This is a page to discuss the proposed current applications to join the editorial board or as an associate editor
of the WikiJournal of Medicine.
To see open applications across all WikiJournals, see this page.
New applications should be made below. Please see the relevant bylaws, ethics requirements for editorial board members, and ethics requirements for associate editors for eligibility, powers, duties and voting.
As per the journal bylaws, an editorial board member or associate editor is elected after a majority vote, counting after 7 days of voting, by the following electorate:
- Current editorial board members.
- Peer reviewers who have completed at least one peer review of WikiJournal of Medicine.
- Editors with at least 30 edits to WikiJournal of Medicine pages.
- Not an individual voting for herself/himself.
After fulfillment of the above, any current editorial board member can execute the acceptance, by copy-pasting {{subst:WikiJournal accepted board member}} or {{subst:WikiJournal accepted associate editor}} underneath the votes.
Associate editor application of James BibeyEdit
James Bibey 2nd Year Medical Student (website)
Areas of expertise: General medicine (basic anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, statistics, ethics)
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Maths lecturing, anatomical prosection preparation.
- Publishing - N/A
- Open - Significant editing history on English Wikipedia (primarily medicine and anatomy), Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata under username "Bibeyjj".
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Bibeyjj (discuss • contribs) 19:23, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
Support. The applicant is active in related topics in Wikipedia, and I think we can really need the help for our journal too. Bibeyjj, I hope you are still interested in this position. I'm sorry for the late response to your application, as you see we are quite busy with the everyday matters of the project. If elected, would you be willing to help out for instance in finding peer reviewers for article submissions to the journal? Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 19:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Mikael summarises the reasons well above and I agree Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 06:56, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- They seem a good candidate for assoc editor status, and it would be useful experience for them as well as helpful skills for us. We've been a bit stalled on applications over the last year, so it will be good to get organised again. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 11:59, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- I agree. I made an entry on the user's talk page whether he's still interested. If so, I think we can go ahead and approve this application. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I haven't heard back from the wiki talk page, so I sent an email through the wiki system as well. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:13, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Daniel Barton OertherEdit
Daniel Barton Oerther PHD (website)
Areas of expertise: environmental health
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Professor of environmental health engineering; Certified environmental health specialist and leader of a number of national and international organizations specializing in environmental health
- Publishing - Editorial boards of Perspectives in Public Health, Water Environment Research, and Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE
- Open - Wikipedia and regular reviewer for open access Nursing Open
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Oertherdb (discuss • contribs) 15:23, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- Support. The applicant has substantial credentials including health and leadership. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 19:16, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support. I was the person who approached this candidate on the basis of his interesting background, enthusiasm for nursing and health and his Wikipedia experience Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 06:57, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Editor WikiJMed (discuss • contribs) 21:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support - I also suppoprt this application (apologies for not noting earlier). I particular, they have a usefully interdisciplinary knowledgebase connecting medicine to engineering and environmental research. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 11:56, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
Result: Accepted into the editorial board.
- Next steps (add
DONEor{{Done}}after someone has performed the task):
Done Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address (usually in their provided website link, else via Special:EmailUser)- Done
- Done Copy their information over to editorial board page using the
{{WikiJournal editor summary}}template - __ Add their name and start data to the relevant editorial board on wikidata
- Done Direct-add them to the WJMboard mailing list (via this link) which will grant them access to the private page only visible to board members
- Done Welcome them at the WJMboard mailing list so that they are informed
- __ Finally, move the application to this year's archive page
(Suggested email template)
Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 12:36, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Luis Rafael Moscote-SalazarEdit
Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar MD (website)
Areas of expertise: Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Stroke, Neurointervention, Neurocritical Care, Neurointervention, Evidence Based Medicine
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Neurosurgeon graduated from the University of Cartagena, Founder of the Colombian Clinical Research Group in Neurocritical Care and Co-founder of the Latinamerican Council of Neurocritical Care (CLaNi). Research communication, research leadership, mentorship.
- Publishing - Experience with publishing in peer-reviewed journals (see Google Scholar profile. Peer-reviewer for several international journals in Neurosurgery and Medicine (see Publons profile).
- Open -
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. NeuroQuimbaya (discuss) 2022-07-12
- No details were provided, so I have contacted the applicant to request that they add more information. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 01:27, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've updated the application above with the new replacement information that they sent through. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 03:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Pending more specific presentation. I'm tending towards support, as the applicant seems active in research and publishing according to orcid ([1]). I think it is appropriate to let him join us. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- Dr. Moscote-Salazar, some questions that have been raised are:
- Would you be able to provide a webpage or other presentation about yourself? The link provided (https://neuroclani.org/) directs to a more general website.
- Could you provide one or two sentences of what motivates you to join WikiJMed?
- Would you be willing to begin contributing as an associate editor? The tasks can be described here: WikiJournal_of_Medicine/Associate_editors. We feel we can really need some help with peer review coordination, and you'll have the opportunity to later become promoted to editorial board membership.
- Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 02:11, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- Dr. Moscote-Salazar, some questions that have been raised are:
- Pending more specific presentation. I'm tending towards support, as the applicant seems active in research and publishing according to orcid ([1]). I think it is appropriate to let him join us. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- I've updated the application above with the new replacement information that they sent through. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 03:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Athikhun SuwannakhanEdit
Athikhun Suwannakhan PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: Clinical anatomy, medical imaging, medical education, systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Lecturer in Anatomy at Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok
- Publishing - As of August 2022, I have published 18 research articles and peer-reviewed 48 times for 12 journals.
- Open - I am an advocate of the Wikimedia Movement and I have represented Wikimedia Thailand in various international Wikimedia events.
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. -Athikhun.suw (discuss • contribs) 00:23, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Athikhun Suwannakhan has extensive experience both in medicine-related fields, as well as wiki contributions. He has helped out with peer reviews, such as for the Cerebellum article back in 2016, so I feel he's already shown enough helpfulness for editorial board membership. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 01:49, 11 August 2022 (UTC)