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Wikipedia? It's driving science!

9/24/2017

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A new study from MIT's Sloan School of Management and the University of Pittsburgh finds that scientists around the world are relying on Wikipedia to access scientific information and research. Wikipedia is the 5th most used site on the web! A report about the study shows that information from Wikipedia, and scientists' growing reliance on this information, is shaping scientific research, influencing one word out of every three hundred words published.
I feel vindicated as I encourage my students to use Wikipedia as a resource for studying science. Of course, I'm a strong believer in using the site as a route to primary sources.
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