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I've wanted to see this in other fields for some time (and would be willing to assist/lead if anyone else is interested), but "Wikiversity" is a clunky name that I imagine will get in the way of spreading the actual journal. It would be better shortened to "wiki" or "open" in relationship to
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Wikiversity Journal User Group is intended to eventually include several journals, covering various fields of study. Coverage beyond the field of medicine came with the creation of a physics journal (created by Prof Guy Vandegrift).
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makes the final decision on including an article in the journal. Readers can edit published articles after publication, but all edits are frequently monitored and disruptions have not occurred.
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and ex-member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. There are currently 16 articles published by the journal, including for example
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of additional articles in any of the journals. More articles will attract more readers, and eventually more contributors to the project.
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that are not published, but could very well fit as an article. Also, the project can be presented to students, such as participants in
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Having the journal accepted as a User group is one step forward for Wikiversity Journal, with still lots of work ahead.
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for community interaction – please follow us to keep updated with developments – and contributions are most welcome.
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of Wikimedia on June 1, 2016. This article therefore summarizes its activity and future prospects.
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was made. Wikiversity Journal was officially started on March 25, 2014, with the creation of the
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The idea of launching a scientific journal as part of Wikimedia is not completely new. In 2009 a
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of future article submissions, wherein those interested can sign up at the corresponding pages:
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Wikiversity Journal User Group allows contributions to the Wikimedia movement in a format that
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medical gallery including cardiology, neurology, dermatology, biochemistry and endocrinology
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of journal pages into other languages. Wikiversity currently exists in multiple languages (
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ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication
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Wikiversity Journal—A new user group: Wikimedia enters academic publishing
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This journal was presented at Wikimania 2016 as the talk described at
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to potential article authors. For example, many scholars have written
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Help is particularly appreciated with the following tasks:
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There are also ideas for Wikiversity Journal to become a
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was formed in January 2015 and included among others Dr.
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Wikiversity Journal/Future as separate Wikimedia project
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abides by several international journal guidelines:
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