WikiJournal User Group/Meetings/2023-04-04
WikiJournal User Group
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated
Dates and locations:
- April 4, 2023 12:00 PM UTC
- April 4, 2023 10:00 PM UTC
Attendees
editAgenda
edit- Status update on in-progress articles from each journal
- Confidential “note to editor” section in peer review form
- Sister project info and update
- Confirmation of budgeted roles
Meeting Notes
editStatus update on in-progress articles from each journal WJS
- Problem to get comments from editorial board (past year)
- How can we improve the feedback mechanism
- Decision of handling editor or EoC and speak-up ?
- As many people weigh in as possible?
- Email vote could be used but still may not be used?
- Currently 7 day window but occasionally extend
- 2 Submission update: changes made and ready for handling editor
- Broadbill editor has not followed through
- Sustainability through Sci Fi also problem with reviewer
- 1 Article may have a problem (Paxlovid): because it was published elsewhere 2 days prior to submission - now declined and sent warning to author (one of first major problems in the journal)
WJH
- Piotr may be able to help ramp up in summer
- Check mailing list is functioning properly
- Also change admin because Sarah Vital will be stepping down
- Draft note on Journal Page that there is a submission backlog
- It was discovered that editorial decision emails were sent to the general WJH mailing list and not the editorial board mailing list
Confidential “note to editor” section in peer review form
- Add new confidential vs keep existing process?
- Are there things that peer reviewer would say in private? There may be power differentials between the peer reviewer and author that would need confidential comments to be conveyed privately
- Other informal way is that reviewer can email handling editor but its not captured anywhere if changing handling editors
- Verdict: Add it to the form and see how it goes over the next year
- Risk : peer reviewer to give a good public review but negative private review or putting the review in the wrong field
Developer - OpenJournal API
- Difficulty to find someone with open journal systems and wiki
- Have found someone that are willing to try
- Should be able to get some of the things done
- Getting them to run a test
- After API then
- Replace authorship declaration form
- Automatically create wikidata item and email around the board
- Eliminate people pretending to be other people
WorkMarket
- Sarah Haggstrom met with WorkMarket team yesterday
- Could have up and running within the next month
Confirmation of budgeted roles
- Administrative Assistant: Ellen Sussman
- Executive role: Thomas Shafee
- Project Coordinators :
- WJS: Andrew Leung
- WJM: Roger Watson
- WJH: vacant
WJS Editor and Chief
- Thomas will be stepping down due to the Executive Role
- Will send email to open the position