WikiJournal User Group/Publishing

Criteria for inclusion for article submissions to WikiJournals are mainly that they are scientifically sound, appropriately supported by references, fall within the scope of the Journal to which the work was submitted, not already have been submitted for publication elsewhere, be of an appropriate open license and include a declaration of any conflicts of interests. Publication formats include original research and several forms of reviews. Articles are preferably submitted via this submission page. Alternatively, submissions can be sent confidentially to.

The criteria for inclusion in the are as follows:
 * The article is sound and appropriately supported by references
 * The article is relevant to
 * The article content is not already submitted to a publisher that prohibits further publication
 * The author(s), creator(s) and/or sole owner(s) of the exclusive copyright of the work agrees to have it published under the "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International" license (preferably), or any Wikipedia-compatible license or multi-licensing thereof
 * Potential conflicts of interests are declared (see [ the submission form for details])

The journal is currently particularly encouraging submission of articles containing media (such as images and videos) that can be regarded to be of benefit to Wikipedia articles, or other Wikimedia projects.



Review articles can be written and processed in two ways:
 * Existing Wikipedia articles can be submitted via this page on Wikipedia, with subsequent peer review amendments then integrated back into Wikipedia.
 * New content can be written on the WikiJournal preprint server, and can be used to expand and revise Wikipedia pages after acceptance.

Clarity

 * Manuscripts submitted to the should exhibit clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent writing.
 * We recommend asking one or two colleagues known for writing well to review your manuscript before submission. editors will carefully review manuscripts for quality prose, we cannot provide a full, in-depth copy editing service. Therefore please submit a manuscript only after you know that your article exhibits pithy prose.
 * Writing resources
 * "The main objective of scholarly writing is clear communication, which can be achieved by presenting ideas in an orderly and concise manner. ... Precise, clear word choice and sentence structure also contribute to the creation of a substantive, impactful work" - APA Publication Manual
 * "We cannot succeed in making even a single sentence mean one and only one thing; we can only increase the odds that a large majority of readers will tend to interpret our discourse according to our intentions" - The Science of Scientific Writing

Content

 * Submissions are preferably created at the Submission page (alternatively, submissions can be sent confidentially to )
 * For the article title, use sentence case capitalization (capitalized first letter of the first word and proper nouns, otherwise generally lower-case letters (more information).
 * Author(s) should be given by real name(s), with a method of contact (email address or Special:EmailUser link) for at least one corresponding author. It is recommended to have author names displayed online already during the peer review, yet authors may opt to be anonymous until article acceptance.
 * ORCID IDs should be included when possible to disambiguate author identity (registration)
 * Submitted works may include up to 6 keywords
 * For original research, an abstract should ideally be structured into Method/Background, Results and Conclusion parts, while for reviews they can be more freely composed summaries (200-500 words)
 * It is recommended to also include a short (50-100 word) plain language summary for a reader with no specialised knowledge in the article's topic, omitting technical detail and jargon (writing advice: "Plain-Language Summaries" and "Writing for lay audiences")
 * Usage of hyperlinks are encouraged, especially links to Wikipedia articles, by clicking the VisualEditor_-_Toolbar_-_Linking_%28small%29.png button and pasting a Wikipedia URL
 * 3-6 peer reviewers with appropriate expertise to assess the work (see criteria) should be recommended
 * Avoid breaching copyright (including text/images from articles that you previously wrote, but where copyright is owned by the journal)

Figures

 * Vector graphics should be in svg format. Other images should be in high resolution, png, tif or jpg
 * If possible, figures should be understandable even after printing the article in black-and-white
 * Each image will be automatically numbered and it is often useful to refer to each in the text
 * Figures adapted from creative commons sources should have their attribution included in the caption

Additional information section

 * Roles of contributors may be described, such as by using “CRediT” author taxonomy or STARDIT contributor taxonomy
 * Acknowledgement sections should include (and be limited to) funding bodies, departments, groups and individuals that assisted, and are willing to be publicly mentioned.

Data and supplementary information
We encourage the publication of full datasets.
 * Small datasets can be included as a collapsible, made sortable is appropriate (example)
 * Medium datasets or additional information can be included as supplementary data pages (example)
 * Large datasets can be hosted on open data repositories such as the Open Science Framework, and a link included in the article

Competing interests
Conflicts of interest includes any payment or services from a commercial, private or governmental third party (e.g. grants, data monitoring boards, study design, manuscript preparation, or statistical analysis). For grants received for work outside the submitted work, disclosure is only required for entities that could be perceived to be affected financially by the published work, such as drug companies, or foundations supported by entities that with possible financial stake in the outcome. Any involvement in WikiJournal should also be disclosed. Disclosure is not required for public funding sources, such as government agencies, charitable foundations or academic institutions.

Attribution of creative commons material
Articles adapted from Wikipedia should include an "et. al." link in the author list which lists all contributors to the Wikipedia article (using the "et_al" option in the article header). Text drawn from creative commons sources must either be clearly attributed to be compliant with that license, or be paraphrased. Images not created by the authors should be attributed with name and license in the legend, such as: Jane Smith, CC-BY-SA 3.0. Always double check the original source's license.

Publication
Based on the recommendations of the peer reviewers, the editorial board will make the decision whether to publish the article. Published articles will be added to an issue of the journal, assigned a DOI, have a PDF generated, be promoted on social media, and suitable content integrated into Wikipedia.

Post-publication revision

 * Minor edits, such as spelling errors, minor grammatical errors and inconsistencies in reference formatting, can be corrected after publication by the authors or editors.
 * Major changes or additions to content after publication are acceptable, but require a new round of peer review before acceptance.
 * 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.