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WikiJournal of Medicine is an open-access, free-to-publish, Wikipedia-integrated academic journal for Medical and Biomedical topics.

WikiJournal of Medicine
An
open access journal
with
no publication costs –
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www.WikiJMed.org
ISSN: 2002-4436
Frequency: Continuous
Since: March 2014
Funding:
Wikimedia Foundation
Publisher:
WikiJournal User Group
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2020:
Article in
The Signpost
2019:
Presentation at Wikimania 2019
Presentation at American Psychological Association
Article in
The Signpost
Article in the Wikimedia UK blog
2018:
Presentation
at
APO forum
Interview with Wikimedia Foundation
Winners of the best articles submitted in 2017
Gained COPE membership
Presentation
at
Wikimania 2018
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WikiJournal of Medicine
is an
ISSN
-registered,
peer reviewed
open access
journal in
medicine
and
biomedicine
published free of charge. The journal is hosted by the
Wikimedia Foundation
, the same organization that runs Wikipedia. Articles that pass peer-review are published as a citeable, indexed
PDF
, and suitable text and images are integrated into Wikipedia and related projects (with a link to the indexed PDF). The vast readership of Wikipedia results in a high effective impact of included works.
The journal publishes both review articles and original research in
various formats
. WikiJournals enable academic and medical professionals to contribute expert knowledge to the Wikimedia movement in the
academic publishing
format that directly rewards them with citable publications. Included works are assigned
DOI codes
(permanent links to each work via
Crossref
) and are indexed by
Google Scholar
DOAJ
and
others
The journal targets a broad population spanning from advanced researchers and clinicians to students and laypersons, wherein the latter can get quick explanations of advanced terms by
in-line links to Wikipedia
Unique publication features
Open Access
All of our published articles are
openly accessible
under a free
Creative Commons
or
similar license
Free to publish
We are a fully non-profit journal with a volunteer board of editors, and we therefore have no publication charges of any kind
Public peer-review
All peer reviews are published and publicly accessible
Wikipedia-integrated
Appropriate material is integrated into
Wikipedia
for added reach and exposure
Further information:
Presentation of WikiJournal at Wikimania 2019
Comparison to other journals
Structure
Publication
All accepted articles are published in two forms:
An editable "wiki" version, hosted using
MediaWiki software
by the
Wikimedia Foundation
A stable
PDF
version, which is the cite-able "version of record"
Before inclusion in the journal, article submissions are
peer reviewed
by at least two medical experts. The quality of the peer reviews is weighted in when the
editorial board
makes final decision on including the article in the journal. The journal emphasises transparency throughout the process, from peer reviews to final version and all versions are freely accessible online.
Contributors
The journal offers its services for free, by donations to the
Wikimedia Foundation
, and fully volunteer
peer reviewers
editors
and
editorial board
members. WikiJournal of Medicine is part of the
WikiJournal Publishing Group
, which is also the formal
publisher
of the journal.
Anyone may edit journal pages, but only minor edits to accepted journal articles (e.g. spelling) are permitted. Any edits that change the content of a published article require an additional round of peer-review, and if accepted, are published in an updated version of the page. Suggestions for updates of the main text of published articles may be created as separate drafts that are re-submitted to undergo peer review before being used to update the article.
All articles are open to post-publication peer review, and edit suggestions can be added at the "Discuss" tab at the top of each page.
Guidelines
The
publication ethics statement
of the WikiJournal of Medicine abides by several international guidelines:
ICMJE
Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication:
[1]
COPE
code of conduct for journal editors:
[2]
Budapest Open Access Initiative
recommendations:
[3]
Indexing and impact
Scopus
Committee on Publication Ethics
Open Publishing Award winner
(open publishing model category)
The journal is currently indexed in the following databasesː
Google Scholar
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Informit
, including archiving of published articles
Worldcat
AltMetric
Crossref
ROAD
ScienceOpen
Dimensions
Scholia
(via
WikiData
Scopus
Semantic Scholar
The journal is preparing to be indexed in the following locations:
PubMed Central
Web of Science
The journal is also listed in:
Committee on Publication Ethics
Transpose
ReimagineReview
The journal prioritises diverse impact across a range of metrics, such as
its AltMetric score
, in addition to traditional Impact Factor (Not yet assigned by Web of Science; unofficial estimation
here
). Additionally high reach is achieved for those articles integrated into Wikipedia
in full
or
in part
History
More detailed updates are located at the
discussion page
Part of the
WikiJournal Publishing Group
2004-07-05:
Proposal of "Wiki Scholarly Journals"
, where articles undergo peer review
2009-09-12:
Proposal:Journal
, a structured proposal for creating a journal as a
Wikimedia project
2010-09-28:
Core criteria
for a journal are described in Wikiversity
2011-01-22: A
diagram of hormone levels throughout the menstrual cycle
, that would later become the first WikiJournal article, is uploaded
2012-09-11:
First official external peer review
performed on a pilot study
2013-12-11: The
diagram of hormone levels
is peer reviewed
2014-
03-25
Wikiversity Journal
is officially created by
Mikael Häggström
, with
Wikiversity Journal of Medicine
becoming the first member journal
2014-03-28: The journal is registered by the
National Library of Sweden
and is assigned an
ISSN
2014-04-12: Articles are assigned
DOI codes
by Crossref
2015-01-12: The first
editorial board
is formed, with members Dr
James Heilman
(former president of
WikiProject Medicine Foundation
and ex-member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees), Gwinyai Masukume, Lisa Kipersztok and Mikael Häggström
2016-02-08: Inspired by the newly created
WikiJournal of Science
, the journal expands accepted forms of submissions to include any medical Wikipedia content
2016-06-01: The project is accepted as a
Wikimedia user group
2016-07: Major layout and formatting update by
Thomas Shafee
2016-09-07:
Wikiversity Journal
is renamed to become
WikiJournal
2016-09-29:
Listing in the Directory of Open Access Journals
2016-11-30: Registration as a non-profit organization in Sweden
2017-01-04: Requirement of peer review of at least 2 independent medical experts for all publications
2017-03-17: The
authorship declaration form
was implemented, replacing the previous
submission letter
2017-12-11:
Indexed in ScienceOpen
2018-02-21: Formal
ethics statement
ratified
2018-07-06: The journal is accepted as a member of the
Committee on Publication Ethics
(COPE).
2019: Winner of the
Open Publishing Awards (open publishing model category)
2020-06-19: The journal is
accepted
for indexing in SCOPUS
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