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Please use the preview button before saving.">edit</span></a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity">Wikiversity</a> participants can engage in scholarly <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Original_research" title="Wikiversity:Original research">original research</a> activities that support the educational <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Mission" title="Wikiversity:Mission">mission</a> of Wikiversity. The <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scope_of_research" title="Wikiversity:Scope of research">scope</a> of research at Wikiversity is limited to research activities that promote learning and the goals of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>. In order to promote high quality research, the Wikiversity research guidelines emphasize two main issues: verifiability and ethics. Original research at Wikiversity is open to peer review in order to allow the Wikiversity research community to strive for <a href="#Verifiability">verifiability</a>. Wikiversity participants who engage in research are required to adhere to high standard of scholarly <a href="#Ethics">research ethics</a>. </p><p>Research activities at Wikiversity include scholarly <a href="#Secondary_research">secondary research</a> (literature review) and original research that involves other methods suitable for a wiki community, such as study of the dynamics of wiki communities themselves. All research activities must be transparent and conducted so that research methods can be subjected to peer review and independent <a href="#Verification">verification</a> by others. Some Wikiversity research projects adhere to a conventional Wikimedia Foundation <a href="#Neutral_point_of_view">neutral point of view</a> policy; however, some do not. Wikiversity research practices are expected to be built on <a href="#Citing_sources">citation of reliable sources</a>, <a href="#Honesty">honesty</a> and <a href="#Disclosures">disclosure</a> of potential conflicts of interest. Peer review of research projects is distributed amongst the community. It is proposed that review of research projects be guided by a <a href="#Review_Board">Review Board</a>, which is a body composed of Wikiversity participants selected by the community in order to make use of their expertise in specific subject areas. Members of the review board use their experience and expertise to help guide the community in recognizing and addressing poor research practices. </p><p>The overarching goal of research on Wikiversity is to help people learn about the practice of doing good research. Another long-term goal is to explore the possibility of establishing communities of researchers who can support a formal peer review process that would allow "wiki publishing" of research results. It may become possible for the Wikiversity research community to eventually facilitate publishing of peer-reviewed research reports that would be recognized as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Attribution">reliable source</a> able to be cited in sister projects such as Wikipedia and Wikibooks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Scope_of_research" data-mw-thread-id="h-Scope_of_research"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Scope_of_research"></span>Scope of research<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Scope_of_research"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Scope of research"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:RG/S"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:RG/S&redirect=no">WV:RG/S</a></span></li></ul></div> <p><i>See the <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scope_of_research" title="Wikiversity:Scope of research">policy page for research scope</a>.</i> </p><p>Wikiversity participants engage in a wide range of scholarly <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Original_research" title="Wikiversity:Original research">original research</a> activities. Scholarly assessment of existing knowledge (sometimes called "<a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Secondary_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:Secondary research">secondary research</a>", or "literature review") is an integral part of many Wikiversity educational activities. Critical thinking in research—even in a review of the literature—can lead to original research results. Wikiversity promotes and nurtures all such research that falls within its scope. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Research_and_neutral_point_of_view" data-mw-thread-id="h-Research_and_neutral_point_of_view-Scope_of_research"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Research_and_neutral_point_of_view-Scope_of_research"></span>Research and neutral point of view<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Research_and_neutral_point_of_view-Scope_of_research"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Research and neutral point of view"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:RNPOV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:RNPOV&redirect=no">WV:RNPOV</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>In order to support academic freedom, Wikiversity allows participants to move outside of the confines of the traditional Wikimedia Foundation <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neutral_point_of_view" class="extiw" title="meta:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a> (NPOV) policy. This allows scholars to intensively explore different points of view, even if they are outside of the conventional streams of academic scholarship, as long as biases are <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Disclosures" title="Wikiversity:Disclosures">disclosed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scholarly_ethics" title="Wikiversity:Scholarly ethics">high standards of scholarship</a> are adhered to. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scope_of_original_research" data-mw-thread-id="h-Scope_of_original_research-Scope_of_research"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Scope_of_original_research-Scope_of_research"></span>Scope of original research<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Scope_of_original_research-Scope_of_research"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Scope of original research"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:RG/SOR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:RG/SOR&redirect=no">WV:RG/SOR</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Original research is conducted for many reasons, not all of which are compatible with the mission and format of the Wikiversity project. The following are examples of research activities that are beyond the educational mission and capabilities of Wikiversity: </p> <ul><li>"marketing" research that promotes a specific commercial product or political candidate or any other kind of research that has as its goal something outside of the educational mission of Wikiversity;</li> <li>research that violates Wikimedia Foundation policy such as the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wikimedia:privacy policy">privacy policy</a>;</li> <li>research that is illegal or unethical; and</li> <li>research that would normally be formally reviewed by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board" class="extiw" title="w:Institutional review board">Institutional Review Board</a> (exceptions: if a research project that includes research activities conducted within a Wikiversity website was first reviewed and approved by an existing IRB of a bricks-and-mortar research institution and if the project was openly conducted according to the IRB-approved protocol).