WikiJournal of Science/Editors

WikiJournal of Science
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WikiJournal of Science

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ISSN: 2470-6345
Frequency: Continuous
Since: December 2017
Funding: Wikimedia Foundation
Publisher: WikiJournal User Group

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Who is an editor?

The WikiJournal of Science 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's Discussion page before triggering a new round of academic peer review.

In a practical sense, the editors of each journal are organised into two groups:

The editorial board is responsible for journal strategy, has final responsibility for ensuring that robust academic peer review is performed in a timely manner, and handles any confidential article submissions. Information about editorial board responsibilities can be found in the Editorial board page. Upon acceptance into the editorial board, editors are expected to immediately begin assisting with the submission peer review process after onboarding. If you are interested in joining the editorial board, you can apply here.
The associate editors help in contacting prospective peer reviewers, formatting accepted manuscripts, and integrating suitable material into Wikipedia. They can also vote in board elections. Information about associate editor responsibilities can be found in the Associate editors page. If you are interested in joining as an associate editor, you can apply here.

All previous editor applications can be viewed.

Editorial board members

Andrew Leung
From: 21 April 2018
Fields: climatology, atmospheric sciences, aviation

Dr. Andrew Leung is a climatologist working at Polar Knowledge Canada. He is a contributor to Wikipedia and many of its sister projects.

Thomas Shafee
From: 30 October 2017
Fields: biochemistry, protein evolution, bioinformatics, convergent evolution, protein engineering, experimental evolution, data science, data visualization, science communication

Dr. Thomas Shafee is an evolutionary biochemist and data scientist at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is particularly interested in how protein superfamilies evolve and how that information can be used to engineer proteins for human uses.

Henry Hoff
From: 5 November 2017
Fields: physics, mathematics, geology, materials science, mineralogy, high temperature superconductor, radiation, spectroscopy, surface science, astrophysics, metallurgy, electronics, diffusion, crystallography, polarization, metallography, microanalysis, physical chemistry, pyrometer, crystal growth, alloying, material defect, electrical resistivity, electron microscopy, actinide, ferromagnetism, transmission electron microscope, X-ray spectroscopy, insulator, Electron diffraction, crystal structure, crystal chemistry, doping, casting, optical microscopy, temperature, fracture, phase, calibration, lattice, grain growth, irradiation, surface roughness, superconductivity, fractography, mathematical model, thin film, electric current

My original research efforts have been performed through participation per numerous grants from the USA Department of Energy at Argonne National Laboratory and Department of Defense at the Naval Research Laboratory.

W. Brian Whalley
From: 5 November 2017
Fields: geomorphology, glacial geology, sediment, weathering, pedagogy

Ian Alexander
From: 5 November 2017
Fields: requirements engineering, biology, history and philosophy of science

Ian Alexander is a retired systems engineer who has helped to bring over 100 Wikipedia articles on biology, and its history and philosophy, to 'Good Article' status.

Daniele Pugliesi
From: 5 November 2017
Fields: Chemical engineering, process engineering

Daniele Pugliesi is a multipotentialite Lecturer and Technical Consultant providing training and assistance in many fields related to industrial activities, management and sustainability.

Sylvain Ribault
From: 24 November 2017 to 24 January 2023
Fields: mathematical physics, theoretical physics, mathematics

Sylvain Ribault is a researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Saclay. He sometimes blogs on the subjects of scientific publishing and conformal field theory.

Jack Nunn
From: 24 November 2017
Additionally: social media manager
Fields: participatory research, public health genomics

Jack Nunn is a researcher in the Department of Public Health at La Trobe University. His research is in creating and evaluating equitable and ethical ways for people to participate in all aspects of research and science. Jack is currently a PhD candidate exploring genomics research and ways of involving people. Jack is the founder and Director of the not-for-profit education organisation 'Science for All'.

Sridhar Gutam
From: 24 November 2017
Fields: plant physiology, agricultural science, horticultural science

Guy Vandegrift
From: 5 November 2017
Fields: physics, engineering, mathematics

Guy Vandegrift teaches physics and astronomy at the Lake Campus of Wright State University, and is currently working to develop Quizbank.

Thijs van Vlijmen
From: 6 March 2018
Fields: cell biology, protein science

Dr. Thijs van Vlijmen completed his Ph.D. at Utrecht University in the Department of Cell Biology in the University Medical Center Utrecht in 2008. After that he started working at Springer Science+Business Media as a publishing editor. He is currently Associate Editorial Director for Australia and New Zealand at Taylor & Francis.

Kelee Pacion
From: 21 April 2018
Additionally: social media manager
Fields: instructional design, science communication, research, education, research policy

Kelee Pacion is the Biology and Environmental Sciences Librarian at Princeton University. Her interests are science communication, information literacy, and education.

