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href="/wiki/File:Essay.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Essay.svg/30px-Essay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Essay.svg/45px-Essay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Essay.svg/60px-Essay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="35" data-file-height="42"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Essays#WikiProject_advice_page" title="Wikipedia:Essays">essay</a> on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">style</a>.</b> It contains the advice or opinions of one or more <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProjects</a> on how to format and present article content within their area of interest.<div style="font-size: 90%;"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide#Advice_pages" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">This information</a></b> is not a formal <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia policy or guideline</a>, as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Local_consensus" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Local consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.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}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For advice on writing articles about professional, hobbyist and other non-scholarly publications, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magazines/Writing_guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Magazines/Writing guide">Wikipedia:WikiProject Magazines/Writing guide</a>.</div> <p>This guide is intended to assist editors in the creation and writing of articles on <a href="/wiki/Academic_journal" title="Academic journal">academic journals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Proceedings" class="mw-redirect" title="Proceedings">conference proceedings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monographic_series" title="Monographic series">monographic series</a>, and other scholarly <a href="/wiki/Serial_(publishing)" title="Serial (publishing)">serial publications</a>. After following this, you should have a "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:STUB">perfect stub</a>", and bigger articles should feel a bit more "mainstream". Note that this guide is not intended to replace <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MOS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MOS">Wikipedia's Manual of Style</a> and that articles should follow the usual layout/formatting guidelines. </p><p>For the sake of simplicity, these publications will be referred as 'journals' in this guideline, unless otherwise noted. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Editing_with_a_conflict_of_interest" data-mw-thread-id="h-Editing_with_a_conflict_of_interest"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Editing_with_a_conflict_of_interest"></span>Editing with a conflict of interest <span class="anchor" id="COI"></span><span class="anchor" id="PAID"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Editing_with_a_conflict_of_interest"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Editing with a conflict of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:JWG/COI"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:JWG/COI&redirect=no">WP:JWG/COI</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_conflict_of_interest_guide" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide">Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide</a></div> <p>If you are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure#Meaning_of_"employer,_client,_and_affiliation"" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">affiliated with a journal or its publisher</a>, this puts you in a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COI">conflict of interest</a>. Wikipedia has several policies on the topic, with which you must comply to ensure a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutral point of view</a>. The highlights are if you are compensated for editing, or are asked to edit an article as part of your job, <i>you must disclose it</i>. Likewise, if you are not compensated but stand to gain standing, gain status in your field, get credit in a course, or advance a cause, <i>you must disclose it</i>. If you do not disclose such conflicts of interest, you may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLOCKED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLOCKED">blocked</a> from editing. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest</a> for more information. </p><p>Disclosing these conflicts of interest can be done as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:7%">To declare </th> <th style="width:30%">Place </th> <th style="width:8%">On </th> <th style="width:55%">To display... </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Paid editing </th> <td><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Paid" title="Template:Paid">Paid</a>|employer=Foobar Publishing}}</code> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">User page</a> </td> <td><center><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="$" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coin_Icon.svg/30px-Coin_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coin_Icon.svg/45px-Coin_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coin_Icon.svg/60px-Coin_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="75"/></a></span> This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#paid-contrib-disclosure" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use/en">Terms of Use</a>, discloses that they have been paid by Foobar Publishing for their contributions to Wikipedia.</center> </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor_(paid)" title="Template:Connected contributor (paid)">Connected contributor (paid)</a>|User1=Example|U1-employer=Foobar Publishing}}</code> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">Article talk page</a> </td> <td><center><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879475">.mw-parser-output .tmbox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #c0c090;background-color:#f8eaba;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmbox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .tmbox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .tmbox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .tmbox-content{border:2px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .tmbox-style{border:2px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .tmbox-move{border:2px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .tmbox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmbox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmbox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmbox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .tmbox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmbox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .tmbox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmbox{background-color:#2e2505}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmbox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmbox{background-color:#2e2505}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmbox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.tmbox img{max-width:none!important}</style><table class="plainlinks tmbox tmbox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coin_Icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coin_Icon.svg/40px-Coin_Icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coin_Icon.svg/60px-Coin_Icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Coin_Icon.svg/80px-Coin_Icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="75"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>'s <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use/en#paid-contrib-disclosure" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use/en">Terms of Use</a> require that editors disclose their "employer, client, and affiliation" with respect to any paid contribution; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PAID" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PAID">WP:PAID</a>. For advice about reviewing paid contributions, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIRESPONSE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIRESPONSE">WP:COIRESPONSE</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Example" title="User:Example">Example</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Example" title="User talk:Example">talk</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Example" title="Special:Contributions/Example">contribs</a>) has been paid by Foobar Publishing.</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></center> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Other conflicts of interest </th> <td><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:UserboxCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:UserboxCOI">UserboxCOI</a>|Foobar Publishing}}</code> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UP">User page</a> </td> <td><center><div class="wikipediauserbox" style="float:center;border:1px solid #7b7b7b;margin:1px;width:238px"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:238px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;background:#ececec;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><td style="border:0;width:45px;height:45px;background:#a7a7a7e3;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;color:black;padding:0 1px 0 0;line-height:1.25em;vertical-align:middle"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UserpageCOI.