Forget about a "fast track" to publication. (a) There isn't one. (b) In pusuing one as a student you're likely to develop a lot of bad habits that will hinder you from doing any good research. (c) If you are impatient, research is likely not a good thing to get involved in.
To be published, a research paper generally has to meet three criteria. First, it has to provide a novel advancement on particular problem. Second, that problem and the advancement that's presented has to be of interest to scientific community (or at least the readership of the particular journal). Third, the work has to be in a presentable form (well-written, concise but not omit any important details, accessible to the journal readership, etc.)
To start this process, you need to start working on a problem. Before even starting the research, you have to understand the field. You need to know what's been done, why certain problems are relevant, what other people are working on, and what work is likely to yield a novel advancement. Usually this is what graduate students struggle with over their first couple years of graduate school under the mentorship of a superviser. Then you start doing the actual research. Then, once you've found something, you start writing the paper.
Undergraduates will usually involve themselves in the process by helping out with an existing, and ongoing project and as they do, learn about both the field and develo their own set of research skills.
It's very very rare for an undergraduate to have the background knowledge to embark on a research project successfully without guidance.