Journals Cited by Wikipedia: Evaluating the Impact of Journals on Wikipedia

Presenter
Gaëtan Landry (User:Headbomb)
Background
Acadian (French-Canadian), born in Grande-Anse, New Brunswick, Canada
Work
Physics Lab Instructor (Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Education
BSc + MSc in Physics (Université de Moncton), P. Phys.
Wikipedia
WikiProject Academic Journals, WikiProject Physics, Bot Approvals Group, + a bazillion other things (200000+ edits)

Intro

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Main page
Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Journals cited by Wikipedia (Shortcut: WP:JCW)
Original Bot/Coder
User:WikiStatsBOT/User:ThaddeusB (2009−10)
Current Bot/Coder
User:JL-Bot/User:JLaTondre (2011−present)
Main purpose
Help WikiProject Academic Journals prioritize work

What is JCW?

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  • A searchable compilation of all |journal= parameters from {{cite xxx}} templates on en-wiki
    • Based on citations like <ref name=Bloom1969>{{cite journal |last1=Bloom |first1=E. D. |display-authors=etal |year=1969 |title=High-Energy Inelastic ep Scattering at 6° and 10° |journal=Physical Review Letters |volume=23 |issue=16 |pages=930–934 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.930}}</ref>
    • Ignores named reference repeats like <ref name=Bloom1969/>
    • Ignores "manual" citations like <ref>Bloom, E. D. et al. "High-Energy Inelastic ep Scattering at 6° and 10°". Physical Review Letters, 23 (16): 930–934. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.930</ref>
  • Available at WP:JCW (with disclaimers / caveats)
  • Designed to identify high-interest areas lacking coverage, and high-interest problem areas
  • Framework gives several side benefits, or puts them within easy reach
    • Creation and identification of redirects
      • Abbreviations J. Phys.Journal of Physics
      • Former names Annales de PhysiqueEuropean Physical Journal H
      • Common typos/spelling variants Annual Reviews of ...Annual Review of ...
    • Categorization of redirects and corresponding targets (more on this later)

Identification/Categorization

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Basic status
  • Blue = Exist
  • Red = Does not exist
  • Bold = Article
  • Italics = Redirect
  • Underline = Disambiguation
Categorization (see exact rules)
  • Hierarchical keyword-based approach
    • ISO 4 > Journals > Magazines > Newspapers > Websites > Books > Databases > Publishers
  • Looks for {{R from ISO 4}} first (extremely reliable)
  • Looks for (foobar) disambiguator in title (very reliable)
  • Looks in foobar in categories (reliable)
    • Category keywords are a bit different (plurals/less variations)
  • Looks for foobar in titles (not very reliable)

Filtering

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  • |journal=[[Foo|Bar]] is treated as |journal=Bar
  • markup and whitespace is stripped and normalized
  • |journal= is often misused for books, magazines, websites, or contains wrong/extraneous data like authors/publisher/volume/page
  • |journal= also has many abbreviated variants (standard and non-standard), spelling variants, punctuation variants, typos
    • Redirect creation, cleanup efforts, etc.

