WikiJournal User Group
Open access • Publication charge free • Public peer review • Wikipedia-integrated

WikiJournal User Group is a publishing group of open-access, free-to-publish, Wikipedia-integrated academic journals. <seo title=" WJM, WikiJMed, Wiki.J.Med., WikiJMed, Wikiversity Journal User Group, WikiJournal WikiMed, Free to publish, Open access, Open-access, Non-profit, online journal, Public peer review "/>

Period: 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022

Programs

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For program aims and metrics, see programs plan

Item Expected cost (US$) Notes Spent Jan-Jun Spent Jul-Dec
Content contribution and community growth
Short video explainers 500 Technical elements for member onboarding
Community support and administrative growth
Crossref membership 275 Publisher membership with revenue <USD 1M 275
COPE membership 806 Note: Publisher membership (£584) 231.16
OASPA membership 328 Professional Small Publishers (€275.00)
CLOCKSS membership 242 Publisher membership with revenue <USD 250k
Outreach, awareness and partnerships
Short video explainers 500 Explaining journal features and formats for outreach
ACRL presentation 439 Registration to conference of Association of College & Research Libraries
Wikimania presence 10,523.59

Staffing

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For role descriptions, see staffing plan

Item Expected cost (US$) Notes Spent Jan-Jun Spent Jul-Dec
Salary 50,000 Distributed dynamically across the technical editors. More engagement after Wikimania participation 467.66 5,224.48
Tax filing 1974.5 estimated
DocuSign subscription 484.80
WorkMarket setup fee 6260

Back end development

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Item Expected cost (US$) Notes Spent Jan-Jun Spent Jul-Dec
Back end development 12,500 Corresponding to one FTE for three months as a specific project contractor. To be organised with Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems (Development team). Detailed task description. 1,908.16 0

Operational expenses

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Item Expected cost (US$) Notes Spent Jan-Jun Spent Jul-Dec
Insurance coverage estimate 34,897.5 Expenditure includes a $30.00 Wells Fargo wire transfer fee. $34,374.43
Corporate lawyer counsel 1,000 Assistance in setting up a legal framework to prevent that the journal would be bought by other publishers for monetary gain (e.g. Elsevier/Wiley/Springer).
Payroll service (OnPay) 360 $60/month (OnPay) $192 268
Domain fees 48 WikiJMed.org ; WikiJSci.org ; WikiJHum.org ; WikiJPPB.org
Bank account fees 30 Transfer fee 45
Zoom subscription 149.9 97.75

Totals

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Item Amount (US$)
Wikimedia Foundation grant money received for 2022 101,940.73
Remaining from previous grant (2021) (final report submitted in Fluxx) 24,477.52
Spent 1 Jan - 30 June 2022 - 38,128.11
Remaining funds at June 30, 2022 88,290.14
Spent Jul 1 - Dec 31, 2022 - 22,373.82
Total spent 2022 - 60,501.93
Remaining funds at Dec 31, 2022 65,916.32

Notes

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