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/UserpageCOI.svg/60px-UserpageCOI.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/UserpageCOI.svg/90px-UserpageCOI.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/UserpageCOI.svg/120px-UserpageCOI.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="469"/></a></span></td><td style="border:0;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;padding:4px 4px;height:45px;line-height:1.25em;color:black;vertical-align:middle">This user has publicly declared that they have a <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a></b> regarding the Wikipedia article <b><a href="/wiki/Foobar" title="Foobar">Foobar Publishing</a></b>.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></center> </td></tr> <tr> <td><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor" title="Template:Connected contributor">Connected contributor</a>|User1=Example}}</code> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">Article talk page</a> </td> <td><center><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879475"><table class="plainlinks tmbox tmbox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Ambox_warning_blue.svg/40px-Ambox_warning_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Ambox_warning_blue.svg/60px-Ambox_warning_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Ambox_warning_blue.svg/80px-Ambox_warning_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="326"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">The following Wikipedia <b>contributor may be personally or professionally connected</b> to the subject of this page. Relevant policies and guidelines may include <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">autobiography</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Example" title="User:Example">Example</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Example" title="User talk:Example">talk</a> <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Example" title="Special:Contributions/Example">contribs</a>)</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></center> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>For example, an employee of Foobar Publishing (from interns, to editorial board members, to a journal's editor-in-chief) would be required to disclose their connection to Foobar Publishing. Note that this also covers edits made to competitors and affiliates of the employer. Likewise, a scientist that publishes research in a journal can also have a conflict of interest since a scientist's status is often judged based on where they publish their research. This is particularly true of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RECENTISM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RECENTISM">recently established journals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niche_market" title="Niche market">niche journals</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Fringe_science" title="Fringe science">fringe journals</a>. While <i><a href="/wiki/Science_(journal)" title="Science (journal)">Science</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s and <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_(journal)" title="Nature (journal)">Nature</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s reputation are well established by now, this may not be true of a recently established journal (roughly anything established in the last 20 years or so), of a niche journal of interest to only a handful of people (e.g. <i><a href="/wiki/HIA_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="HIA Journal">Horological Institute of America Journal</a></i>), or of a fringe/pseudoscience journal (e.g. <i><a href="/wiki/Answers_Research_Journal" title="Answers Research Journal">Answers Research Journal</a></i>). </p><p>Note that disclosing your conflicts of interest does not grant you a "right" to edit, or give you license to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADVOCACY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADVOCACY">advocate</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPAM">advertise</a>, it is simply a minimum requirement for participation. If you are in a conflict of interest, it is best to limit yourself to this guide and stick to adding/updating non-controversial information (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:JWG#YES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:JWG"><i>what to include</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:JWG#NO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:JWG"><i>what not to include</i></a>) such as updating <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_by_publisher" title="Category:Academic journals by publisher">journal articles related to your publisher</a> to have the most up-to-date impact factors, document history (merges/splits, current/previous editor(s)-in-chief), uploading missing cover images, fixing links to official websites, or expanding the <a href="#Further_reading">further reading</a> section. Updating existing routine information based on updated sources is also non-controversial. However, if you wanted to add a section on how the journal recently won some recognition, or the specific business practices of the journal/publisher, it is probably best to suggest doing so on the article's talk page (with sources) and let other editors decide if this is warranted. </p><p>If something is unclear, or if you are unsure of something or need help getting around, you can always ask for advice at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Academic_journals" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Academic journals">Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Academic journals</a>. If you are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HERE">here to improve</a> the encyclopedia and want to edit in line with community expectations, you will find helpful editors. If you are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTHERE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTHERE">here to promote</a> a journal, attempt <a href="/wiki/Search_engine_optimization" title="Search engine optimization">search engine optimization</a>, or otherwise try to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GAME">game Wikipedia</a>, your efforts will most likely be in vain and may be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLOCK">blocked</a>. Your efforts may even <a href="/wiki/Reactance_(psychology)" title="Reactance (psychology)">backfire</a>, as Wikipedians are prone to purge anything <i>remotely</i> promotional in an attempt to sanitize articles edited by those with COIs (leaving the article more negative than it would have otherwise been). You may also cause a PR nightmare for yourself by making the news for attempting to subvert Wikipedia, <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">causing</a> the general public to <a href="/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_on_Wikipedia#Burger_King" title="Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia">vandalise the article</a> with rather unflattering claims. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Step-by-step_guide" data-mw-thread-id="h-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Step-by-step_guide"></span>Step-by-step guide<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Step-by-step guide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Getting_started" data-mw-thread-id="h-Getting_started-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Getting_started-Step-by-step_guide"></span>Getting started<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Getting_started-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Getting started"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Resources" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Resources">Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Resources</a></div> <p>Before starting to write an article on a journal, it helps to keep a few things in mind. </p> <ul><li>First, <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" title="Special:Search">search</a> for the journal's article on Wikipedia. It might already exist under a slightly different name than you were expecting.</li> <li>Second, make sure the journal is notable according to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NJOURNALS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NJOURNALS">our notability guidelines</a>, otherwise it will probably be deleted. A journal will usually be considered notable if <i>at least one</i> of the three following criteria are met:</li></ul> <ol><li>The journal is considered by reliable sources to be influential in its subject area.</li> <li>The journal is frequently cited by other reliable sources.</li> <li>The journal is historically important in its subject area.