User:Arided added the following to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Research_Ideas
> The field of "wiki studies" exists but there is no dedicated journal. This is a problem to be solved.

There is an academic/industry "wiki studies" conference called WikiSym.  

Also, there is Wikimania, a more wiki-like, less academic conference for wiki studies and technologies.

Why do we also need a wiki journal?  What needs would such a journal fulfill that the conferences do not?

To state it plainly, why do we need yet another publication venue specific to wiki software?

-Aaron