Template talk:Infobox Journal
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[edit] Introduction
I looked around in WikiProjects, the list of Infobox Templates, and in Templates in general and did not find something that would suitably cover the salient bits of information that describe an academic journal. Therefore, I created this.
[edit] Suggested usage
Utilize the tag {{Infobox Journal}}, and fill in the parameters (see empty syntax below), then save the article. For academic journals, but I think it is suitable for many magazine types. This template might also be suitable for trade newspapers, but this is debatable; see {{Infobox Newspaper}}.
[edit] Empty syntax
provided for cut-and-paste usage
{{Infobox_Journal |
| title =
| cover =
| discipline =
| language =
| abbreviation =
| publisher =
| country =
| history =
| website =
| ISSN =
}}
[edit] Description of fields
- Title. This is the current official journal title.
- Cover. A journal cover can be added to Wikipedia as an image file under the supposition that the usage constitutes "fair use". Such covers should not generally be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
- Discipline. I've provided a link to the List of academic disciplines which I think should be the source for values in this field. The value in this field should be wikilinked.
- Language. I am not assuming that all academic journals that are of encyclopedic interest are English, even though I can only read those in English.
- Abbreviated title. More accurately "abbreviated titles"; these are both official abbreviations (such as those found via the NCBI; example entry) but also colloquial titles. For instance, for the Journal of Biological Chemistry the official abbreviation is J. Biol. Chem. but the colloquial abbreviation is JBC. The abbreviations should probably appear in Wikipedia as redirects.
- Publisher (country). The publisher of record and the country from which publication takes place or in which the publisher is based. The publisher value should be wikilinked internally.
- Publication history. Many journals that have existed for more than a couple of decades have changed their name. This space can be used to indicate those changes, as well as any interruptions in publication that might have occurred. If there has been continuous publication under the same name since 1974, then an appropriate value might be "1974-present" or "1974 forward" or some other statement of the type.
- Website. There are often two websites for a journal: the publisher site and the homepage for the journal itself. Typically this link should be to the journal itself.
- ISSN. This is an international registry code for serial publications and is a useful key for identification and tracking of serials; not all serials have associated ISSN codes; therefore, this should be an optional field. Further, unless the ISSN appears on the journal's website, some mention about the source of the information should be provided in a References or Notes section as the validity of the information cannot be otherwise verified.
[edit] Additional fields for consideration
- editor
- volume span
- peer-review status
- type (original research, reviews, news, etc.)
- impact factor (see below)
- organizational affiliation (for those that are, such as JACS and the American Chemical Society)
- indexed in ... (for instance, medline, science citations, etc.)
- representation in JSTOR using the {{JSTOR}} template (see Science (journal) for an example case) it might be true that template-in-template won't work and that the addition of the template would only be possible if this infobox were subst'd ... comments? Courtland 10:29, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Impact factor
I did find sufficient information to compose a chart for Genome Research. The Image link from that article for the chart leads to information on the source of information for each of the years 1999 through 2003. It should be possible to use these information sources to describe the IF trend for that period, but I'm still not including this in the template as it is a controversial measure.
- Courtland 02:25, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Degree of openness
With all the discussion about open access these days, it may be interesting to specify for each journal how much they are open-access. Given Wikipedia open nature, I think it would be of particular interest. Hard work, especially given that the number of open-access policy probably rivals the number of licence for open-source software, but probably worth doing. Having the relevant field in the infobox would be a start. Schutz 22:17, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Major changes (template evolution)
- 10:39, August 11, 2005 (UTC): updated to use toccolours class and other tweaks. Use as a parameterized template throughout, so that all style changes are synchronized. Lexor|Talk 10:39, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
- July 17, 2005: addition of ISSN field Courtland 02:19, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
- July 17, 2005: addition of country subfield by placing it parenthetically behind the publisher Courtland 02:34, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
- July 17, 2005: addition of wikilink and href/url guides Courtland 02:34, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Example cut'n'paste text broken?
I tried to cut-and-paste the example infobox from here, and found that it SEVERELY did not work. I had to:
- change publisher(country) to separate paratmeters 'publisher' and 'country'
- change abbrev_title to 'abbreviation'
- change publication_history to 'history'
Check out Isis (journal) for the example; I left the old params in marked noeffect. I haven't ever tried to mess with templates before, but this seems like it SHOULD be a simple update to the guideline, not to the template itself? --Alvestrand 12:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Problem with ISSN part
Take a look at Journal of Physical Chemistry B, where the ISSN entry is:-
- |ISSN=1520-6106 (print edition) and 1520-5215 (web edition)
It gives:-
- (print edition) and 1520-5215 (web edition) 1520-6106 (print edition) and 1520-5215 (web edition)
Can this be fixed? I do not understand why it is doing what it is. We need to give 2 ISSNs in many cases. In some like Angewandte Chemie, we need to give four as there are German and English editions, each in print and online (Note: I edited this one so the template only has one ISSNs and the four are in the text of the article). --Bduke 02:55, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- I suggest the field be renamed to "id", as in WP:CITET, the citation templates. This allows both ISSN and OCLC (and possibly others) to be included. Bduke could try: {{ISSN|1520-6106}} (print edition), {{ISSN|1520-5215}} (web edition). I also suggest a new field "location". For U.S. publishers, it is standard to name the town and state of the publisher (not the country), e.g. Nashville, TN. -Colin MacLaurin 13:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion. This problem was fixed long ago, essentially by using {{ISSN|... as you suggest. --Bduke 20:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
