User:Daniel Mietchen/Talks/CoSci12/Wikis in scholarly communication

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Scholarly wikis

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Wikis in scholarly communication "[i]nsert statistical method here". Errors happen all the time. Public access helps expose them, and public annotation or public version histories can help alleviate the damage they may have caused. “ Science is already a wiki if you look at it a certain way. It’s just a highly inefficient one — the incremental edits are made in papers instead of wikispace, and significant effort is expended to recapitulate existing knowledge in a paper in order to support the one to three new assertions made in any one paper. ” — John Wilbanks, Publishing science on the web (WebCite copy) Illustration: papers and wikispace Comparison of scholarly journals and wikis   Wikipedia Citizendium Scholarpedia Encyclopedia of Earth Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics PLoS ONE Scope of site All human knowledge All human knowledge Starting out with a few core areas but potentially all scholarly knowledge Earth sciences Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Starting out with biomedicine but potentially all scholarly knowledge Original research No Possibly No No Only Only License CC-BY-SA CC-BY-SA mostly © but also CC-BY-NC-ND and GFDL CC-BY-SA CC-BY CC-BY Review model Public; post publication Public; post publication Public; post publication Non-public; pre publication Public; post technical, pre formal publication Non-public; pre publication Anonymity of authors Default; site-wide No; site-wide No for primary authors, yes for other contributors; per article No No No Anonymity of reviewers Default; site-wide No; site-wide Possible; per article No Possible; per comment Yes Minimal qualification to submit an article for review None Login Invitation or community election, based on specialist expertise Login None None Minimal qualification to review None Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field Invitation based on specialist expertise Invitation based on specialist expertise Invitation based on specialist expertise Invitation based on specialist expertise Minimal qualification to modify content before review None Login Login Login None None Minimal qualification to modify reviewed content None Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field Approval by curator (typically a well-known expert in the field) Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field N.A. N.A. for PDF version; None for annotations Minimal qualification to comment on reviewed content None Login Login Login Login Login Metrics at site/ article/ contributor level Built in but outsourced to reduce server load Built in Built in; see also the site-specific Scholar Index as well as Wikigenes Built in Yes (IF)/ Not public / No Yes (IF)/ Public / No References