WikiJournal-en November 2019

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Peter Balfour to Mikael Häggström - Re: Technical editor (26.11.19)
by peteb＠doctors.org.uk 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

Thank you for your email (which I am not sure I should have received). I recently expressed an interest in WikiJournal but, as I have no experience of the Journal, do not think I am suitable for an editorial position at this time. Nevertheless, I am a scientifically-minded doctor of Medicine so, time permitting, I might be able to proof-read or help in other ways. Best wishes, Peter

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Technical editor
by Mikael Häggström 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

Hi all, I've been too busy lately to reply earlier on the technical editor discussions, but to continue the thread forwarded below, it should indeed be the primary responsibility of peer review coordinators to arrange peer reviews <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Editorial_guidelines…>, but I do think a technical editor can offer to help out, at least in apparently overdue cases. I made a separate page for the role (here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Technical_editor>), now with the following wording for the discussed task: "Assisting in arranging peer reviews <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Editorial_guidelines…>, by regularly checking the potential upcoming articles, and offer assistance to peer review coordinators at least in articles with delayed progression. Such assistance may be in organizing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers." I've also started a draft of a potential contract there: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Technical_editor. One issue is the amount of compensation. Although it might be an idea to determine fixed amounts for specific tasks as mentioned in the October meeting <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12zNLAyqzHUajBTW29NE2hs2mNbgY9CVnh386UWo…>, for now I think we have to apply an hourly rate, and focus on hiring someone who seems reliable in reporting the total time spent. At least initially, it's also important for the technical editor to document the time spent for different tasks. Even if it won't lead to a decision to put a price tag on each task, such detailed reports will help us decide what tasks the technical editor should do. As for the exact hourly amount, it varies worldwide, for example in US being $29 to $38 per hour [1] <https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/editor-hourly-wages>, and in India being about $4 per hour [2]. <https://www.payscale.com/research/IN/Job=Editor/Salary> I think we can start offering something closer to the latter. Since it is a non-profit organization, I think the position can still appeal to high income countries, and we could always increase it if we don't find any fitting candidate willing to do it for that salary. To have somewhere to start the discussion, I put $5 in the current contract draft. I appreciate suggestions for improvement to it. Best regards, Mikael On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:46 AM Youngstrom, Eric Arden <eay(a)unc.edu> wrote: > My suggestion would be to change it to "*organizing* lists of names, > credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions" -- > I agree that the editors are the main way of finding reviewers, but > organizing the past reviewers and new ones into a database helps a huge > amount. > > Having a way of catching, organizing, and querying the database will make > things work more efficiently, especially as the journals scale up. > > All the best, > > Eric > > <<<this message may have been dictated with Dragon voice recognition. > Please excuse any words that do not make sense in context!>>> > > Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Psychiatry > Acting Director, Center for Excellence in Research and Treatment of > Bipolar Disorder > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > eay(a)unc.edu > President (2019), Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology > President-Elect (2019-20), Society for Quantitative and Qualitative Methods > Co-Founder, Helping Give Away Psychological Science (hgaps.org) > Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Korea University > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WikiJournal-en [mailto:wikijournal-en-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] > On Behalf Of wikijournal-en-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 8:00 AM > To: wikijournal-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: WikiJournal-en Digest, Vol 29, Issue 2 > > Send WikiJournal-en mailing list submissions to > wikijournal-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikijournal-en-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikijournal-en-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of WikiJournal-en digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: technical editor hire (Jackie) > 2. Re: technical editor hire (Mark Worthen) > 3. Re: technical editor hire (Thomas Shafee) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:01:22 -0500 > From: Jackie <jackie.koerner(a)gmail.com> > To: WikiJournal User Group participants and followers > <wikijournal-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [WikiJournal-en] technical editor hire > Message-ID: <86E57A49-20C4-473E-B9F4-1A0478AC3E55(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi All, > > In looking at the list of tasks, I found one that seems to be an outlier: > Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential > peer reviewers for submissions If the technical editor takes care of this, > then what is it the rest of the board will do? > > I personally don’t think this task fits here and should lie with the > coordinating editors, as this might require area expertise. > > Best, > > Jackie > -- > Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. > jackiekoerner.com > > >> On Oct 10, 2019, at 10:37 PM, Thomas Shafee <thomas.shafee(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of > > potential peer reviewers for submissions >

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WikiJournals win Open Publishing Award!
by WikiJournal of Science contact 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

[image: image.png] Hi everyone, The WikiJournals are very proud to announce that we’ve won an open publishing award <https://openpublishingawards.org/index.php/the-wikijournal-user-group/> in the ‘Open Publishing Models’ category! “This is also the model that the judges found most interesting. WikiJournals play in the space between mass collaborative knowledge cultures, such as Wikipedia, and more contained, linear models seen in peer reviewed journals. … WikiJournals could be the ultimate paradoxical conclusion of the battle between legacy post-paper publication models and the web, romantic notions of authorship, and networked collaboration. Whatever the case, it is provocative, fascinating, and quite successful on its own terms. Of course without open content, this model would not be possible. This, together with the use of open source software and an interesting model for open access publishing, makes WikiJournals a standout open project.” - *Full judges decision here <https://openpublishingawards.org/index.php/the-wikijournal-user-group/>* Thank you to everyone involved as authors, reviewers, editors and all other contributors. WikiJournals is what it is because of you. And thank you of course to the Coko foundation for their continued work to encourage innovation in collaborative knowledge. What a great way to enter 2020! The WikiJournal User Group *Twitter* WikiJMed <https://twitter.com/WikiJMed> | WikiJSci <https://twitter.com/WikiJSci> | WikiJHum <https://twitter.com/WikiJHum> *FB* WikiJMed <https://www.facebook.com/pages/WikiJMed> | WikiJSci <https://www.facebook.com/pages/WikiJSci> | WikiJHum <https://www.facebook.com/pages/WikiJHum> *RSS* WikiJMed <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mediawiki-feeds/feed.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wik…> | WikiJSci <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mediawiki-feeds/feed.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wik…> | WikiJHum <https://tools.wmflabs.org/mediawiki-feeds/feed.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wik…>

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