Author Outreach — First Touch (Template)

Purpose: Introduce WikiBiome to cited authors. Build the relationship. No money ask.

When to send: After a source page is published on WikiBiome.

Subject line options (test which performs best):

  • Your research on [TOPIC] is now part of WikiBiome
  • We cited your [YEAR] paper on WikiBiome — thought you should know
  • [AUTHOR LAST NAME] et al. ([YEAR]) featured on WikiBiome

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TEMPLATE:

Subject: Your research on [TOPIC] is now part of WikiBiome

Dear Dr. [LAST NAME],

I'm writing to let you know that your paper — [PAPER TITLE] ([JOURNAL], [YEAR]) — has been ingested into WikiBiome, our open-access microbiome-metallomics knowledge base.

Your work now informs [NUMBER] pages on WikiBiome, including our coverage of [ENTITY/CONDITION NAMES]. You can see your source summary page here: [LINK TO SOURCE PAGE]

WikiBiome is building something that doesn't exist yet: a cross-referenced encyclopedia connecting microbial ecology, metal biology, and disease pathogenesis. Every page traces its claims back to specific studies like yours, with evidence levels noted inline. We currently host [X] source pages drawn from peer-reviewed research.

A few things I'd appreciate, if you're willing:

  1. Accuracy check — Does our summary of your findings look correct? We take citation integrity seriously and welcome corrections.
  2. Additional work — If you have related papers you think should be part of this knowledge base, we'd be glad to review them for ingestion. You can submit directly at wikibiome.com/submit.

Thank you for the work that makes projects like this possible.

Best, Karen Pendergrass Founder, WikiBiome & The Paleo Foundation karen@paleofoundation.com

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Notes:

  • Personalize [ENTITY/CONDITION NAMES] with the actual pages their paper informs
  • For keystone study authors, add: "Your paper meets our criteria as a Keystone Study — research that is structurally essential to WikiBiome's knowledge graph. We'd value the opportunity to discuss your work in more depth."
  • For multi-paper authors (3+ papers cited), mention the count: "Your body of work informs [N] source pages across [N] conditions on WikiBiome."