</li></ol> <dl><dd>This makes it hard for newly established journals to get an article on Wikipedia, as they usually have not had time to become influential journals. As a rule of thumb, if a journal is indexed in <i>high-selectivity</i> <a href="/wiki/Bibliographic_database" title="Bibliographic database">bibliographic databases</a> in its field (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Scopus" title="Scopus">Scopus</a> or <a href="/wiki/Science_Citation_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Science Citation Index">Science Citation Index</a>) or has an <a href="/wiki/Impact_factor" title="Impact factor">impact factor</a>, this will usually be enough to establish notability. Being indexed in <i>low-selectivity</i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Emerging_Sources_Citation_Index" title="Emerging Sources Citation Index">Emerging Sources Citation Index</a>, <a href="/wiki/Directory_of_Open_Access_Journals" title="Directory of Open Access Journals">Directory of Open Access Journals</a>), or <i>comprehensive</i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Google_Scholar" title="Google Scholar">Google Scholar</a>) bibliographic databases is not enough. An alternative to a standalone article is to create a section in another relevant article. For instance <i><a href="/wiki/Bird_Notes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bird Notes">Bird Notes</a></i> is detailed in a section of our <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Protection_of_Birds" title="Royal Society for the Protection of Birds">Royal Society for the Protection of Birds</a> article.</dd></dl> <ul><li>Writing an article about a journal usually is easier if you have an issue of the journal next to you, or the journal's website loaded in your browser, or both.</li> <li>Tracking down the history of a journal can be a bit complicated. Merges, splits, renaming, etc... are sometimes mentioned on the website, but are often omitted. The <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Australia" title="National Library of Australia">National Library of Australia</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/">catalogue</a> is a good place to look for such information. The <a href="/wiki/CODEN" title="CODEN">CODEN</a> database is also a good place. While library catalogs can sometimes provide clues, care should be exercised as they can be outdated or contain errors.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Article_name" data-mw-thread-id="h-Article_name-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Article_name-Step-by-step_guide"></span>Article name<span class="anchor" id="Title"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Article_name-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Article name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The article should be located at the official full name of the journal (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>PNAS</i></span>) unless it is officially known in an abbreviated form (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>FASEB Journal</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal</i></span>). Use <a href="/wiki/Title_case" title="Title case">title case</a>, rather than <a href="/wiki/Sentence_case" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentence case">sentence case</a> (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>The Lancet</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>The lancet</i></span>) per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NCCAPS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NCCAPS">WP:NCCAPS</a>. </p> <ul><li><b>The:</b> If the "The" is part of the official full name, the article should be located at that name (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>The American Journal of Medicine</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>American Journal of Medicine</i></span>, but <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>American Journal of Physics</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>The American Journal of Physics</i></span>).</li> <li><b>Subtitle:</b> Subtitles are not part of the title. For example, use <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>European Journal of Physics</i></span>, and not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>European Journal of Physics: A Journal of the European Physical Society</i></span>. <ul><li>"Topical" subtitles can be included in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LEAD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LEAD">lead section</a> <i>if</i> they clarify the topic of the journal. For example, see <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Physics_A" title="Journal of Physics A">Journal of Physics A</a></i>, with <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i><b>Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical</b></i> is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by IOP Publishing...</span> in its lead section, since it is not immediately obvious what the topic of the journal (especially when part of a series like <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Physics" title="Journal of Physics">Journal of Physics A/B/C/D/E/F/G</a></i> each covering different topics). "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fluff#Noun" class="extiw" title="wikt:fluff">Fluff</a>" subtitles, like <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>An International Journal</i></span> or <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>Official Organ of the International Foobar Society</i></span> should be omitted entirely.</li></ul></li> <li><b>Capitalization:</b> Use <a href="/wiki/Title_case" title="Title case">title case</a> (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>American Journal of Physics</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>American journal of physics</i></span>). In foreign languages, honor the native usage (e.g., <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences</i></span>, not <span class="example deprecated-content example-bad" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-removed, #8B0000);"><i>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences</i></span> – but create a redirect, see below.)</li> <li><b>Disambiguation:</b><span class="anchor" id="Title_disambiguation"></span> If the journal title is already used for a more important subject, add the suffix "(journal)", as in <a href="/wiki/Injury_(journal)" title="Injury (journal)"><i>Injury</i> (journal)</a>. <ul><li>If two or more journals of different fields have exactly the same title, add the field in suffix – in addition of the word "journal" – as in <a href="/wiki/Theoria_(music_journal)" title="Theoria (music journal)"><i>Theoria</i> (music journal)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theoria_(philosophy_journal)" title="Theoria (philosophy journal)"><i>Theoria</i> (philosophy journal)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theoria_(sociology_journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theoria (sociology journal)"><i>Theoria</i> (sociology journal)</a>.</li> <li>If two or more journals of the same field have exactly the same title, the publisher's name should be added as a suffix – in addition to the word "journal" – as in <a href="/wiki/Open_Medicine_(De_Gruyter_journal)" title="Open Medicine (De Gruyter journal)"><i>Open Medicine</i> (De Gruyter journal)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Open_Medicine_(John_Willinsky_journal)" title="Open Medicine (John Willinsky journal)"><i>Open Medicine</i> (John Willinsky journal)</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>See <a href="#Redirects">below</a> for guidance on how to deal with alternate spelling and former names. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_infobox" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_infobox-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_infobox-Step-by-step_guide"></span>The infobox<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_infobox-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The infobox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i><b>Note:</b> For professional or trade magazines, you'll want to use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_magazine" title="Template:Infobox magazine">infobox magazine</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> instead of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_journal" title="Template:Infobox journal">infobox journal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.</i></dd></dl> <p>The first step of creating a journal article is to add the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_journal" title="Template:Infobox journal">infobox journal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template to a page, and fill as many entries as you can. You can <a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_journal#Usage" title="Template:Infobox journal">copy-paste the code</a> from the documentation page in the article, rather than type it all yourself. It is OK to leave blank fields. An infobox does not replace prose, it simply presents key information (such as ISSN, language, license, impact factor, journal website, etc...) in a consistent (and <a href="/wiki/Machine-readable_data" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine-readable data">machine-readable</a>) manner from article to article. Filling this infobox will also help with the writing of the article. Please read the <a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_journal" title="Template:Infobox journal">documentation</a> for this infobox carefully before filling in the different fields. </p><p>The ISSN is usually listed on the journal's website, but the other identifiers such as LCCN, OCLC, CODEN will usually need to be looked up. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Resources#General_resources" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Resources">Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Resources</a> for where to look for those. