Impact of Wikipedia on citation trends

Authors

  • Sayed-Amir Marashi Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Seyed Mohammad Amin Hosseini-Nami Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Khadijeh Alishah Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Mahdieh Hadi Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Ali Karimi Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Saeedeh Hosseinian Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Rouhallah Ramezanifard Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Reihaneh Sadat Mirhassani Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Zhaleh Hosseini Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Zahra Shojaie Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

It has been suggested that the “visibility” of an article influences its citation count. More specifically, it is believed that the social media can influence article citations.Here we tested the hypothesis that inclusion of scholarly references in Wikipedia affects the citation trends. To perform this analysis, we introduced a citation “propensity” measure, which is inspired by the concept of amino acid propensity for protein secondary structures. We show that although citation counts generally increase during time, the citation “propensity” does not increase after inclusion of a reference in Wikipedia.

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Published

2013-01-15

How to Cite

Marashi, S.-A., Hosseini-Nami, S. M. A., Alishah, K., Hadi, M., Karimi, A., Hosseinian, S., … Shojaie, Z. (2013). Impact of Wikipedia on citation trends. EXCLI Journal, 12, 15–19. Retrieved from https://www.excli.de/index.php/excli/article/view/1123

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Vol. 12 (2013)

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Editorial material

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