Wikipedia, Scholarpedia, and References to Books in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences: A Comparison of Cited Sources and Recommended Readings in Matching Free Online Encyclopedia Entries
Authors | Tony Stankus Sarah E. Spiegel |
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Publication date | 2010 |
ISSN | 0194262X |
DOI | 10.1080/01942620903579435 |
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Wikipedia, Scholarpedia, and References to Books in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences: A Comparison of Cited Sources and Recommended Readings in Matching Free Online Encyclopedia Entries - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by Tony Stankus and Sarah E. Spiegel.
Overview
Autors provide a comparative analysis of the references to books in two free online encyclopedias that have very different philosophies about authorship and editorial oversight that may affect the nature and academic respectability of the books they list. These encyclopedias are the loosely edited, non-refereed Wikipedia, where anonymous authors, whose credentials are uncertain, compile the reference list and where many equally anonymous readers can later alter the reference lists, and its peer-reviewed companion Scholarpedia, which features signed articles by invited experts who control its reference lists. Authors compared 47 entries dealing with the brain or behavioral sciences that had exactly matching titles. Authors report relative number of book references overall, the age of these references, and those titles that were multiply cited, either through citations in both online encyclopedias or multiple entries in either one of them. Authors compare the percentages of book references allotted to matching subject categories. Authors note the distributions of references according to book publishers and compare propensities for citing high-level research volumes versus introductory textbooks and popularizations. Finally, authors examine the credentials of the authors of the cited works, providing information on the universities and disciplines in which their authors or editors received their doctoral degrees and their most current academic or professional affiliation. Authors conclude that in this comparison of a small but carefully matched set of entries in the brain and behavioral sciences, both encyclopedias offer references to solid materials and that any differences in quality indicators represent matters of degree rather than any clear-cut advantage that is exclusive to one or the other. Finally, authors provide as an annotated checklist for librarians serving the brain and behavioral sciences of the books multiply cited by these encyclopedias at the time of this study.
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Stankus, Tony; Spiegel, Sarah E.. (2010). "[[Wikipedia, Scholarpedia, and References to Books in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences: A Comparison of Cited Sources and Recommended Readings in Matching Free Online Encyclopedia Entries]]". Science and Technology Libraries Volume 29, Issue 1-2, January 2010, pp. 144-164. ISSN: 0194262X. DOI: 10.1080/01942620903579435.
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Stankus, Tony; Spiegel, Sarah E.. (2010). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wikipedia,_Scholarpedia,_and_References_to_Books_in_the_Brain_and_Behavioral_Sciences:_A_Comparison_of_Cited_Sources_and_Recommended_Readings_in_Matching_Free_Online_Encyclopedia_Entries">Wikipedia, Scholarpedia, and References to Books in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences: A Comparison of Cited Sources and Recommended Readings in Matching Free Online Encyclopedia Entries</a>". Science and Technology Libraries Volume 29, Issue 1-2, January 2010, pp. 144-164. ISSN: 0194262X. DOI: 10.1080/01942620903579435.
