Smith, D. A. (2020). Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review. PloS one, 15(2), e0228786. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0228786 

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The quality of Wikipedia articles in providing health information varied based on the accuracy, coverage, comprehensiveness, and medical content of different articles. Currently, Wikipedia is used by a variety of populations and demographics seeking medical content. In addition to quick searches for fact-checking, Wikipedia is also increasingly used for professional and educational purposes. Researchers concluded that Wikipedia can potentially aid the health research community through bibliometrics, infodemiology, and epidemiology (disease monitoring) in the future. 

Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review

In addition to searching the web for articles and publications on Wikipedia's contribution and role in providing medical content, authors of this study also conducted extensive literature review to compare their findings with those of fellow researchers. 

Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review methodology

- Did not look at publications that studied online health information seeking and included Wikipedia as a source
- Many unanswered questions remaining for further investigation 

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