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Moving_from_the_infobox_to_prose" data-mw-thread-id="h-Moving_from_the_infobox_to_prose-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Moving_from_the_infobox_to_prose-Step-by-step_guide"></span>Moving from the infobox to prose<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Moving_from_the_infobox_to_prose-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Moving from the infobox to prose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After you're done filling the infobox, convert what you can into prose. For example, if the <i>Journal of Foo</i> is a peer-reviewed journal published weekly by Acme focusing on codfish reproduction and migration, founded in 1924 by John Doe, you can write something like: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">The '''''Journal of Foo''''' is a [[peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] which focuses on [[codfish]] [[reproduction]] and [[fish migration|migration]]. It was founded in 1924 by the Austrian biologist [[John Doe]], and is published by [[Acme Corporation|Acme]] on a weekly basis.</span></dd></dl> <p>(Replace "<a href="/wiki/Academic_journal" title="Academic journal">academic journal</a>" with "<a href="/wiki/Scientific_journal" title="Scientific journal">scientific journal</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Medical_journal" title="Medical journal">medical journal</a>" if that is more appropriate.) Pretty much everything from the infobox can be included in prose, but leave out things like ISSN, OCLC identifier, website, and other "technical" information. Good descriptions of the journals can usually be found in the first few pages of the journal, or on their website, but sometimes they are overly precise and need to be "condensed". </p><p>Please reference everything you write. You can use a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">citation template</a> to facilitate your task. The <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> templates will usually prove particularly handy. If you use the same source multiple times, you can write <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><ref name="NAME">{{cite xxx|author=|year=|title=|url=|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref></span> the first time, and <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><ref name="NAME"/></span> subsequent times (replace <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">NAME</span> with something you like, such as <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">JFooWebsite</span>). <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/citation-template-filling/cgi-bin/index.cgi">This tool</a> can greatly facilitate filling out the templates. </p><p><b>Never</b> copy-paste descriptions (or anything else) from journal websites. These cannot be trusted to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutral</a> and are likely to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COPYVIO">copyrighted material</a>. Beware of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WEASEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WEASEL">weasel words</a>, such as "is a <i>leading</i> journal...", "publishes <i>high-quality</i> research...", etc... </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_to_include" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_to_include-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_to_include-Step-by-step_guide"></span>What to include <span class="anchor" id="YES"></span><span class="anchor" id="Yes"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_to_include-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: What to include"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:JWG/YES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:JWG/YES&redirect=no">WP:JWG/YES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Journal_scope" data-mw-thread-id="h-Journal_scope-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Journal_scope-What_to_include"></span>Journal scope<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Journal_scope-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Journal scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The article should have a brief description of the journal's scope and fields of interest (which is different from its <a href="#Aims,_mission_statements,_readership">aims</a>). Explicitly mention if the journal is peer-reviewed or not. Not being peer-reviewed is exceedingly rare for academic journals, so this usually means that the publication is better treated as a <a href="/wiki/Magazine" title="Magazine">magazine</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MWG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MWG">the magazine article writing guide</a>). Unless there is a lot to say, this information can be included in the lead. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Official_affiliations" data-mw-thread-id="h-Official_affiliations-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Official_affiliations-What_to_include"></span>Official affiliations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Official_affiliations-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Official affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the journal is affiliated with scientific societies (i.e. is their official journal), or part of an independent network of publications (such as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoscience_e-Journals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoscience e-Journals (page does not exist)">Geoscience e-Journals</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Budapest_Open_Access_Initiative" title="Budapest Open Access Initiative">Budapest Open Access Initiative</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Sponsoring_Consortium_for_Open_Access_Publishing_in_Particle_Physics" title="Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics">SCOAP<sup>3</sup></a>, but not <a href="/wiki/ScienceDirect" title="ScienceDirect">ScienceDirect</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Online_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiley Online Library">Wiley Online Library</a>), this should be mentioned. Unless there is a lot to say on this topic, this information can be included in the lead. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Publication_history" data-mw-thread-id="h-Publication_history-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Publication_history-What_to_include"></span>Publication history<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Publication_history-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The article should have information about any of the following which apply </p> <ul><li>Year of establishment and disestablishment</li> <li>Former title(s)</li> <li>Founding editor(s)</li> <li>Language of publication (if non-English, or in addition to English)</li> <li>Mergers and splits with other journals</li> <li>Main journal series or directly affiliated publications</li> <li>Previous and current editor(s)-in-chief (or equivalent position)</li> <li>Previous and current publisher(s)</li> <li>Previous and current frequency of publication</li></ul> <p>If only little information is available (such as just one previous title), this should be included in the lead. Otherwise, create a subheading named "History" (see <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_National_Cancer_Institute#History" title="Journal of the National Cancer Institute"><i>Journal of the National Cancer Institute</i> § History</a> or <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Optics_(IOP_Publishing_journal)#History" title="Journal of Optics (IOP Publishing journal)"><i>Journal of Optics</i> § History</a> for examples). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Supplements_and_side_publications" data-mw-thread-id="h-Supplements_and_side_publications-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Supplements_and_side_publications-What_to_include"></span>Supplements and side publications<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Supplements_and_side_publications-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Supplements and side publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some journals have supplemental issues or side publications (such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal" title="The Astrophysical Journal">The Astrophysical Journal</a></i>, with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal_Letters" class="mw-redirect" title="The Astrophysical Journal Letters">The Astrophysical Journal Letters</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Astrophysical_Journal_Supplement_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series">The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series</a></i>). If this is the case, mention them along with relevant information (editor, ISSN, year of establishment, impact factor, abstracting/indexing information, etc.). If these publications are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academic_journals)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (academic journals)">notable on their own</a> (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Physical_Review_Letters" title="Physical Review Letters">Physical Review Letters</a></i>), consider creating a standalone article for them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Abstracting_and_indexing_information" data-mw-thread-id="h-Abstracting_and_indexing_information-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Abstracting_and_indexing_information-What_to_include"></span>Abstracting and indexing information<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Abstracting_and_indexing_information-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Abstracting and indexing information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This information can often be obtained from the journal's website, or through <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://miar.ub.edu/">MIAR</a>. The information is generally best presented in its own subsection titled "Abstracting and indexing". List any selective or topical databases. These are crucial to establish that the journal passes our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NJOURNALS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NJOURNALS">notability guidelines</a>, e.g.: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">The journal is [[abstracting and indexing|abstracted and indexed]] in the [[Social Sciences Citation Index]], [[Current Contents]]/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and [[Scopus]].