Submit a study

You don't need to be a scientist. If you ran a careful experiment on yourself and you're willing to share it honestly, it belongs here. Here's how.

1. 1

   Make sure you have the basics

   A good n-of-1 write-up answers three questions: what one thing did you change, what did you measure, and what happened over time. If you compared on-periods to off-periods, even better — say so.

2. 2

   Copy the template

   We write studies in Markdown — plain text with simple formatting. The block at the top (between the --- lines) is your structured summary; everything below it is your story. Don't worry about getting the formatting perfect — we'll help tidy it.

   study.mdCopy template

   ---
   title: "Does magnesium glycinate reduce my migraine days?"
   authors:
     - "Your Name"
   summary: >
     A plain-language summary anyone can understand in 30 seconds. What did you
     test, for how long, and what did you find?
   published: "2026-06-24"
   
   # --- Study at a glance ---
   condition: "Migraine frequency"
   intervention: "Magnesium glycinate 400 mg nightly"
   design: "Single-subject ABAB (on / off / on / off)"
   duration: "12 weeks"
   blinding: "Unblinded"
   outcomes:
     - "Migraine days per week (headache diary)"
     - "Average pain (0–10) on migraine days"
   
   tags:
     - "migraine"
     - "supplements"
   status: "preprint"
   license: "CC BY 4.0"
   # dataUrl: "https://..."   # optional link to your raw data
   ---
   
   ## Background
   Why did you run this experiment? What were you hoping to find out?
   
   ## Method
   What exactly did you do? Be specific: dose, timing, how long each phase lasted,
   and how you measured your outcomes.
   
   ## Results
   What happened? Add a table or paste your numbers. You can use Markdown tables:
   
   | Phase | Weeks | Migraine days/week |
   | ----- | ----- | ------------------ |
   | A (off) | 1–3 | 3.0 |
   | B (on)  | 4–6 | 1.5 |
   
   ## Discussion
   What do you make of it? What might explain the result? What are the
   limitations (placebo, other changes in your life, measurement error)?
   
   ## Conclusion
   Your honest takeaway — including "I'm not sure" or "it didn't work" if that's
   the truth.
   

3. 3

   Fill it in, in plain language

   Replace the example text with your own. Write the way you'd explain it to a friend. Null results and “it didn't work” are genuinely valuable here — please include them.

4. 4

   Send it to us

   For now, submissions are reviewed by a human before going live (this keeps quality high while we're small). Email your filled-in template and we'll get it posted, usually within a few days, with its permanent nof1rxiv ID.

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   Comfortable with GitHub? You can also open a pull request adding your .md file to content/studies/.