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Verifiability" data-mw-thread-id="h-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Verifiability"></span>Verifiability<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Verifiability"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Verifiability"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:RG/V"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:RG/V&redirect=no">WV:RG/V</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>All original research projects on Wikiversity must be conducted in an open and transparent fashion so as to facilitate independent and objective verification of methods and results by others. All research projects must fully document the methods, original motivations (see <a href="#Disclosures">disclosures</a>), and hypotheses. Research in progress must be clearly labeled as such with the appropriate templates. The research templates will place research-related pages in the <a href="/wiki/Category:Research" title="Category:Research">"Research" category</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honesty" data-mw-thread-id="h-Honesty-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Honesty-Verifiability"></span>Honesty<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Honesty-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Honesty"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Research results are never altered, modified, misrepresented, omitted from reporting or falsified in order to artificially fit a predetermined belief, desired result or proposed hypothesis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transparency" data-mw-thread-id="h-Transparency-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Transparency-Verifiability"></span>Transparency<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Transparency-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Transparency"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It should be clear from the report on the research: </p> <ol><li>What was done in the course of all stages of the research (and why), and</li> <li>how claims are made on the basis of the data (and why).</li></ol> <p>This ensures that other people can look at the research, and decide for themselves whether it is a good or useful piece of research. </p><p>It is not necessary that the full dataset used is publicly available—though it is a good idea—and if this is undesirable (for ethical reasons, for example), it could be made available to individuals, upon their request. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Objectivity" data-mw-thread-id="h-Objectivity-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Objectivity-Verifiability"></span>Objectivity<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Objectivity-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Objectivity"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikiversity participants who participate in research activities should strive to conduct and report their research in such a way that it is possible for others to independently test, verify and confirm that research. </p><p>All original research projects at Wikiversity should be conducted with the goal of producing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivity" class="extiw" title="w:Objectivity">objectively</a> verifiable results. Researchers should always respect the outcome of their data analysis, and certainly not manipulate the data to fit a predetermined result. If a hypothesis is proposed, the results/data should be used to prove or disprove it. One should not conduct research to prove oneself right, nor someone else wrong—on the contrary, one should always strive to be critical of all aspects of the research process, including oneself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subjectivity" data-mw-thread-id="h-Subjectivity-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Subjectivity-Verifiability"></span>Subjectivity<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Subjectivity-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Subjectivity"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Personal and subjective points of view and opinions can play an important, and even central part in research, but they should be identified as such, and integrated as much as possible with the existing ideas of others by citing published sources that support or suggest your lines of reasoning and path of intellectual exploration. You are free to express your views and opinions so long as you relate them in a scholarly way to your primary data and/or secondary sources. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neutral_point_of_view" data-mw-thread-id="h-Neutral_point_of_view-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Neutral_point_of_view-Verifiability"></span>Neutral point of view<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Neutral_point_of_view-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Neutral point of view"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:NPOV"></span><span id="WV:POV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:NPOV&redirect=no">WV:NPOV</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:POV&redirect=no">WV:POV</a></span></li></ul></div> <p>Within Wikiversity, the default approach to conducting research is that all research projects are open to participation by any member of the community and all associated wiki pages are open to editing according to conventional Wikimedia Foundation <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neutral_point_of_view" class="extiw" title="meta:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> (NPOV) policy. However, since some advances in knowledge and understanding involve exploration of novel ideas that lie outside of conventional patterns of existing knowledge, belief and thought, Wikiversity does allow researchers to explore various points of view as long as the highest principles of scholarly ethics are adhered to. Unless you explicitly request otherwise, other people can edit your project, and NPOV policy applies. </p><p>Wikiversity is a wiki and, in general, anybody can edit the pages of a research project. Others may offer alternative analyses of your results, which may contradict your conclusions. This is to be encouraged, and Wikiversity supports research that is open to be edited by all. If you do decide to limit editing of wiki pages to a select group, expect that other will make copies of your work and edit those copies in complliance with the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neutral_point_of_view" class="extiw" title="meta:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a> (NPOV) policy. If you edit Wikiversity pages outside of the restrictions of NPOV policy, you should expect your work to be subjected to peer review. If your methods depart from the scholarly practices outlined by Wikiversity research guidelines, you may be asked to either adapt your materials/methods—or your materials may be removed from Wikiversity. If you repeatedly ignore the advice of your peers, and there is general consensus for this, you may be banned from editing Wikiversity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disclosures" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disclosures-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disclosures-Verifiability"></span>Disclosures<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disclosures-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Disclosures"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2661592">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Disclosures" title="Wikiversity:Disclosures">Wikiversity:Disclosures</a></div> <p>If you wish to conduct research activities outside of NPOV and/or with restrictions on who can edit your work, you must openly declare your biases, potential conflicts of interest, and be very open about the objectives of your research. Declaring your personal biases will help people understand your viewpoint and trust you. Working outside of the restrictions of NPOV policy imposes on you the highest standards of scholarly ethics and means your research methods and practices will be subjected to critical evaluation and peer review. </p><p>Declare your known biases or any potential conflicts of interest at the start of your research project. This fosters trust, and helps the community to judge the study from your point of view. This will join you in a group effort to raise conscientiousness and group-assisted introspection. