- "Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia"
- "Scientific citations in Wikipedia"
- "Exploring the Use of Social Media to Measure Journal Article Impact"
- "A Comparative Study of Academic impact and Wikipedia Ranking"
- "The visibility of Wikipedia in scholarly publications"
- "Are Wikipedia citations important evidence of the impact of scholarly articles and books?"
- "Maximize visibility: A way to increase citation frequency"
- "A study of citations to Wikipedia in scholarly publications"
- "Science is shaped by wikipedia: Evidence from a randomized control trial"
- "Amplifying the impact of open access: Wikipedia and the diffusion of science"

Studies reporting correlation between Wikipedia citations and academia citations

- "Impact of Wikipedia on citation trends"
- "Science is shaped by wikipedia: Evidence from a randomized control trial"

Studies on the causal effect of Wikipedia citations on academia citations

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

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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. 

Citations of References on Wikipedia

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.

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