COVID-19 research in Wikipedia

G Colavizza - Quantitative science studies, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Wikipedia is one of the main sources of free knowledge on the Web. During the first few
months of the pandemic, over 5,200 new Wikipedia pages on COVID-19 were created …

Wikipedia citations: A comprehensive data set of citations with identifiers extracted from English Wikipedia

H Singh, R West, G Colavizza - Quantitative Science Studies, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Wikipedia's content is based on reliable and published sources. To this date, relatively little
is known about what sources Wikipedia relies on, in part because extracting citations and …

Scientometric trends for coronaviruses and other emerging viral infections

D Kagan, J Moran-Gilad, M Fire - GigaScience, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background COVID-19 is the most rapidly expanding coronavirus outbreak in the past 2
decades. To provide a swift response to a novel outbreak, prior knowledge from similar …

Wikipedia in health professional schools: from an opponent to an ally

TB Mendes, J Dawson, S Evenstein Sigalov… - Medical Science …, 2021 - Springer
As an online encyclopedia, Wikipedia is the world's largest reference Web site, with 1.7
billion visits per month. Given how easy it is to access and read, students use Wikipedia …

A large-scale characterization of how readers browse Wikipedia

T Piccardi, M Gerlach, A Arora, R West - ACM Transactions on the Web, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Despite the importance and pervasiveness of Wikipedia as one of the largest platforms for
open knowledge, surprisingly little is known about how people navigate its content when …

On the Value of Wikipedia as a Gateway to the Web

T Piccardi, M Redi, G Colavizza, R West - Proceedings of the Web …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
By linking to external websites, Wikipedia can act as a gateway to the Web. To date,
however, little is known about the amount of traffic generated by Wikipedia's external links …

A map of science in Wikipedia

P Yang, G Colavizza - Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
In recent decades, the rapid growth of Internet adoption is offering opportunities for
convenient and inexpensive access to scientific information. Wikipedia, one of the largest …

Editors, sources and the'go back'button: Wikipedia's framework for beating misinformation

B Avieson - First Monday, 2022 - firstmonday.org
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the challenges and deadly consequences of
misinformation circulating across digital platforms. Wikipedia is emerging from that …

Citation needed? Wikipedia bibliometrics during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

O Benjakob, R Aviram, JA Sobel - GigaScience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background With the COVID-19 pandemic's outbreak, millions flocked to Wikipedia for
updated information. Amid growing concerns regarding an “infodemic,” ensuring the quality …

From academic to media capital: To what extent does the scientific reputation of universities translate into Wikipedia attention?

W Arroyo‐Machado, AA Díaz‐Faes… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Universities face increasing demands to improve their visibility, public outreach, and online
presence. There is a broad consensus that scientific reputation significantly increases the …