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==Introduction ==
The [[WikiJournal User Group]] is a community of editors with a thematic focus on bridging the gap between the Wikimedia projects and academic communities. The primary method is through organising [[V:WikiJournal User Group|a group of peer reviewed scholarly journals]]. These journals have a strong focus in integrating content into Wikimedia projects, primarily into Wikipedia, Wikicommons, Wikiversity, and Wikidata, according to inclusion criteria and standards of the target wikis. These journals also follow a wiki way of working with a focus on openness, transparency, community input and decision, and zero-cost, open-access publishing. These activities draw input from users who would typically not contribute time and knowledge to Wikimedia projects (both providing content directly as authors, as well as giving deep assessment and feedback as reviewers). The user group is organised into [[v:WikiJournal User Group/Editors|editorial boards]] with constant email communication and [[WikiJournal User Group/Meetings|frequent meetings]] who organise the peer review process, administrate the site, and develop strategy. In addition, members engage in outreach to the research and academic communities through training and editathons at academic conferences, symposia, and other meetings.

The user group has so far been funded using rapid grants since 2017 ([[WikiJournal User Group/Reports|reports]]). Initially these covered necessary subscriptions (e.g. [https://www.crossref.org/ crossref] service and [https://publicationethics.org/ COPE] membership). In the last year, it has also covered training and a stipend for a 'technical editor' ([[wikiversity:WikiJournal_User_Group/Technical_editors#Role_details|role description]]) to assist in necessary technical tasks.