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World Scientific is an academic publisher of scientific, technical, and medical books and journals. World Scientific has over 120 journals including the International Journal of Modern Physics, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, and International Journal of Neural Systems. For more information see their website.

There are up to 50 e-Journals accesses available to Wikipedians through this partnership.

Requirements

• You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or on your home wiki linked from your application; (see Special:Preferences)
• You have an account that is a minimum of 6 months old
• You have a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia
• You do not already have access to this resource through another library or institution

If you don't quite meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you may be considered

Expectations

Approved editors may

• Search, view, retrieve, and display portions of restricted content;
• Electronically save portions of restricted content;
• Print out single copies of portions of restricted content;

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download World Scientific content
• Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose.
• Datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles.
• Violate any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the World Scientific website they are accessing.

Private and confidential information

• By applying to the Program, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and World Scientific. Wikipedia Library organizers contracted under the Wikimedia Foundation will abide by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy and associated confidentiality agreements. Volunteer representatives of the Wikipedia Library are neither employees nor contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation (or World Scientific), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

• Editors should always provide original citation information in addition to linking to World Scientific resources, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to restricted World Scientific pages
• Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
• Respect the copyright of World Scientific, in accordance with Wikipedia's copyright policy and their terms of use
• Cite resources in line with the citation examples provided below or with the examples provided by World Scientific

Note that citation styles vary by article; editors can use the style most appropriate to the articles they are working with so long as the citations are complete.

Example

{{cite journal |last1=Pokorný |first1=Jiří |last2=Pokorný |first2=Jan |last3=Kobilková |first3=Jitka |last4=Jandová |first4=Anna |last5=Vrba |first5=Jan |date=March 2014 |title=Cancer — pathological breakdown of coherent energy states |journal=Biophysical Reviews and Letters |doi=10.1142/S1793048013300077 |volume=09 |issue=1 |pages=115–133}}

• Pokorný, Jiří; Pokorný, Jan; Kobilková, Jitka; Jandová, Anna; Vrba, Jan (March 2014). "Cancer — pathological breakdown of coherent energy states". Biophysical Reviews and Letters. 09 (1): 115–133. doi:10.1142/S1793048013300077. 

Further participation

You can help The Wikipedia Library share this partnership:

• Add {{Wikipedia:World Scientific/Userbox}} to your user boxes. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.

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Add yourself at the bottom of the list with a line starting with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}) followed by an explanation of why you would like access to this resource. It is a good idea to include in your application text your editing areas benefited by access and examples of your commitment to content creation.

1. Guy Macon (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am looking for high-quality sources in the areas of electronics, computing, and engineering. I have been a Wikipedia editor over 10 years and have made over 30,000 edits. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:54, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

   @Guy Macon: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:45, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

2. Prodigyhk (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) require books on Asian history. Prodigyhk (talk) 12:35, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

   @Prodigyhk: If that's your area of interest, I'd suggest applying for a different resource as this is focused on science and technology rather than history. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:45, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

3. Waynejayes (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I meet the requirements, and would find a technical source very helpful for some the articles I contribute to. Wayne Jayes (talk) 05:28, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

   @Waynejayes: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:45, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

4. YohanN7 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am an experienced editor focusing on mathematics and physics. Access to World Scientific publications, especially International Journal of Modern Physics, would be a welcome. YohanN7 (talk) 14:58, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

   @YohanN7: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:23, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

5. Gestrid (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been editing for the past few months on Wikipedia (though my account is a few years old) and I believe access to this website would be very beneficial for me. — Gestrid (talk) 04:55, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Gestrid: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:23, 22 October 2016 (UTC)

6. Amqui (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Good day, I contribute mainly on French Wikipedia on many different topics, I have wrote several Good Articles. I have checked the journals in this database and I do not have access to them and found some that would be helpful in my contributions, thank you, Amqui (talk) 23:47, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

   @Amqui: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:21, 12 November 2016 (UTC)