Ranking

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Highlights

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Table

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Rank Type Target Open-access? Publisher Total Citations Distinct Articles
1 Journal Nature No Nature Publishing Group 31235 18352
2 Journal Journal of Biological Chemistry 12 months American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 30023 11836
3 Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 06 months US National Academy of Sciences 28519 17641
4 Journal Science No American Association for the Advancement of Science 22872 13679
5 Database IUCN Red List Yes International Union for Conservation of Nature 20016 19370
6 Journal The Astrophysical Journal / Letters / Supplement 12 months IOP Publishing 13909 5903
7 Journal Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 months EDP Sciences 13173 5302
8 Journal Genome Research 06 months Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 9595 5859
9 Magazine Billboard ? ? 9370 3722
10 Journal PLOS One Yes Public Library of Science 9200 6747
11 Journal Cell 12 months Cell Press 8421 5263
12 Newspaper Lloyd's List ? Informa 8363 128
13 Series The Lancet series [~13] No Elsevier 6394 3808
14 Journal Journal of the American Chemical Society No ACS Publications 5793 2954
15 Journal Nature Genetics No Nature Publishing Group 5707 4484
16 Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 36 months Oxford University Press 5681 3362
17 Journal Nucleic Acids Research Yes Oxford University Press 5622 3479
18 Journal International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 12 months Microbiology Society 5563 4260
19 Journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications No Elsevier 5479 3863
20 Journal Molecular and Cellular Biology No Elsevier 5419 2926
21 Journal The New England Journal of Medicine 06 months Massachusetts Medical Society 5349 3602
22 Journal The BMJ Yes
(Research-only)
BMJ 5317 3437
23 Magazine Flight International ? Reed Business Information 5288 1504
24 Journal The Astronomical Journal 12 months IOP Publishing 5133 3377
25 Journal Genomics No Elsevier 4933 3765
26 Journal Gene No Elsevier 4569 2874
27 Journal Zootaxa Embargo? Magnolia Press 4543 3571
28 Journal Physical Review Letters No American Physical Society 4441 2130
29 Journal The EMBO Journal 12 months EMBO Press 4440 2954
30 Series Trends in... series [~15] No Elsevier 4143 3231
31 Series Proceedings of the Royal Society series [~2] 24 months A, 12 months B Royal Society 4112 2957
32 Series Biochimica et Biophysica Acta series [~10] No* Elsevier 3894 2983
33 Series* Physical Review series (without A, B, E, X, Applied, Letters) No American Physical Society 3806 1713
34 Journal American Journal of Human Genetics 06 months Cell Press 3760 2282
35 Journal Biochemistry No ACS Publications 3689 2590
36 Journal Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 12 months John Wiley & Sons 3676 1779
37 Journal Icarus 24 months Elsevier 3626 1901
38 Journal FEBS Letters 12 months John Wiley & Sons 3551 2758
39 Journal Biochemical Journal 12 months Portland Press 3349 2590
40 Journal Current Biology 06 months Cell Press 3126 2403
41 Journal Oncogene No Nature Publishing Group 3120 1816
42 Journal Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology No Taylor & Francis 3104 1743
43 Journal Journal of Cell Biology 06 months Rockefeller University Press 3071 1825
44 Journal JAMA No American Medical Association 3063 2185
45 Journal Journal of Molecular Biology 12 months Elsevier 2979 2102
46 Journal Blood 12 months American Society of Hematology 2787 1647
47 Journal Myconet No Field Museum of Natural History 2737 2735
48 Journal Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 12 months Royal Society 2709 1702
49 Journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution No Academic Press 2705 2272
50 Journal The Journal of Neuroscience 06 months Society for Neuroscience 2665 1637
51 Journal Cancer Research 12 months American Association for Cancer Research 2633 1817
52 Newspaper The New York Times No A.G. Sulzberger 2614 1858
53 Series Annual Review of series [~47] No* Annual Reviews 2558 2149
54 Journal Journal of Immunology 12 months The American Association of Immunologists 2491 1425
55 Journal Mycologia No Taylor & Francis 2491 1602
56 Journal Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society Yes American Mathematical Society 2466 1460
57 Magazine The New Yorker No Condé Nast 2457 1269
58 Journal Human Molecular Genetics 12 Months Oxford University Press 2448 1707
59 Journal Journal of Bacteriology 06 Months American Society for Microbiology 2374 1605
60 Series Journal of Geophysical Research series [~7] No American Geophysical Union 2372 1279
61 Journal The FEBS Journal 12 Months John Wiley & Sons 2369 1931
62 Journal Journal of Virology 06 Months American Society for Microbiology 2242 1270
63 Journal Angewandte Chemie 12 Month Wiley-VCH 2201 1436
64 Magazine Inside Soap No Hearst Communications 2181 603
65 Journal Genes & Development 06 Months Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2115 1418
66 Journal Molecular Cell 12 Months Cell Press 2111 1418
67 Database UniProt Yes UniProt Consortium 2051 1989
68 Database List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature Yes International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes 2022 2021
69 Series BMC series [~67] Yes BioMed Central 1971 1718
70 Magazine Rolling Stone No Wenner Media/BandLab Technologies 1943 1618
71 Journal Journal of Personality and Social Psychology No American Psychological Association 1907 766
72 Journal American Journal of Botany 12 Months Botanical Society of America 1886 1443
73 Series Current Opinion series [~20] No Elsevier 1874 1513
74 Journal Nature Biotechnology No Nature Publishing Group 1822 1480
75 Journal Journal of Clinical Investigation Yes American Society for Clinical Investigation 1819 1447
76 Journal Space Science Reviews No Springer 1763 1665
77 Encyclopedia Wikipedia Yes Wikimedia Foundation 1763 1259
78 Series Frontiers in... series [~59] Yes Frontiers Media 1736 1428
79 Magazine Time No Meredith Corporation 1735 1411
80 Journal Journal of Cell Science 06 Months The Company of Biologists 1732 1315
81 Journal Bulletins of American Paleontology Yes (2008+) Paleontological Research Institution 1723 1491
82 Series American Journal of Physiology series [~8] 12 Months American Physiological Society 1710 1205
83 Series Circulation series [~7] 12 Months Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1666 1007
84 Journal Neuron 12 Months Cell Press 1660 1078
85 Journal The Auk 06 Months American Ornithological Society 1651 1114
86 Magazine Scientific American No Springer Nature 1643 1435
87 Journal Scientific Reports Yes Nature Publishing Group 1606 1282
88 Journal DNA Research Yes Oxford University Press 1589 1310
89 Journal Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 12 Months Oxford University Press 1582 1289
90 Journal Journal of Paleontology No Paleontological Society 1578 1002
91 Journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology 06 Months American Society for Microbiology 1539 1167
92 Journal Journal of Medicinal Chemistry No ACS Publications 1539 1074
93 Journal Nature Communications Yes Nature Publishing Group 1538 1281
94 Journal Pediatrics 12 Months American Academy of Pediatrics 1501 1040
95 Journal Molecular Biology and Evolution 12 Months Oxford University Press 1491 1093
96 Magazine Variety No Penske Media Corporation 1478 899
97 Journal ZooKeys Yes Pensoft Publishers 1471 1242
98 Journal Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society No Bombay Natural History Society 1466 442
99 Journal The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 12 Months Oxford University Press 1462 856
100 Newspaper, Ambiguous Royal Gazette 1454 752