WikiJournal User Group

WikiJournal User Group
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated

The mission of the WikiJournals is to publish scholarly works with no cost for the authors, apply quality checks on submissions by expert academic peer review, and make accepted works available online free of charge in perpetuity.

User group since: June 1, 2016
Organization type: Non-profit
Registered in: United States^{[notes 1]}

Chapters (39)

Thematic organizations (2)

CAT Amical Wikimedia
WPM Wikimedia Medicine

Wikimedia user groups (133)

ACD AfroCROWD User Group
A+F Art+Feminism User Group
ALB Wikimedia Community User Group Albania
ARE Wikimedians of United Arab Emirates User Group
AZ Azerbaijani Wikimedians User Group
BA-SRP Wikimedians of Republic of Srpska
BAK Wikimedians of Bashkortostan User Group
BAQ Basque Wikimedians User Group
BEN Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group
BLT Black Lunch Table Wikimedians
BOL Wikimedistas de Bolivia
BY Wikimedia Community User Group Belarus
CEE Wikimedia Community User Group CEE Spring
CHI Wikimedians of Chicago User Group
CMW Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group
CI Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire
COD Wikimedians of Democratic Republic of Congo User Group
CPH Commons Photographers User Group
DZ Algeria Wikimedians User Group
EC Wikimedians of Ecuador
EG Egypt Wikimedians User Group
ESP-WE Wikiesfera Grupo de Usuarixs
ELiSo Esperanto kaj Libera Scio
EZY Wikimedians of Erzya language User Group
GB-CYM Grŵp Defnyddwyr Cymuned Wicimedia Cymru
GDV Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group
GE Wikimedia Community User Group Georgia
GH Wikimedia Ghana User Group
GIN Wikimedia Community User Group Guinea Conakry
GMG GLAM Macedonia User Group
GR Wikimedia Community User Group Greece
HDW Hindi Wikimedians User Group
H-GAPS H-GAPS User Group
HKG Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong
HTI Wikimedia Community User Group Haiti
IE Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group
IQ Iraqi Wikimedians User Group
IR Iranian Wikimedians User Group
IMD Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group
IN-GOA Wikipedians of Goa User Group
IN-KL Wikimedians of Kerala User Group
IN-MR Marathi Wikimedians User Group
IN-Tech Wikimedians of India technical user group
IN-UR Dehalvi Wikimedia Community User Group
JWK Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili
KAZ Wikimedia Community of Kazakh language User Group
KWU Kurdish Wikimedians User Group
KVL Karavali Wikimedians User Group
LGBT Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group
LEV Wikimedians of the Levant User Group
LSP Les sans pagEs User Group
LV Wikimedians of Latvia User Group
WPL Wikimedia and Libraries User Group
MA Wikimedia MA User Group
MAI Maithili Wikimedians User Group
MAP Wikimaps User Group
MATH Wikimedia Community User Group Math
MK-SK Shared Knowledge
MLA Muj(lh)eres latinoamericanas en Wikimedia
MLI Wikimedians of Mali User Group
MLT Wikimedia Community User Group Malta
MMR Myanmar Wikimedia Community User Group
MW-SG MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group
MYS Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia
NP Wikimedians of Nepal
NG Wikimedia Community User Group Nigeria
NGA-HA Hausa Wikimedians User Group
NGA-IG Igbo Wikimedians User Group
NGA-YO Yoruba Wikimedians User Group
NWR-Hist North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group
NZL Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand
OFWA Open Foundation West Africa
PAN Punjabi Wikimedians User Group
PARA Para-Wikimedians Community User Group
PER Wikimedians of Peru User Group
PH-WC Philippine Wikimedia Community User Group
LK Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka
ODW Odia Wikimedians User Group
ROU-MDA Wikimedians of Romania and Moldova User Group
RU-Don Don Wikimedians User Group
RU-NC Wikipedians of North Caucasus User Group
RU-SPB Wikimedians of Saint Petersburg User Group
SAT Wikimedians of Santali Language User Group
STE Wikimedia Stewards User Group
SQ Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group
SUD Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan
SVK Wikimedians of Slovakia User Group
SVN Wikipedians of Slovenia User Group
TAT Wikimedia Community of Tatar language User Group
TCD Wikimedia Community User Group Tchad
TN Wikimedia TN User Group
TR Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey
TRK Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group
TWG Tremendous Wiktionary User Group
TZA Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania
TZM Wikimedians of Tamazight User Group
UGA Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda
US-CAS Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
US-CO Wikimedians of Colorado User Group
US-GAP Georgia Piedmont Wikimedians User Group
US-LA Wikimedians of Los Angeles User Group
US-MN Wikimedians of Minnesota User Group
US-NCT North Carolina Triangle Wikipedians User Group
US-NE New England Wikimedians
US-OH Ohio Wikimedians User Group
US-SAN San Diego Wikimedians User Group
VNM Vietnam Wikimedians User Group
WAL Wikimedians of Western Armenian Language User Group
WAM Wikipedia Asian Month User Group
WB Wikibase Community User Group
WBL WikiBlind User Group
WBG West Bengal Wikimedians User Group
WC Wiki Cemeteries User Group
WCS WikiClassics User Group
WDG WikiDonne User Group
W&E Wikipedia & Education User Group
WGR Wikigrannies User Group
WGU Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias
WIS Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group
WJ WikiJournal
WK? Whose Knowledge?
WREN Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network User Group
WMB Grupo de Usuários Wiki Movimento Brasil
WNA WikiConference North America
WNAIL Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group
WOW Wikimedians for offline wikis
WSC Wikisource Community User Group
WSD Wikimedians for Sustainable Development
WT Wikitongues User Group
WTL WikiToLearn User Group
WW WikiWomen's User Group
WWH Wiki World Heritage User Group
WUL Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group
WDU Wikimedistas de Uruguay
DWU Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
AWUG Arabic Wikimedians User Group

WikiJournals publish a range of article formats. These include broad review articles that become Wikipedia pages (either written from scratch, or adapted from existing Wikipedia pages), focused review articles that may be used to update just one section of a Wikipedia page, multimedia articles that are used to enrich Wikipedia articles, and original research articles. Integrating suitable information into Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects) improves the accuracy of the encyclopedia, rewards authors with citable, indexed publications with much greater reach than traditional scholarly publishing, and increases participation in Wikimedia projects.

Members of the the WikiJournal User Group encompass a diverse range of roles. If you have any specialist skills and expertise you'd like to contribute, there are a number of potential roles to be involved in either on an ongoing or a once-off basis.

Organization, members and community[edit]

General membership

The User Group is open to anyone interested to join as a member (whether you have a wikimedia account or not). There is no membership fee and all members can vote in journal elections.

In addition to the open email list, we hold several open video meetings each year, and have a number of on-wiki discussion pages. Presentations and posters are also available to check out or share with colleagues.

Join as member

Additional roles

Journal editors

Editorial boards and associate editors: editorially independent boards that make decisions regarding the journal and its contents, as well as associate editors for further assistance.

Administrative board: a group with roles across the journals, including administrative, financial, HR, and creation and/or acceptance of additional journals in the group.

Technical editors: members hired to assist in behind-the-scenes admin and technical tasks (Further information).

Join an editorial board

Authors

Writers of submitted articles: range from experienced wikimedians to one-off users contributing new content or submitting from other projects to request external peer review. You can submit original research, review articles, or even Wikipedia articles.

You can also translate any articles (or even just article abstracts) into other languages!

Submit an article for review

Peer reviewers

Peer reviewers: field-specific experts invited by journal editors to give external comment on submitted articles. They are typically not experienced wikimedians and often contribute only once in their highly speclised role. Whilst most peer reviews are are invited by journal editors reaching out to experts for feedback, spontaneous feedback on submitted articles is always welcome.

Comment on a submitted article

Journals in this group[edit]

The WikiJournal User Group is intended to support an expanding group of open access journals focused on various topics.

Journal title	Logo	Scope	Review	Abides	Indexed & Listed	Started	Follow
WikiJournal of Medicine Wiki J Med http://www.WikiJMed.org Q24657325		medicine biomedicine	Public academic peer review by independent experts	ICMJE COPE BOAI Details	ISSN: 2002-4436 DOI: 10.15347/wjm DOAJ: Listed COPE: Member Complete list	2014	Twitter Facebook Mailing list
Second Journal of Science Wiki J Sci http://www.WikiJSci.org Q22674854		science technology engineering mathematics	Public academic peer review by independent experts	ICMJE COPE BOAI Details	ISSN: 2470-6345 DOI: 10.15347/wjs DOAJ: Listed Complete list	2018	Twitter Facebook Mailing list
WikiJournal of Humanities Wiki J Hum http://www.wikijhum.org/ Q56816727		humanities arts social science	Public academic peer review by independent experts	ICMJE COPE BOAI Details	ISSN: 2639-5347 DOI: 10.15347/wjh Complete list	2018	Twitter Facebook Mailing list
WikiJournal of Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Wiki J PPB https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikijournal_of_PPB Q105451083	[[File:\|link=v:WikiJournal of Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\|100px]]	psychology psychiatry behavioral sciences	Public academic peer review by independent experts	ICMJE COPE BOAI Details	Complete list	2021
WikiJournal Preprints Wiki J Pre https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_Preprints Q100164397		preprint working paper	Initial checks for misconduct and standards (articles in preparation, or undergoing peer review)	ICMJE COPE BOAI Details	Complete list	2017

Pillars[edit]

No cost for authors to have their works published
Open access for anyone to read, adapt, and distribute without cost
Peer review of all articles before publication, by at least two knowledgeable persons for the subject at hand
Transparency, with peer reviews and article discussions being open for everyone
Engagement, with anyone free to share ideas, contribute to, and edit the journals (though changes to an article's meaning require a new peer review)

Milestones[edit]

User Group

2016-05-31: Recognition as a Wikimedia User Group
2017-10-23: Registration as a non-profit organization in Sweden
2019-10-15: Awarded Open Publishing Award in the Open Publishing Models category
2020-12-21: Registration as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in USA

Individual journals

Readership[edit]

The incoming clicks from the doi codes of articles amounted to 12,000 per month in December 2018:^{[notes 2]}

WikiJournal of Medicine: 6,917
WikiJournal of Science: 4,448
WikiJournal of Humanities: 852

Articles that are integrated into Wikipedia received further views of 400,000 per month on that site in December 2018:

WikiJournal of Medicine: 140,572 (with a further 257,145 from articles with sections from WikiJMed articles)
WikiJournal of Science: 168,110
WikiJournal of Humanities: 93,480

Notes[edit]

↑ Registered in Connecticut, United States, on June 22, 2020. Also registered in Sweden (Organization #: 802511-9275, but this will be cancelled before the end of 2020
↑ After filtering out known search engine crawlers.