Multiple studies have reported a correlation between the number of journal citations on Wikipedia and the number of citations in academic publications.

Relationship between Wikipedia citations and academic citation count

Some studies have shown that reader engagement with citations in Wikipedia articles can vary due to several factors. It may be helpful to first determine what these factors are (i.e. who typically pays attention and clicks on these citations) before determining whether there is in fact a relationship between citations in Wikipedia and academic sources.

Engagement with Wikipedia Citations

Citations or references are used to identify the sources of the information found in Wikipedia. They help to improve Wikipedia's credibility and allow users to verify the information found and to further find information if needed. 

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Knowledge (expertise, skills, and information) being exchanged on the platform Wikipedia, an open collaborative online encyclopedia 

Knowledge sharing on Wikipedia

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Citations of References on Wikipedia

One field of study that Wikipedia articles focus on is health. Illnesses/diseases, treatments, preventative care, and most recently COVID-19 are all examples of health-related information one can find on Wikipedia. 

Health-related information on Wikipedia

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Reading comprehension questions and their corresponding Wikipedia articles can be sourced from the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD) versions 1.1 and 2.0. These databases provide large-scale collections of crowdsourced question-answer pairs derived from Wikipedia text, serving as valuable resources for reading comprehension research.

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