to. I have not started or even chosen a topic, for the time being, I'm researching everything out and then I'll be choosing a topic. I honestly feel like I can do this with a little help on the formalities. No one else is there to help me academically, its just me by myself so I ask this here.

I have some questions:

1.) What styles do academic journals want? Do differing ones have different preferences? Which one should I learn?

2.) What kinds of papers do they want? I know they do want "original research" - but say I wanted to, in a novel, analyze, expound and elucidate on a theme neglected by others for the most part and submitted it to a literary journal. Would they want that?

3.) Are there any other tips anyone in the know-how can offer me?

Thanks for any responses.