</span></dd></dl> <p>Selective or topical database mean things like the <a href="/wiki/Astrophysics_Data_System" title="Astrophysics Data System">Astrophysics Data System</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_Humanities_Index" title="British Humanities Index">British Humanities Index</a>, <a href="/wiki/MEDLINE" title="MEDLINE">MEDLINE</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Nuclear_Information_System" title="International Nuclear Information System">INIS Atomindex</a>, <a href="/wiki/PASCAL_(database)" title="PASCAL (database)">PASCAL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scopus" title="Scopus">Scopus</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Social_Sciences_Citation_Index" title="Social Sciences Citation Index">Social</a>) <a href="/wiki/Science_Citation_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Science Citation Index">Science Citation Index</a>, etc. Trivial listings in non-selective or non-topical databases such as the <a href="/wiki/ISSN_Register" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN Register">ISSN Register</a>, <a href="/wiki/Google_Scholar" title="Google Scholar">Google Scholar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Index_Copernicus" title="Index Copernicus">Index Copernicus</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Directory_of_Open_Access_Journals" title="Directory of Open Access Journals">Directory of Open Access Journals</a> should be omitted. </p><p>Finish the section with the journal's <a href="/wiki/Impact_factor" title="Impact factor">impact factor</a> as given in the <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports" title="Journal Citation Reports">Journal Citation Reports</a></i>. Do not give a list of past impact factors, but only the most recent one (the below text can be directly copied and pasted into the article with the missing information filled in): </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2020 [[impact factor]] of x.xxx.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=JOURNALNAME |title=2020 [[Journal Citation Reports]] |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]]}}</ref></span></dd></dl> <p>Preferably, include the ranking information provided by the <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports" title="Journal Citation Reports">Journal Citation Reports</a></i>. In this case, use this text instead: </p> <dl><dd><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2020 [[impact factor]] of x.xxx, ranking it xxth out of xxx journals in the category "CATEGORY".<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: CATEGORYNAME |title=2020 [[Journal Citation Reports]] |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]]}}</ref></span></dd></dl> <p>It is acceptable to take this information from the journal publisher's website and use the above references as a source, even if you don't have access to the <i><a href="/wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports" title="Journal Citation Reports">Journal Citation Reports</a></i> yourself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Landmark_papers" data-mw-thread-id="h-Landmark_papers-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Landmark_papers-What_to_include"></span>Landmark papers<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Landmark_papers-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Landmark papers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the journal has published particularly famous papers (e.g. papers that are notable enough to warrant their own Wikipedia article), like the <a href="/wiki/1964_PRL_symmetry_breaking_papers" title="1964 PRL symmetry breaking papers">1964 PRL symmetry breaking papers</a> (published in <i><a href="/wiki/Physical_Review_Letters" title="Physical Review Letters">Physical Review Letters</a></i>), or "<a href="/wiki/Two_Dogmas_of_Empiricism" title="Two Dogmas of Empiricism">Two Dogmas of Empiricism</a>" (published in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philosophical_Review" title="The Philosophical Review">The Philosophical Review</a></i>), mention those. You can also mention particular papers that have attracted <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">significant coverage</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IS">independent sources</a></i>. A small number of quotations, especially in local news media or blogs, is not unexpected for papers and so falls short of this mark. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Further_reading" data-mw-thread-id="h-Further_reading-What_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Further_reading-What_to_include"></span>Further reading<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Further_reading-What_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Further_reading" title="Wikipedia:Further reading">Wikipedia:Further reading</a> and <a href="/wiki/MOS:FURTHER" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:FURTHER">MOS:FURTHER</a></div> <p>Retrospective articles about the history of a journal, or news items/web pages/books detailing specific milestones, are particularly desirable additions to our articles. If you know of such sources, include them in a 'Further reading' section. While they are rarely <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS"><i>independent</i> sources</a>, they might be acceptable as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">primary references</a> for uncontroversial claims, and will offer valuable <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insider" class="extiw" title="wikt:insider">insider</a> views to the reader. For instance </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAsghar_AbbasSyed_Asim_Ali2015" class="citation book cs1">Asghar Abbas; Syed Asim Ali (10 July 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xHT-rQEACAAJ"><i>Print Culture: Sir Syed's Aligarh Institute Gazette 1866-1897</i></a>. Primus Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-93-84082-29-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-93-84082-29-1"><bdi>978-93-84082-29-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Print+Culture%3A+Sir+Syed%27s+Aligarh+Institute+Gazette+1866-1897&rft.pub=Primus+Books&rft.date=2015-07-10&rft.isbn=978-93-84082-29-1&rft.au=Asghar+Abbas&rft.au=Syed+Asim+Ali&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxHT-rQEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWikiProject+Academic+Journals%2FWriting+guide" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWheeler1985" class="citation journal cs1">Wheeler, CE (January 1985). "The <i>American Journal of Nursing</i> and the socialization of a profession, 1900-1920". <i>Advances in Nursing Science</i>. <b>7</b> (2): 20–34. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1097%2F00012272-198501000-00006">10.1097/00012272-198501000-00006</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3917644">3917644</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12462549">12462549</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Advances+in+Nursing+Science&rft.atitle=The+American+Journal+of+Nursing+and+the+socialization+of+a+profession%2C+1900-1920&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=20-34&rft.date=1985-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A12462549%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F3917644&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1097%2F00012272-198501000-00006&rft.aulast=Wheeler&rft.aufirst=CE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWikiProject+Academic+Journals%2FWriting+guide" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://journals.aps.org/prl/50years">"Physical Review Letters Celebrates 50 Years"</a>. <i>Physical Review Letters</i>. 13 February 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Physical+Review+Letters&rft.atitle=Physical+Review+Letters+Celebrates+50+Years&rft.date=2014-02-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.aps.org%2Fprl%2F50years&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3AWikiProject+Academic+Journals%2FWriting+guide" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p>would add a lot of value to the relevant articles (<i><a href="/wiki/Aligarh_Institute_Gazette" title="Aligarh Institute Gazette">Aligarh Institute Gazette</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Nursing" title="American Journal of Nursing">American Journal of Nursing</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Physical_Review_Letters" title="Physical Review Letters">Physical Review Letters</a></i>, respectively). