Note: How to write a scientific paper is beyond the scope of these instructions, but here are tips for picking subject areas and logistics for getting ready to submit. Please see this document for steps to write an academic paper.
Decide what to write about:
Use the link below to check if your topic fits one of the WikiJournals. As of now, HGAPS has mainly sent review articles rather than original research, but this could change. Many of the journals accept both types, which makes them different than Wikipedia articles (which do not allow new research).
We recommend using a Google document or some other sort of collaborative document if you intend to have more than one person editing at the same time.
Caution- formatting from a document to a Wiki page will be a fair amount of work, so if you can start it on Wiki, you may want to do that (you can also do this in someone's sandbox, or as a draft page on Wikiversity).
If not, or at the next step, you can either create a page in the HGAPS suite on Wikiversity or go ahead and create a preprint (which will have to be done eventually either way).
If you go the Sandbox route, then material can be copied and pasted over to the preprint form (working in source code is usually most efficient for this)
If using the draft option, then the page can be published on Wikiversity and then copied (or moved) as a preprint to the journal.
To create a preprint, navigate to this link and type into the box what you would like your article name to be.
Now you have a preprint! This document can be revised up to and even after you submit the authorship declaration form (the submission document).
Note- the default format only allows for 10 authors, but an editor can add space for more if needed.
Make sure that the faculty advisor/content expert for this paper reads over the draft before submitting. Incorporate their suggestions before submitting.
Best practice would be to review authorship and author order before submitting.
Consider (with advice) if there are any individuals you would like to commend or exclude as reviewers. You will be able to put those people's names on the submission form.
Also consider whether you want to request that your article be integrated into Wikipedia. If there is no page on your topic (or it is low quality) and your paper reads like a Wikipedia article, you can let them know that you would like it considered to replace all or part of an article.
Once you fill out all sections of the submission form, you can submit.
PsyArXiv is a useful tool that will allow your preprint to be indexed in search engines.
Listservs
You (or someone else on your behalf) can disseminate your article via listservs to the appropriate audience.
Social media
HGAPS social media is also a great way to get your article out there!
If you write a Tweet, make a visual abstract, or have an infographic, HGAPS has social media that can help share them.
The figures and images that you include in the article usually already got added to Wiki Commons; make sure to tag them with the HGAPS category and other labels that make it likely that people will find them. Include enough information in the metadata for the figure that you can get credit when people re-use the figure.
Consider adding the figures or images to FigShare or other sharing platforms, too, since they are CC BY SA licensed.
Academic Twitter is a great way to share your publication.