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citing_sources" data-mw-thread-id="h-Citing_sources-Verifiability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Citing_sources-Verifiability"></span>Citing sources<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Citing_sources-Verifiability"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Citing sources"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No research activities are excused from the need to be aware of existing relevant knowledge and past published research results. Carefully cite relevant sources wherever possible, in both secondary research (literature reviews) and as an integral part of the conduct and reporting of any original research activities. </p><p>It is not always possible to justify and contextualize original research using previously published sources, especially when the topic has not been examined in depth before. Wikiversity is open to scholarly research that tries to stretch the boundaries of knowledge. Where possible, you should cite relevant sources of previously published research in your field of study that most closely relate to any new paths of exploration you may be involved with. Secondary research should always be based on verifiable sources, and should always cite all the sources used in your research. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Ethics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Ethics"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Ethics"></span>Ethics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Ethics"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Ethics"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2289424"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WV:RG/E"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain plainlist noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcut" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:RG/E&redirect=no">WV:RG/E</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li>All research projects on Wikiversity should be conducted according to <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scholarly_ethics" title="Wikiversity:Scholarly ethics">high standards of scholarly ethics</a>.</li> <li>A project that breaks or tests conventional ethical guidelines is not permitted.</li> <li>A project that would require oversight by an expert in research ethics or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/institutional_review_board" class="extiw" title="w:institutional review board">IRB</a> is not permitted.</li> <li>Wikiversity's Review Board is responsible for examining the conduct and methods of all research projects.</li></ul> <p>All research published on Wikiversity should be conducted in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics" class="extiw" title="w:Ethics">ethical</a> manner. Wikiversity cannot permit studies that involve such ethical issues as harm (including distress or embarrassment), deception or risk to either human subjects or animals. No studies may be published that involve a breach in local or international law. </p><p>Research projects that would normally require approval from an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/institutional_review_board" class="extiw" title="w:institutional review board">institutional review board</a> (IRB) cannot be permitted on Wikiversity. However, if an established IRB approves your research, the Wikiversity <a href="#Review_Board">Review Board</a> may permit it. </p><p>Wikiversity is devoted to a search for knowledge and providing a support system to help people learn about the world. Wikiversity promotes adherence to scholarly ethics that keep Wikiversity free from propaganda, deception and intellectual dishonesty such as plagiarism. Wikiversity does not exist as a platform to support advocates of particular political movements, religious ideologies or scientific, legal or historical theories. Wikiversity can contain scholarly study of all topics, but Wikiversity does not exist for the purpose of advocating or advancing particular points of view, movements or belief systems. </p><p>Wikiversity participants who engage in research activities must not attempt to use Wikiversity as a platform for advocating or advancing propaganda or any other type of deception or intellectual dishonesty, but rather, Wikiversity editors must remain devoted to scholarly consideration of their topic of study. This means not distorting or hiding evidence and not crafting illegal, deceptive, dishonest or otherwise unethical accounts of facts or ideas. Wikiversity scholars can, and must, study their subjects with devotion to honesty and the highest scholarly standards. </p><p>Wikiversity standards for scholarly and ethical research practices are enforced by peer review. Most of this peer review is possible through conventional wiki community interactions and page editing. However, some forms of bogus and unethical research can only be recognized by experts. In order to protect itself from such problems, the Wikiversity community depends on the participation of experts who can guide the whole community in recognizing bogus and unethical research practices, as discussed in the next section. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Review_process" data-mw-thread-id="h-Review_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Review_process"></span>Review process<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Review_process"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Review process"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikiversity's review process of research is distributed and community-led, taking the following steps: </p> <ol><li>People add research to Wikiversity—they are encouraged to flag it appropriately as "research".</li> <li>If not done already, research is flagged with a template placed at the top of the page.</li> <li>If anyone reviewing (i.e. simply reading) the page finds something within the research to be questionable on methodological, ethical, epistemological grounds, they can add an appropriate template—or modify the existing one.</li> <li>The page(s) in question can be flagged for deletion—or a request for comments can be made</li> <li>After discussion and review, the research can be either modified, deleted, or sent for further review by the Review Board (details below).