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- Authors
- Giles, J.
- Corresponding author
- Giles, Jim
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2005-12-14
- Volume
- 438
- Issue
- 7070
- Pages
- 900-901
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Expert finding and Q&A systems
- Keywords
- Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, online encyclopedias, comparative analysis, Jimmy Wales, crowdsourced knowledge
- MeSH terms
- Authorship, Encyclopedias as Topic, Publishing, Research Personnel, Internet
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