Mapping the backbone of the Humanities through the eyes of Wikipedia

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Highlights:

• We propose a reproducible methodology to map scientific knowledge in Wikipedia.

• We analyze how scientific knowledge is established in the field of the Humanities.

• The citation average to Humanities articles in Wikipedia is lower than the general.

• Of the 25 most cited journals on Wikipedia, none is open access.

• History is the key specialty that connects with other areas of humanistic knowledge.

摘要

•We propose a reproducible methodology to map scientific knowledge in Wikipedia.•We analyze how scientific knowledge is established in the field of the Humanities.•The citation average to Humanities articles in Wikipedia is lower than the general.•Of the 25 most cited journals on Wikipedia, none is open access.•History is the key specialty that connects with other areas of humanistic knowledge.

论文关键词:Wikipedia,Scientific journals,Network analysis,Co-citation analysis,Scopus,Digital humanities

论文评审过程:Received 27 July 2018, Revised 4 July 2019, Accepted 6 July 2019, Available online 22 July 2019, Version of Record 22 July 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.07.002