WikiJournal of Medicine
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated
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www.WikiJMed.org
ISSN: 2002-4436
Frequency: Continuous
Since: March 2014
Funding:Wikimedia Foundation
Publisher:WikiJournal User Group
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2019:
Presentation at Wikimania 2019
Presentation at American Psychological Association
Article inThe Signpost
Article in the Wikimedia UK blog
2018:
Presentation atAPO forum
Interview with Wikimedia Foundation
Winners of the best articles submitted in 2017
Gained COPE membership
Presentation atWikimania 2018
The WikiJournal of Medicine is set up such that anyone can contribute. Minor edits, such as formatting, copyediting and minor wording edits may be done by anyone. Edits that change the meaning of the article require peer review, and should instead be added at the article'sDiscussion page before triggering a new round of academic peer review.
In a practical sense, the editors of each journal are organised into two groups:
Allprevious editor applications can be viewed.
Mikael Häggström![]()
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From: March 2014
Fields: medicine, radiology, pathology, informatics
Dr Mikael Häggström is fromUddevalla,Sweden, and graduated fromUppsala University, Faculty of Medicine in 2013. He is currently a clinical informatics fellow atUniversity of Minnesota.
Gwinyai Masukume![]()
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From: 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2022
Additionally: deputy social media manager
Fields: epidemiology, biostatistics, women's health, Wikipedia
Dr Gwinyai Masukume is a medical doctor and public health researcher. He holds a PhD in Medicine and Health. His main interests are Women’s health, Cancer Epidemiology and the Sex Ratio at Birth. As an active researcher, he has completed peer review for over 20 journals and has co-authored over 40 peer reviewed publications.
Thomas Shafee![]()
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From: 24 July 2016
Additionally: social media manager
Fields: biochemistry, protein evolution, bioinformatics, convergent evolution, protein engineering, experimental evolution, data science, data visualization, science communication
Dr Thomas Shafee is a biochemist researching antimicrobial proteins at theLa Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Melbourne, Australia. He is particularly interested in how evolutionary information can be used to improve proteins for human uses.
Michaël R. Laurent![]()
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From: 16 August 2016
Additionally: social media manager
Fields: geriatrics
Dr Michaël R. Laurent obtained his medical degree fromKU Leuven, Belgium in 2009 and specialized in internal medicine and geriatrics. His PhD in molecular endocrinology regarded the topic of androgens and male osteoporosis. He works as a geriatrician at the Imelda general hospital and as a consultant in metabolic and rare bone diseases at theUniversity Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. He has(co-)authored over 100 publications.
Netha Hussain![]()
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From: 3 December 2017
Fields: neuroscience, neurorehabilitation
Dr Netha Hussain obtained a medical degree fromCalicut Medical College, India. She has a PhD in neuroscience from theUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has previously volunteered as a Wikipedian-in-Residence atCalicut Medical College. She lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Roger Watson![]()
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From: 30 January 2018
Fields: nursing, psychometrics, nursing care, human nutrition
Professor Roger Watson is from theUnited Kingdom and is based at theUniversity of Hull. Roger serves as the Editor-in-Chief of theJournal of Advanced Nursing. He has co-authored over400 journal articles.
Keith Brain![]()
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From: 11 April 2018
Fields: pharmacology, physiology, medical education, autonomic nervous system
Dr Keith Brain graduated in 1999 from the University of Sydney, Australia. He is a Senior Lecturer at theUniversity of Birmingham, and the lecturer in Pharmacology atChrist Church, Oxford.
Eric Youngstrom![]()
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From: 13 June 2018
Fields: clinical psychology, bipolar disorder, child psychology, evidence based assessment, psychometrics, symptoms dissemination, adolescent psychology, neuroscience, psychiatry
American clinical child and adolescent psychologist, professor of psychology and neuroscience, and psychiatry, atUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a co-founder ofHelping Give Away Psychological Science.
Alaa Najjar![]()
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From: 21 December 2018
Fields: physician, Wikimedian, Internet activist
Medical doctor studied at Alexandria University. Active on Wikipedia since December 2014.Steward with extensive wiki editing. Has more than 430K edits.
Amelia Buttress![]()
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From: 15 May 2020
Fields: public health, cultural studies, media studies, social determinants of health
Dr. Amelia Buttress received a PhD in social and behavioral sciences from theJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health, Behavior, & Society in 2014 and an MA from theEuropean Graduate School in 2006. Amelia has worked in human rights, digital arts and media literacy and education, and public mental health. Dr. Buttress has been incorporating Wikipedia into teaching at both theMedia, Politics, & Evidence in Public Health andUnder Pressure: Health, Wealth, & Poverty levels since 2016.
Shani Evenstein Sigalov![]()
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From: 31 July 2019
Additionally: adviser
Fields: educational technology, medical education, education, curriculum development, Wikipedia, Wikidata, digital humanities, self-regulated learning, generative artificial intelligence, lifelong learning, collaborative learning, flip teaching
Working as an EdTech Innovation Strategist at the NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University [TAU], focusing on Curriculum Development, E-learning Strategies and Medical Education.
Guy Vandegrift![]()
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From: 12 January 2016
Additionally: adviser
Fields: physics, engineering, mathematics
Professor Guy Vandegrift teaches physics and astronomy at the Lake Campus ofWright State University, and is currently working to developQuizbank.
Daniel Oerther![]()
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From: 13 June 2022
Fields: environmental biotechnology, food security, sanitation, drinking water
Professor Daniel B. Oerther is from theUnited States and is based at theMissouri University of Science and Technology. Dan currently serves as an Associate Editor of theJournal of Environmental Engineering and previously served as an international editorial advisory board members for the journalPerspectives in Public Health. He has co-authored over100 journal articles.
Athikhun Suwannakhan![]()
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From: 13 November 2022
Fields: Clinical anatomy, anatomical variations, computed tomography, systematic review, meta-analysis
Dr. Athikhun Suwannakhan is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok. His research interests include human anatomy, clinical significance of anatomical variations, systematic reviews and meta-analysis.