Edmund Palermo
From: 21 April 2018
Fields: polymer, biomaterial, biomimetics

Ed Palermo is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). His interests are in polymer science and biomaterials.

Tina Qin
From: 21 April 2018
Fields: e-Science, scholarly communication, cheminformatics

Tina Qin is the science and engineering librarian and lecturer at Department of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University. She is particular interested in e-Science, scholarly communication and chemical informatics.

Loren Cobb
From: 21 April 2018
Fields: applied mathematics, simulation, statistics, sociology, Economics, political science, computer science

Paula Diaconescu
From: 21 April 2018
Fields: inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, polymer

Paula Diaconescu is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research group focuses on switchable catalysis, a new area of chemistry inspired by nature’s sensory processes. Switchable catalysts use external triggers in order to toggle between multiple species with different reactivity.

José Lages
From: 21 April 2018
Fields: theoretical physics

José Lages is an Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Burgundy Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. His recent researches focus on Chaos in Quantum Physics, Chaos in Astrophysics, and Complex Networks. He co-invented the Wikipedia Ranking of World Universities obtained from the statistical analysis of Wikipedia articles network for different language editions.

Thais C. Morata
From: 20 May 2018 to 21 January 2023
Fields: public health, occupational health, hearing science, communication studies, communication disorder

Thais Morata is a Research Audiologist at the US NIOSH and coordinator of the NORA Manufacturing Sector Council. She created the Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™, is a founding associate editor for the International Journal of Audiology, and a founding editor of the Cochrane Work Review Group. She co-instructs several graduate classes and promotes the Wiki Edu platform.

Jonathan Holland
From: 20 May 2018
Fields: mathematical analysis, differential geometry, general relativity, twistor theory

Vinod Scaria
From: 20 May 2018
Fields: genomics, genome informatics, RNA

Edward Baker
From: 31 January 2019
Fields: taxonomy, zoological nomenclature, biodiversity informatics, bioacoustics

Ed Baker is an orthopterist and bioacoustician at the University of York, and Scientific Associate of the Natural History Museum, London.

Mad Ball
From: 11 December 2019
Fields: open science, citizen science, participatory research, genetics, biotechnology, health research

Trained in biotech, now highly interdisciplinary focus on empowering individuals & community to take an active role in leading and contributing to research about themselves.

Jeff Lundeen
From: 28 January 2020
Fields: physics, metrology, optics, quantum information, quantum metrology, photonics, fundamental science

Jeff Lundeen is the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Photonics. He heads an experimental laboratory at the University of Ottawa that uses photons to study the unique characteristics of quantum physics, to carry information for quantum computing, and to build quantum-enhanced sensing and measurement devices.

Moritz Schubotz
From: 16 August 2020
Fields: computer science, digital library

Moritz Schubotz and his group research on Mathematical Information Retrieval at the Department of Mathematics at FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. His main interests are: research, teaching, building research infrastructure, establish a FAIR scholary practice.

Michel Bakni
From: 19 November 2022
Fields: telecommunications network, simulation, wireless sensor network, energy

Kevin M. Moerman
From: 19 June 2023
Fields: computational mechanics, finite element analysis, biomechanics, image-based modeling and rendering, computational design

Associate editors

Christos Noutsos
Fields: genomics, botany, bioinformatics

Jenny Lenkowski
Fields: developmental biologist, neurobiologist

Hemachander Subramanian
Fields: theoretical biology, systems biology, computational biology

Gorla Praveen
Fields: electronics, information and communications technology, telecommunication, wireless network, software-defined radio, wireless localization

Jessica K. Polka
Fields: academic publishing, cell biology, synthetic biology

Konrad Förstner
From: 20 May 2018 to 20 March 2019
Fields: bioinformatics, microbiology, infection biology, open science, systems biology

Joanna Argasinska
From: 5 November 2017 to 20 January 2023
Fields: molecular biology

Dan Graur
Fields: molecular evolution, Genome evolution, phylogenetics, bioinformatics, biology, molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology

Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh
Fields: plant physiology, agriculture, response to external stimulus

Tony Ross-Hellauer
Fields: open science, research infrastructure, peer review, information ethics, FAIR data, research policy, academic integrity, open access, philosophy of technology

Michael Umbricht
Fields: astronomy, history of science, science outreach

Emanuele Natale
Fields: theory of computation, collective animal behaviour, machine learning

Jong Bhak
From: 3 December 2020 to 20 October 2021
Fields: bioinformatics, genomics, geromics

Daniel Gliksman
Fields: nature conservation, nature management, machine learning, ecosystem function, microclimate

Alex O. Holcombe
Fields: perception, attention, metascience, cognition