Articles form the encyclopedic component of Vetlucent.com and are collaborative efforts to create atomic reference articles for anything related to the practice of radiology. Unlike a textbook, journal publication or a written encyclopedia, Vetlucent.com articles allow you and other users to expand, modify and update content as time passes. Thus, over time, our articles and content get better and better.
Articles can act as a basic reporting workstation reference or as a leading point to other published journal articles or textbooks as well as selected submitted cases on that topic (through its linked reference list at the bottom or attached case list on the right).
Articles are, in essence, collaborative reference works about a particular topic. For example:
On this page:
Scope
Although the scope of Vetlucent is ever enlarging, we do not seek to become another Wikipedia. As such, article topics should be radiology-related in some way. As a rule of thumb, each article should link to existing articles and the relevance to the radiologist should be emphasized. Some topics, such as basic science topics, may not be accepted for publication, although they are worthy in and of themselves. We strongly suggest that you first contribute to existing articles before authoring a new article and, prior to doing so, reach out to the editors by visiting community.
Authorship
DOI is a goal for Vetlucent in order to acknowledge the authorship of articles, but is not yet in place. When it is activated, it will be formatted as follows.
Each Vetlucent article has a DOI with an attached citation. The authorship of citation is dynamic (i.e. updates when the article is updated) in the following format:
{Article creator}, {Last major edit}, {Penultimate major edit}.
NB Under the article header, the "Last revised by" reflects the last edit, whether it is a major or minor edit.
Achievements
Two achievements on your profile page relate to your contributions to Vetlucent articles; "Author" and "Contributor".
The "Author" achievement represents how many new articles you have created.
The "Contributor" achievement, on the other hand, represents how many articles you have contributed to. See below for a note about how these values have been calculated.
In both instances, the contributions need to be reviewed and approved by our editorial board.
Getting started
The best way to get started is to edit an existing article in order to get accustomed with the Vetlucent style. You can also play in our sandbox (test page) to try different headings, linking, etc.
Editing an article
Editing an article is extremely simple. Just log in, click edit article (top of right-hand side column) and off you go.
The best way to get to grips with the basics is to go through the Editing Vetlucent Articles Learning Pathway. It is not long and gives you an excellent introduction to the most important concepts needed to correctly contribute. A couple of videos are also available to help you (see below).
It is also worth reviewing the anatomy of an article to come to terms with the standard components of an article. At the bottom of the page, in the related articles section, much more information is available.
Creating an article
Before you start, be aware that articles are published instantly and are not saved as drafts. When creating a new article, you may wish to start offline to create a working document and final draft. Once it is fairly complete, you can paste it into Vetlucent for editorial review. Click articles in the Vetlucent header and then create new article (right above the search field).
However, in addition to some basic knowledge of the Vetlucent style, you should have an understanding of the topic you want to write about and be familiar with the respective structure of the article category you are writing in. We also have a few basic requirements for a new article in terms of content, structure and references:
Content
should adequately reflect the topic or at least one or two highlights of it
should not contain any wrong or doubtful statements
should include a definition of the topic within the introduction
Structure
Article templates are available for different types of articles on our help pages.
New articles that fall under a category with specified main headings within the article structure should include the following:
at least 1-2 main headings
at least 2-3 main headings for articles with standard article structure
otherwise not specified
References
at least 3 appropriate references as specified in references
NB: listing articles, textbooks, etc. in the reference section is not sufficient, the cited text within the article should be appropriately linked using a superscript citation number
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