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Published in: World Wide Web 6/2017

19-01-2017

Wikiometrics: a Wikipedia based ranking system

Authors: Gilad Katz, Lior Rokach

Published in: World Wide Web | Issue 6/2017

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Abstract

We present a new concept—Wikiometrics—the derivation of metrics and indicators from Wikipedia. Wikipedia provides an accurate representation of the real world due to its size, structure, editing policy and popularity. We demonstrate an innovative “mining” methodology, where different elements of Wikipedia – content, structure, editorial actions and reader reviews – are used to rank items in a manner which is by no means inferior to rankings produced by experts or other methods. We test our proposed method by applying it to two real-world ranking problems: top world universities and academic journals. Our proposed ranking methods were compared to leading and widely accepted benchmarks, and were found to be extremely correlative but with the advantage of the data being publically available.
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Metadata
Title
Wikiometrics: a Wikipedia based ranking system
Authors
Gilad Katz
Lior Rokach
Publication date
19-01-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
World Wide Web / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 1386-145X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1413
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11280-016-0427-8

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