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October 10, 2022
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Wikipedia in Spanish. Behaviour of the Spanish-speaking community in relation to collaborative work on the internet [Wikipedia en español. Comportamiento de la comunidad hispanohablante en el trabajo colaborativo en Internet]

Publicated to:Estudios Sobre El Mensaje Periodistico. 25 (3): 1357-1378 - 2019-01-01 25(3), DOI: 10.5209/esmp.66992

Authors: Claes F; Deltell L

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Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain - Author

Abstract

This article tackles with a research about the use of the Spanish language in relation to collaborative work on the Internet. It describes an early stage of an experiment carried out along with Wikimedia Spain and supported by three research centers. In this research it is analysed why Wikipedia in Spanish, which is the second language with more native speakers, holds the ninth place in relation to the number of articles in that encyclopedia. This work also deals with the study of Wikipedia intrinsic biases, both from the international scene and from the Spanish version. In order to explore the aforementioned behaviour, we have made a research based on 231 Spanish university students aimed at measuring users' creative skills. © 2019 Universidad Complutense de Madrid. All rights reserved.

Keywords

BiasCollaborative workEncyclopediaInternetSpanishWikipedia

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Estudios Sobre El Mensaje Periodistico, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Communication, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 3.18, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-03, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 3.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 7 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Claes, Florencia) .