<b>NWB2023_Evaluating the diversity of scientific discourse on twenty-one multilingual Wikipedias using citation analysis</b>

<p dir="ltr">Scientific research is often cited in Wikipedia pages, however little is known about these citations across different Wikipedia languages and the range of research being used only in non-English Wikipedias. This study aimed to investigate the scale of research citation across twenty non-English Wikipedias and the degree to which they cite a different set of research.</p><p dir="ltr">We analyzed Wikipedia citations of over 4 million publications in 21 different Wikipedia languages, including over 1 million journal papers and 2 million books. A minimum of 80,000 citations was required for a language to be included in the analysis. The study analyzed the percentage of publications cited in English Wikipedia compared to non-English Wikipedia, as well as the percentage of publications cited in a single non-English Wikipedia compared to multiple non-English Wikipedias.</p><p dir="ltr">The study found that approximately 40% of publications were only cited in non-English Wikipedia, either in a single Wikipedia language or in multiple non-English Wikipedias. There were significant differences between the number/percentage of publications shared in English vs non-English Wikipedia, but no significant differences between non-English Wikipedia in a single language compared to those cited in multiple non-English Wikipedias. The study also found that the percentage of books cited in non-English Wikipedia was higher than that of journal publications.</p><p dir="ltr">The study concluded that non-English Wikipedia provides a unique voice for research literature and that there is a significant amount of unique publications being solely cited in non-English Wikipedia. These findings suggest that each Wikipedia makes a unique contribution to the representation of knowledge within its stakeholder groups, and underscores the importance of multilingualism in knowledge sharing.</p>