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WikiJournal User Group
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WikiJournal User Group is a publishing group of open-access, free-to-publish, Wikipedia-integrated academic journals. <seo title=" WJM, WikiJMed, Wiki.J.Med., WikiJMed, Wikiversity Journal User Group, WikiJournal WikiMed, Free to publish, Open access, Open-access, Non-profit, online journal, Public peer review "/>

Dates and locations:

  • March 13, 2024 01:00 PM UTC
  • March 13, 2024 10:00 PM UTC

Attendees

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First Meeting

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Second Meeting

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Agenda

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  • Update on Journals
    • WJS: Balancing publication # and articles that are too similar
  • Grant Application
  • Board updates
  • Wikimania

Meeting Notes

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Notes (First Meeting)

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  • WikiJMed update
    • We are in the process of publishing one further pre-print from the backlog but no movement yet on the remainder. At Andrew Leung’s suggestion I have started simply allocating pre-prints to board members in the hope that they will respond and take them forward. Also, there is a backlog, which I have only discovered, of submissions. I receive no alerts related to these and have no idea to whom the responsibility belongs, but I have been given editing rights on the spreadsheet of submissions by Andrew and will start trying to process these gradually. However, I am not entirely sure that this is my role and if anyone else wishes to assume this I will not stand in their way. I would continue to keep an eye on pre-prints once they are up. I am now aware of:
      • Author declaration sheet
      • Uploaded pre-print files
      • Lost password for author
      • Create new account and link in user page
  • WikiJSci update: accepting backlogged articles
    • 2 published paper since 2024
    • 3 more papers for consideration in the next month
    • Concern by an editor - several bird species articles are similar (structure and content)
      • Least publishable unit
  • Grant application
    • Partnership on PLoS (is the partnership still active)?
    • Ellen to note things that need to improve on grant application
    • Insurance cost - issue
      • Will contact other chapters to find cheaper insurance with similar coverage
  • Board Updates
    • Keeping track of activeness in the board
    • Send email notes
  • Wikimania Poland (7-10 August)
    • Andrew has a partial scholarship
    • Starting to call for session presentations at Wikimania so we need to submit (beginning of april)


Notes (Second Meeting)

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  • Ideas for increasing engagement and building wikijournal
    • Help group - pose questions to the community of editors
    • Learning and support mapping to figure out how to support editors more
    • Screen casts of how to do things as well as a document that is a simplified “how to” document
  • Grant application
    • Due on March 18th
    • Need to incorporate more Wik citation metrics to show impact of WikiJournals on the wider wiki platform
  • Future directions
    • Understand PLOS partnership
    • University incorporation