The Top 10 Sources Most Used in Wikipedia’s Content

We knew that Wikipedia, which has been inaccessible in our country for more than a year for some reasons, was in use under the name of “free encyclopedia”. But we never had a sufficient idea of ​​its originality. Although the sources of some of the information obtained were stated, we can say that some of it was literally a closed box.

Wikimedia Foundation conducted a research on this subject. In this research, where 297 scientific editions were examined, the contents were; classified as research articles, books, biomedical research, and preprint research. Now, those who are curious about the 10 most used sources in Wikipedia’s content should focus on this part!

1) World Map Update of the Köppen–Geiger Climate Classification

This content, which has been cited 2 million 830 thousand 334 times, ranks first on our Wikipedia list. What is interesting about this content is that Köppen did not know that he had reached such a wide audience, and that he probably reached a readership that he could not normally reach, thanks to Wikipedia.

Brian Finlayson, Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Melbourne, said the following on this subject:

“I think it’s so widely cited because it’s useful and it’s an important topic. We published Köppen’s research on Wikipedia because, by making this decision, we not only made climate classification updates available to a wider audience, but also helped structure the history of Wikipedia. Almost 3 million citations were generated in a single move, creating an environment that Köppen could not have imagined.”

The list continues as follows: