WikiJournal User Group/Meetings/2023-04-04

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

Dates and locations:

Attendees

Status update on in-progress articles from each journal WJS

Problem to get comments from editorial board (past year)
How can we improve the feedback mechanism
- Decision of handling editor or EoC and speak-up ?
- As many people weigh in as possible?
- Email vote could be used but still may not be used?
- Currently 7 day window but occasionally extend
2 Submission update: changes made and ready for handling editor
Broadbill editor has not followed through
Sustainability through Sci Fi also problem with reviewer
1 Article may have a problem (Paxlovid): because it was published elsewhere 2 days prior to submission - now declined and sent warning to author (one of first major problems in the journal)

WJH

Piotr may be able to help ramp up in summer
Check mailing list is functioning properly
Also change admin because Sarah Vital will be stepping down
Draft note on Journal Page that there is a submission backlog
It was discovered that editorial decision emails were sent to the general WJH mailing list and not the editorial board mailing list

Confidential “note to editor” section in peer review form

Add new confidential vs keep existing process?
Are there things that peer reviewer would say in private? There may be power differentials between the peer reviewer and author that would need confidential comments to be conveyed privately
Other informal way is that reviewer can email handling editor but its not captured anywhere if changing handling editors
Verdict: Add it to the form and see how it goes over the next year
Risk : peer reviewer to give a good public review but negative private review or putting the review in the wrong field

Developer - OpenJournal API

Difficulty to find someone with open journal systems and wiki
Have found someone that are willing to try
Should be able to get some of the things done
Getting them to run a test
After API then
- Replace authorship declaration form
- Automatically create wikidata item and email around the board
- Eliminate people pretending to be other people

WorkMarket

Confirmation of budgeted roles

WJS Editor and Chief