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Review_Board" data-mw-thread-id="h-Review_Board-Review_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Review_Board-Review_process"></span>Review Board<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Review_Board-Review_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Review Board"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>See the full <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Review_board/En" title="Wikiversity:Review board/En">Review Board policy</a>.</i> </p><p>Some misguided and deceptive research practices may be difficult to detect. The Wikiversity community relies on the participation of people with expertise in good research practices and who can help the community recognize and correct bogus and unethical research practices. The <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Review_board" title="Wikiversity:Review board">Review Board</a> will be active in guiding the entire Wikiversity community in examination of all Wikiversity research projects and identifying and correcting any problems that breach the Wikiversity research guidelines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peer_review_from_external_entities" data-mw-thread-id="h-Peer_review_from_external_entities-Review_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Peer_review_from_external_entities-Review_process"></span>Peer review from external entities<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Peer_review_from_external_entities-Review_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: Peer review from external entities"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is possible to have Wikiversity works peer reviewed from an external entity, such as by trusted experts within an educational system such as a school. <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Peer_review_verification" title="Wikiversity:Peer review verification">Peer review verification</a> can be performed for such works, wherein trusted Wikimedia community volunteers verify the authenticity of peer review certifications for scientific texts included in Wikiversity. </p><p>This can be used as a complement to internal peer review by a <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Review_board/En" title="Wikiversity:Review board/En">Research Review Board</a>. Also, it may be useful for research projects with few participants, which may not have a large enough community to support a <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Review_board/En" title="Wikiversity:Review board/En">Research Review Board</a>. An alternative for communities without an active Review Board is to adopt a conventional Wikimedia Foundation No Original Research policy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fringe_research" data-mw-thread-id="h-Fringe_research-Review_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Fringe_research-Review_process"></span>Fringe research<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Fringe_research-Review_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section's source code: Fringe research"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another obvious concern is how will we deal with fringe groups (eg. Nazis etc.) who want to use Wikiversity as a publishing house. The Review Board will guide to community in making sure that all research projects, including fringe research, are conducted according to scholarly research methods as described in the Wikiversity research guidelines. At times, it may be useful to amend the Wikiversity research guidelines so as to explicitly exclude some types of fringe research if they disrupt Wikiversity or distract the community from its educational mission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towards_Wiki_publishing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Towards_Wiki_publishing-Review_process"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Towards_Wiki_publishing-Review_process"></span>Towards Wiki publishing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Towards_Wiki_publishing-Review_process"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section's source code: Towards Wiki publishing"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wikiversity does not yet have a system for formal peer reviewed publishing. For Wikiversity research projects there may not necessarily be a final published research report for any given piece of research. Not every research contribution found on Wikiversity is accurate or verifiable. However, the purpose of research activities at Wikiversity is to promote learning, so we do not disregard inept research efforts—rather, we discuss, correct and build upon them. After a research project is complete, a summary report may be posted on a Wikiversity page. The raw data and the research report can be protected from further editing and remain as an historical archive. A goal of Wikiversity is to establish communities of scholars who can perform formal peer review of such research reports. Until such a system for peer reviewed "wiki publishing" can be established, Wikiversity participants should consider publishing original research in established journals. The <a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Review_board" title="Wikiversity:Review board">Review Board</a> might eventually evolve into a robust collection of experts who can support a formal peer review process. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="WikiJournals" data-mw-thread-id="h-WikiJournals-Towards_Wiki_publishing"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-WikiJournals-Towards_Wiki_publishing"></span>WikiJournals<span data-mw-comment-end="h-WikiJournals-Towards_Wiki_publishing"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section's source code: WikiJournals"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several academic journals are currently run at Wikiversity through the <a href="/wiki/WikiJournal/WikiJournal_User_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="WikiJournal/WikiJournal User Group">WikiJournal User Group</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section's source code: See also"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Research policies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Scope_of_research" title="Wikiversity:Scope of research">Scope of Research</a> for Wikiversity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Review_board/En" title="Wikiversity:Review board/En">Review Board</a> — formal peer review for Wikiversity</li></ul></li> <li>Research-related pages <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Research" title="Wikiversity:Research">Wikiversity:Research</a> — Source documents concerning research within Wikiversity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Original_research" title="Wikiversity:Original research">Original research</a> — unpublished research into a topic using literature review and/or methods in addition to literature review</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikiversity:Secondary_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikiversity:Secondary research">Secondary research</a> — research into a topic using the method of literature review</li></ul></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&oldid=2670333">https://en.wikiversity.org/w/index.php?title=Wikiversity:Research_guidelines&oldid=2670333</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Research" title="Category:Research">Research</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 13 October 2024, at 06:07.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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