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_not_to_include" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_not_to_include-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_not_to_include-Step-by-step_guide"></span>What <i>not</i> to include <span class="anchor" id="NOT"></span><span class="anchor" id="Not"></span><span class="anchor" id="NO"></span><span class="anchor" id="No"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_not_to_include-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: What not to include"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:JWG/NO"></span><span id="WP:JWG/NOT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:JWG/NO&redirect=no">WP:JWG/NO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:JWG/NOT&redirect=no">WP:JWG/NOT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a directory of indiscriminate information</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Aims,_mission_statements,_readership" data-mw-thread-id="h-Aims,_mission_statements,_readership-What_not_to_include"><span id="Aims.2C_mission_statements.2C_readership"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Aims,_mission_statements,_readership-What_not_to_include"></span>Aims, mission statements, readership<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Aims,_mission_statements,_readership-What_not_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Aims, mission statements, readership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A journal of oncology can be assumed to have the goals of furthering research in oncology and related fields, as well as be aimed towards oncologists and related professions. If you correctly described the scope of the journal, e.g. "<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"><i>Journal of Foobar</i> is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of oncology with a focus on chemo- and radiotheraphy methods.</span>", then the aims of the journal and its readership will be obvious. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="List_of_authors_and_full_editorial_boards" data-mw-thread-id="h-List_of_authors_and_full_editorial_boards-What_not_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-List_of_authors_and_full_editorial_boards-What_not_to_include"></span>List of authors and full editorial boards<span data-mw-comment-end="h-List_of_authors_and_full_editorial_boards-What_not_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: List of authors and full editorial boards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Journals often like to list well-known or prestigious academics, or to include them on their editorial board to add to their reputation. While journals are free to do whatever they want on their websites, authors have little impact on the daily operations of the journal, as do most of the editorial board. Therefore, lists of contributors and full editorial boards should be left out of articles, unless there are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RS">independent reliable sources</a> discussing their involvement with the journal in a more-than-<i>in-passing</i> way. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_things" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_things-What_not_to_include"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_things-What_not_to_include"></span>Other things<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_things-What_not_to_include"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Other things"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Things like </p> <ul><li>Author rights and permissions</li> <li>Contact information</li> <li>FAQs</li> <li>Index-like list of articles published in the journal</li> <li>Physical address</li> <li>Pricing and subscription information</li> <li>Submission guidelines</li></ul> <p>are all best left out of the article. Anyone who truly cares about that can consult the journal's website. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cover" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cover-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cover-Step-by-step_guide"></span>Cover<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cover-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Cover"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If possible, you should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FUW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FUW">upload an image</a> of the cover of the journal and place it in the infobox. You can usually find low-resolution images on the journal's website (or on the publisher's website) that can be uploaded under <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline">our non-free media use guidelines</a>. For an example of a cover upload, see <a href="/wiki/File:EJPcover.gif" title="File:EJPcover.gif">here</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="External_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-External_links-Step-by-step_guide"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-External_links-Step-by-step_guide"></span>External links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-External_links-Step-by-step_guide"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">Wikipedia:External links</a></div> <p>Here give a link to the homepage of the journal. It is already present in the infobox, but a link to the home page of an organization needs to be added in this section. Also, give the homepage of its affiliated society/organization if it has one and this has no article of its own. Something like: </p> <blockquote class="example example-block" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);"> <ul><li>{{Official website|http://www.journalofoo.com}}</li> <li>[http://www.FooSociety.com Foo Society of Sierra Gordo]</li></ul> </blockquote> <p>Publisher homepages are usually of very little relevance, so do not include them unless they are of particular relevance (for example if the publisher was founded to publish that specific journal). Likewise, omit links to social media sites (such as <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> pages). For more general guidelines on this subject, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Official_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">Wikipedia:External links#Official links</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided" title="Wikipedia:External links">Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Finishing_touches" data-mw-thread-id="h-Finishing_touches"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Finishing_touches"></span>Finishing touches<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Finishing_touches"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Finishing touches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Remember to italicize the title of the page as appropriate. Usually this will be done automatically by <a href="#The_infobox">the infobox</a>, but can also be achieved by placing <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Italic_title" title="Template:Italic title">italic title</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> at the top of the page if no infobox is present. Also make sure to italicize the name of the journal everywhere in the text. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Categories" data-mw-thread-id="h-Categories-Finishing_touches"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Categories-Finishing_touches"></span>Categories<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Categories-Finishing_touches"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several categories should be added to the article when possible. </p> <ul><li>A category detailing the field of the journal. Please visit <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_by_subject_area" title="Category:Academic journals by subject area">Category:Academic journals by subject area</a> and pick an appropriate category when possible. If you don't find any that are suitable, then just add the generic <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals" title="Category:Academic journals">Category:Academic journals</a> and somebody else will take care of it in due time.</li> <li>Open access journals <ul><li>If the journal is an <a href="/wiki/Open_access_journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Open access journal">open access journal</a>, then add <a href="/wiki/Category:Open_access_journals" title="Category:Open access journals">Category:Open access journals</a>. <ul><li>If the journal is released under a <a href="/wiki/Creative_Commons_license" title="Creative Commons license">Creative Commons license</a>, then add <a href="/wiki/Category:Creative_Commons-licensed_journals" title="Category:Creative Commons-licensed journals">Category:Creative Commons-licensed journals</a> (or one of its subcategories) <i>instead</i>.</li></ul></li> <li>If there is an embargo period, use <a href="/wiki/Category:Delayed_open_access_journals" title="Category:Delayed open access journals">Category:Delayed open access journals</a> <i>instead</i>.</li> <li>If the author can pay for open access of their articles, use <a href="/wiki/Category:Hybrid_open_access_journals" title="Category:Hybrid open access journals">Category:Hybrid open access journals</a> <i>instead</i>.