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Wikis in Education and Collaboration

Wikis in Education and Collaboration is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1954. 26.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the collaboration, dynamics, and information quality within the context of Wikipedia. It explores topics such as knowledge management, online communities, peer production, and social dynamics in the context of open collaboration and crowdsourcing on Wikipedia.

  • Wikipedia
  • collaboration
  • knowledge management
  • online communities
  • information quality
  • peer production
  • social dynamics
  • wikis
  • open collaboration
  • crowdsourcing
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Wikis in Education and Collaboration research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (328 and 91 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 328 works
  2. 2 Germany 91 works
  3. 3 China 73 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 56 works
  5. 5 India 54 works
  6. 6 Canada 49 works
  7. 7 Spain 46 works
  8. 8 France 39 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 34 works
  10. 10 Australia 32 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 40.9%Germany: 11.3%China: 9.1%United Kingdom: 7.0%6 others listed: 31.7%41%largest
United States328 · 40.9%Germany91 · 11.3%China73 · 9.1%United Kingdom56 · 7.0%6 others listed255 · 31.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Wikis in Education and Collaboration research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Zaragoza publishes the most Wikis in Education and Collaboration research, followed by Wikimedia Foundation and Carnegie Mellon University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 8 works
  2. 2 Wikimedia FoundationUnited States 7 works
  3. 3 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 7 works
  4. 4 Częstochowa University of TechnologyPoland 7 works
  5. 5 University of WashingtonUnited States 6 works
  6. 6 University of British ColumbiaCanada 5 works
  7. 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 Stanford UniversityUnited States 5 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 4 works
  10. 10 University of MichiganUnited States 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wikis in Education and Collaboration?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wikis in Education and Collaboration include John Riedl and Robert West.

  1. 1 John Riedl United States 3.9k citations
  2. 2 Robert West United States 3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Wikis in Education and Collaboration research done?

The largest centres of Wikis in Education and Collaboration research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), New York (United States) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 13 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 13 works
  3. 3 New York United States 12 works
  4. 4 Paris France 12 works
  5. 5 Melbourne Australia 10 works
  6. 6 San Francisco United States 10 works
  7. 7 Vienna Austria 9 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 9 works
  9. 9 Barcelona Spain 9 works
  10. 10 Pittsburgh United States 9 works
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Is Wikis in Education and Collaboration research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Wikis in Education and Collaboration.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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