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Citation Propensity Calculation Method in Wikipedia Impact Study

Citation counts for each year were normalized to the maximum citation count of the time period using the equation CiNorm=CiCmaxC_{i}^{Norm}=\frac{C_{i}}{C^{max}}, where CiC_{i} is the citation count in year ii and CmaxC^{max} is the maximum citations in a 5-year period. To evaluate trends before and after Wikipedia inclusion, a 'citation propensity' metric was utilized. First, the normalized random citation count (RiNormR_{i}^{Norm}) was calculated as RiNorm=RiRmaxR_{i}^{Norm}=\frac{R_{i}}{R^{max}}, where RiR_{i} is the random citation count in year ii and RmaxR^{max} is the random maximum citation count in the 5-year period. Finally, propensity was calculated as Pi=CiNormRiNormP_{i}=\frac{C_{i}^{Norm}}{R_{i}^{Norm}}. A propensity (PiP_{i}) equal to 1 indicates the citation count matches chance expectations, greater than 1 indicates higher than expected citations, and less than 1 indicates lower than expected citations.

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Updated 2026-06-14

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