</li></ul></li> <li>Some publishers have their own journal categories. Please visit <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_by_publisher" title="Category:Academic journals by publisher">Category:Academic journals by publisher</a> and pick an appropriate category when possible. <ul><li>If there is not a distinct publishing company or non-profit publisher involved, you can still choose a generic categorization, such as <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_published_by_universities_and_colleges" title="Category:Academic journals published by universities and colleges">Category:Academic journals published by universities and colleges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_published_by_learned_and_professional_societies" title="Category:Academic journals published by learned and professional societies">Category:Academic journals published by learned and professional societies</a>, etc.</li> <li>Journals that are associated with universities or learned societies (e.g., owned or sponsored) but are published by an external publisher on their behalf should be categorized under that publisher; they may also be put under <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_associated_with_universities_and_colleges" title="Category:Academic journals associated with universities and colleges">Category:Academic journals associated with universities and colleges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_associated_with_learned_and_professional_societies" title="Category:Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies">Category:Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>For some publication frequencies, separate journal categories exist. Please visit <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_by_publication_frequency" title="Category:Academic journals by publication frequency">Category:Academic journals by publication frequency</a> and pick an appropriate category when possible.</li> <li>For some languages, separate journal categories exist. Please visit <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_by_language" title="Category:Academic journals by language">Category:Academic journals by language</a> and pick one or more appropriate categories when possible. For journals published in two or more languages, use <a href="/wiki/Category:Multilingual_journals" title="Category:Multilingual journals">Category:Multilingual journals</a>, too.</li> <li>A category detailing the year of establishment (i.e. <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">[[Category:Publications established in YYYY]]</span>) and, if applicable, disestablishment (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">[[Category:Publications disestablished in YYYY]]</span>, in which case you'd also want to add it to <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">[[Category:Defunct journals]]</span>).</li></ul> <p>If the page starts with a <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">The</span> (such as <i>The Journal of Foo</i>), add the appropriate sortkey at the bottom of the page (<span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">{{DEFAULTSORT:Journal Of Foo, The}}</span>). See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization#Sort_keys" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Wikipedia:Categorization#Sort keys</a> if you are unfamiliar with sortkeys.If any category is missing, contact <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Academic_Journals" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Academic Journals">WikiProject Academic Journals</a></i> and let us know that the category is missing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redirects" data-mw-thread-id="h-Redirects-Finishing_touches"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Redirects-Finishing_touches"></span>Redirects<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Redirects-Finishing_touches"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Redirects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Create <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REDIRECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REDIRECT">redirects</a> for the following and tag them with the relevant <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from">R from</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template. </p> <ul><li><b>Alternate and former names:</b> For example, <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i> should have the following redirects</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Physics_Teacher" class="mw-redirect" title="American Physics Teacher">American Physics Teacher</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_former_name" title="Template:R from former name">R from former name</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Journal_of_Physics" class="mw-redirect" title="The American Journal of Physics">The American Journal of Physics</a></i>→ <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_alternative_spelling" title="Template:R from alternative spelling">R from alternative spelling</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Physics_Teacher" class="mw-redirect" title="The American Physics Teacher">The American Physics Teacher</a></i>→ <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_former_name" title="Template:R from former name">R from former name</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> + <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_alternative_spelling" title="Template:R from alternative spelling">R from alternative spelling</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Abbreviations:</b> For example, <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i> should have the following redirects</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Am._J._Phys." class="mw-redirect" title="Am. J. Phys.">Am. J. Phys.</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_ISO_4_abbreviation" title="Template:R from ISO 4 abbreviation">R from ISO 4 abbreviation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Am_J_Phys" class="mw-redirect" title="Am J Phys">Am J Phys</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_ISO_4_abbreviation" title="Template:R from ISO 4 abbreviation">R from ISO 4 abbreviation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Am._Phys._Teach." class="mw-redirect" title="Am. Phys. Teach.">Am. Phys. Teach.</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_ISO_4_abbreviation" title="Template:R from ISO 4 abbreviation">R from ISO 4 abbreviation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Am_Phys_Teach" class="mw-redirect" title="Am Phys Teach">Am Phys Teach</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_ISO_4_abbreviation" title="Template:R from ISO 4 abbreviation">R from ISO 4 abbreviation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></dd> <dd>Note that <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Infobox_journal" title="Template:Infobox journal">Infobox journal</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> will automatically ask you to create abbreviations for the <a href="/wiki/ISO_4" title="ISO 4">ISO 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bluebook" title="Bluebook">Bluebook</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="National Library of Medicine">NLM</a>, and <a href="/wiki/MathSciNet" title="MathSciNet">MathSciNet</a> standards once you fill the <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|abbreviation=</code>/<code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|bluebook=</code>/<code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|mathscinet=</code>/<code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|nlm=</code> parameters of the infobox. Generic/non-standard abbreviations can be created manually and tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_abbreviation" title="Template:R from abbreviation">R from abbreviation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Alternative capitalization:</b> Wikipedia's search engine is case insensitive, so there is normally no need to create alternative capitalization redirects. However, if created, in English they should be tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_miscapitalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from miscapitalization">R from miscapitalization</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, and in other languages <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_other_capitalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from other capitalization">R from other capitalization</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_miscapitalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from miscapitalization">R from miscapitalization</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, as appropriate. For example,</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/American_journal_of_physics" class="mw-redirect" title="American journal of physics">American journal of physics</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_miscapitalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from miscapitalization">R from miscapitalization</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comptes_Rendus_de_l%27Acad%C3%A9mie_des_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences">Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/Comptes_rendus_de_l%27Acad%C3%A9mie_des_Sciences" title="Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences">Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_other_capitalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from other capitalization">R from other capitalization</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Acronyms:</b> <a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">Acronyms</a> can be redirected to the journal if they are unique to the journal (if so, create them and tag with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_acronym" title="Template:R from acronym">R from acronym</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>). However, many acronyms will refer to multiple things. Those are best handled as a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DAB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DAB">disambiguation page</a>. Variants of acronyms should also point to the disambiguation page.