Publications in the Institute of Scientific Information’s (ISI, currently Thomson Reuters) Web of Science (WoS) and Elsevier’s Scopus databases were utilized to collect data about Wikipedia research and citations to Wikipedia. The growth of publications on Wikipedia research, the most active researchers, their associated institutions, academic fields and their geographic distribution are treated in this paper. The impact and influence of Wikipedia were identified, utilizing cited work found in (WoS) and Scopus. Additionally, leading authors, affiliated institutions, countries, academic fields, and publications that frequently cite Wikipedia are identified.
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Dix ans après son lancement, l’encyclopédie en ligne collaborative Wikipedia a-t-elle un impact sur la recherche académique ? Malgré les controverses dont elle fait l’objet, il semble que l’utilisation par la communauté scientifique soit en pleine expansion et cet article propose de le tester. L’auteur a réuni un corpus de publications à partir de Scopus et du Web of Science et a sondé la visibilité de l’encyclopédie.
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