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'''Science information on Wikipedia''' includes the information which Wikipedia presents about science. It critiques and discusses the impact and quality of that information, and the culture of Wikipedia editors, scientists, and layman engagement with this information.

==Impact==
A 2017 study found evidence that Wikipedia's popularity as the most popular general information source has influenced how everyone talks and writes about science.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Thompson|first1=Neil|last2=Hanley|first2=Douglas|title=Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial|journal=[[Social Science Research Network]]|date=19 September 2017|issue=MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5238-17.|url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=3039505}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Zastrow|first1=Mark|title=Wikipedia shapes language in science papers|url=https://www.nature.com/news/wikipedia-shapes-language-in-science-papers-1.22656|website=Nature|publisher=[[Nature Publishing Group]]|language=en|doi=10.1038/nature.2017.22656|date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

A 2016 study found evidence that Wikipedia increases the distribution and impact of [[open access]] science publications.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Teplitskiy|first1=Misha|last2=Lu|first2=Grace|last3=Duede|first3=Eamon|title=Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science|journal=Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology|date=September 2017|volume=68|issue=9|pages=2116–2127|doi=10.1002/asi.23687|arxiv=1506.07608}}</ref>

[[UNESCO]] reports that Wikipedia is a popular source of science information because Wikipedia has high ranking in [[search engines]].<ref>{{cite web|author1=Natural Sciences Sector|title=The UNESCO Science Report finds a new public on Wikipedia|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/single-view-sc-policy/news/the_unesco_science_report_finds_a_new_public_on_wikipedia/|website=[[UNESCO]]|publisher=[[United Nations]]|language=en|date=9 May 2017}}</ref>

A 2018 study examined the way that Wikipedia integrates new scientific information.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Benjakob |first1=Omer |last2=Aviram |first2=Rona |title=A Clockwork Wikipedia: From a Broad Perspective to a Case Study |journal=Journal of Biological Rhythms |date=17 April 2018 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=233–244 |doi=10.1177/0748730418768120}}</ref>

==Editors==
In 2016 the [[Wiki Education Foundation]] and the [[Simons Foundation]] presented an outreach program called the "Year of Science". In this program, Wikipedia educators visited academic conferences and invited scientists to contribute information from their field of expertise to Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|author1=[[Simons Foundation]]|title=Mind the Gaps: Improving the Science on Wikipedia|url=https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2017/03/01/mind-the-gaps-improving-the-science-on-wikipedia/|website=Simons Foundation|date=1 March 2017}}</ref>

Some universities have programs to encourage students to edit Wikipedia's science articles as part of the learning experience.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Neal|first1=Meghan|title=Science Students Are Writing Wikipedia Articles Instead of Term Papers|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjbbw/science-students-are-writing-wikipedia-articles-instead-of-term-papers|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Motherboard]]|language=en-us|date=11 February 2016}}</ref>

The Wikipedia community invites academics to edit Wikipedia articles.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shafee|first1=Thomas|last2=Mietchen|first2=Daniel|last3=Su|first3=Andrew I.|title=Academics can help shape Wikipedia|journal=Science|date=11 August 2017|volume=357|issue=6351|pages=557.2–558|doi=10.1126/science.aao0462|bibcode=2017Sci...357..557S}}</ref>

Various academic societies have encouraged their membership to edit Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Goldstein|first1=Evan B.|title=Three Reasons Why Earth Scientists Should Edit Wikipedia|url=https://eos.org/opinions/three-reasons-why-earth-scientists-should-edit-wikipedia|website=Eos|publisher=[[American Geophysical Union]]|date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

==Quality==
A 2005 study published in the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' compared 40 Wikipedia articles on science topics to their ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' counterpart. Subject experts found four "serious errors" in each encyclopedia. They also found 162 less serious problems in Wikipedia, and 123 in ''Britannica''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/|title=Study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica|work=CNET|access-date=2018-01-04|language=en}}</ref>

A [[popular science]] writer for ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' complained in 2017 that Wikipedia's science articles were too technical.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Byrne|first1=Michael|title=Wikipedia’s Science Articles Are Elitist|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne7xzq/wikipedias-science-articles-are-elitist|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Motherboard]]|language=en-us|date=12 October 2017}}</ref>

Various scientists and media organizations have questioned and critiqued the extent to which Wikipedia articles on science influence political decisions relating to science.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lucassen|first=Teun|last2=Dijkstra|first2=Roald|last3=Schraagen|first3=Jan Maarten|date=2012-08-20|title=Readability of Wikipedia|url=http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3916|journal=First Monday|language=en|volume=0|issue=0}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Liat|title=Wikipedia wars are harming politically charged science|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-wars-are-killing-politically-charged-science|website=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=17 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Nathan|title=The Political Controversy of Wikipedia Science Articles|url=https://psmag.com/environment/according-to-wikipedia-acid-rain-is-a-load-of-bullshit|website=[[Pacific Standard]]|language=en|date=18 August 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Medical information on Wikipedia]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://simonsfoundation.s3.amazonaws.com/share/sciencesandbox/CrowdsourcingExpertise_2.17.17.pdf Crowdsourcing Expertise: A Working Guide for Organizing a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at a Science Conference]

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