</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/AJP" class="mw-disambig" title="AJP">AJP</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_J_P" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="A J P">A J P</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/AJP" class="mw-disambig" title="AJP">AJP</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A.J.P." class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="A.J.P.">A.J.P.</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/AJP" class="mw-disambig" title="AJP">AJP</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A._J._P." class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="A. J. P.">A. J. P.</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/AJP" class="mw-disambig" title="AJP">AJP</a></i></li></ul></dd> <dd>with an entry for the journal added to the disambiguation page.</dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Typos:</b> If there is a likely or common typo for the journal, you can create a redirect for it as well, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_typo" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from typo">R from typo</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/America_Journal_of_Physics" class="mw-redirect" title="America Journal of Physics">America Journal of Physics</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_typo" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from typo">R from typo</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physic" class="mw-redirect" title="American Journal of Physic">American Journal of Physic</a></i> → <i><a href="/wiki/American_Journal_of_Physics" title="American Journal of Physics">American Journal of Physics</a></i>, tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:R_from_typo" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:R from typo">R from typo</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></dd> <dd>However, this is not critical and you can skip this step for most typos. Misspellings due to differences between <a href="/wiki/American_vs_British_English" class="mw-redirect" title="American vs British English">American and British English</a> are more important to identify however (e.g. <i>Journal of Archeology</i> vs <i>Journal of Archaeology</i>).</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stub_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Stub_templates-Finishing_touches"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Stub_templates-Finishing_touches"></span>Stub templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Stub_templates-Finishing_touches"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Stub templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the article is missing the <a href="#What_to_include">some of the information suggested by this guide</a> (completed infobox, scope, affiliations, publication history, and abstracting/indexing information), add a stub template such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Biology-journal-stub" title="Template:Biology-journal-stub">Biology-journal-stub</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> (see <a href="/wiki/Category:Academic_journals_stub_templates" title="Category:Academic journals stub templates">list of journals stub templates</a> for more) at the bottom of the article. If no specific stub template can be found, you can use the more generic <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Academic-journal-stub" title="Template:Academic-journal-stub">Academic-journal-stub</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. The stub template will correctly categorize the page in the appropriate stub category—you do not need to add the stub category directly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wikiprojects_tagging_and_planning_for_the_long-term" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikiprojects_tagging_and_planning_for_the_long-term-Finishing_touches"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikiprojects_tagging_and_planning_for_the_long-term-Finishing_touches"></span>Wikiprojects tagging and planning for the long-term<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikiprojects_tagging_and_planning_for_the_long-term-Finishing_touches"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Writing_guide&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Wikiprojects tagging and planning for the long-term"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i><b>Note:</b> For professional or trade magazines, you'll usually want to use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Magazines" title="Template:WikiProject Magazines">WikiProject Magazines</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> instead of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Academic_Journals" title="Template:WikiProject Academic Journals">WikiProject Academic Journals</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. However, sometimes both <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Academic_Journals" title="Template:WikiProject Academic Journals">WikiProject Academic Journals</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Magazines" title="Template:WikiProject Magazines">WikiProject Magazines</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> might be appropriate.</i></dd></dl> <p>It is important for the long-term development of articles that their talk pages be tagged with an <a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/pindex.fcgi?sec=%5BAll%5D">appropriate WikiProject</a> template and given an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment">assessment rating</a>. You should add the WikiProject Academic Journals template <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Academic_Journals" title="Template:WikiProject Academic Journals">WikiProject Academic Journals</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> <i>and</i> other relevant WikiProject templates when possible (such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Physics" title="Template:WikiProject Physics">WikiProject Physics</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>; see <a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProjects_by_discipline" title="Category:WikiProjects by discipline">Category:WikiProjects by discipline</a> for more). Doing so will ensure that the relevant WikiProjects will be contacted if the article is (for example) <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AfD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AfD">nominated for deletion</a> (if they subscribe to the <i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AALERTS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AALERTS">Article Alerts</a></i> system), and will be categorized in the appropriate <i><a class="external text" href="https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/cwb/bycat/Academic_Journals.html">Cleanup Listings</a></i>, on top of providing convenient links to WikiProjects for editors looking for help. </p><p>This also applies to relevant disambiguation pages. There is no need to tag redirects, but it is not wrong to do so either. 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The threshold between C class and B class is often difficult to gauge, and it doesn't terribly matter which of these two ratings the article gets, but typically C is more appropriate than B class for 'short' articles. You can rate articles by placing <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=Stub</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=Start</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=C</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=B</code> and so on in their Wikiproject template (e.g. <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Academic_Journals" title="Template:WikiProject Academic Journals">WikiProject Academic Journals</a>|class=Stub}}</code>). </p> <ul><li>If the article is missing the <a href="#What_to_include">some of the information suggested by this guide</a> (completed infobox, scope, affiliations, publication history, and abstracting/indexing information), it should be rated as 'Stub' class.</li> <li>If the article contains <a href="#What_to_include">all the information suggested by this guide</a> (completed infobox, scope, affiliations, publication history, and abstracting/indexing information), it should be rated 'Start' class.</li> <li>If the article contains more than the 'basic' information suggested by this guide (e.g. if it has a substantively developed history section), it may be appropriate to rate the article 'C' or 'B' class (<code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=C</code> or <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|class=B</code>) (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment">assessment rating</a>). 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