Amplifying the Impact of Open Access: Wikipedia and the Diffusion of Science
beSpacific 2015-07-06
Summary:
“With the rise of Wikipedia as a first-stop source for scientific knowledge, it is important to compare its representation of that knowledge to that of the academic literature. This article approaches such a comparison through academic references made within the worlds 50 largest Wikipedias. Previous studies have raised concerns that Wikipedia editors may simply use […]