This page describes the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals. Originally started to cover academic journals, the scope has naturally expanded to cover related areas not covered by other WikiProjects. The limits of the scope, and discussion on whether some articles are best covered by other WikiProjects, should be discussed on the talk page.

Within scope

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  • Academic journals and publishers
  • Academic societies and bulletins
  • Academic conferences and proceedings
  • Academic awards, prizes and medals
  • Monographs in series

Outside scope

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  • Academics and educators

Borderline

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  • Student newspapers
  • Student clubs
  • Amateur societies
  • Literary publications
  • Textbooks
  • Popular science magazines
  • Educational publishing companies
  • Academic libraries
  • Archives and databases
  • Websites
  • Research studies