wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site
Carl McBride
TL;DR
The paper introduces the wikiFactor, a new metric inspired by the h-index, to quantify the impact of wiki sites based on page visits, especially for scientific wikis.
Contribution
It proposes the wikiFactor metric and provides its application to various wiki sites, offering a new way to measure wiki impact.
Findings
wikiFactor correlates with wiki influence
Scientific wikis tend to have higher wikiFactors
The metric provides a standardized impact measure
Abstract
A new metric is introduced, inspired by the Hirsch {\it h-index}, to measure the impact of a wiki site. A table of wikiFactors is presented for a number of wikis, in particular those oriented towards scientific topics. The wikiFactor is defined as the number of web pages, wF, that have had wF visits.
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TopicsWikis in Education and Collaboration