Wikipedia:Academic studies of health information on Wikipedia

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This is a list of academic articles related to the coverage of health and medical topics on Wikipedia. For general academic articles see Academic studies of Wikipedia. For academic studies about the use of Wikipedia in education, see Academic studies of Wikipedia in education. For popular media coverage of Wikipedia's medical content see the popular media list.

Summaries, literature reviews of studies on Wikipedia's medical content[edit]

  • Smith DA (2020-02-18). "Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review". PLOS ONE. 15 (2): e0228786. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1528786S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228786. PMC 7028268. PMID 32069322.
  • Maggio LA, Willinsky JM, Costello JA, Skinner NA, Martin PC, Dawson JE (December 2020). "Integrating Wikipedia editing into health professions education: a curricular inventory and review of the literature". Perspectives on Medical Education. 9 (6): 333–342. doi:10.1007/s40037-020-00620-1. PMC 7718341. PMID 33030643.
  • Santangelo, Omar Enzo; Gianfredi, Vincenza; Provenzano, Sandro (2022-10-29). "Wikipedia searches and the epidemiology of infectious diseases: A systematic review". Data & Knowledge Engineering. 142: 102093. doi:10.1016/j.datak.2022.102093. S2CID 252945115.
  • Alibudbud, Rowalt (2023-07-04). "Wikipedia page views for health research: a review". Frontiers in Big Data. 6. doi:10.3389/fdata.2023.1199060. ISSN 2624-909X. PMC 10353851. PMID 37469441.

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