Frequently asked questions

How can I add information to Scholia?

Scholia's information comes fromWikidataand the English Wikipedia,so you should add data there. Use thesearch page in Wikidata to examine if the data item you want to add is already in Wikidata. If not, add a new data item with thenew item page on the Wikidata site.

There are a number of tools to ease editing Wikidata,e.g. theAuthor Disambiguator (by Arthur Smith, based on an initial version by Magnus Manske) that can help identify specific authors based on author name strings.

Why is Scholia so biased and incomplete?

Scholia's data comes mostly from Wikidata, and that data is not complete with respect to scientific articles, their authors, their citations or their annotations. Any scientometrics interpretation needs to keep in mind that the statistics might be severely biased.

The data entered in Wikidata are mostly incorporated from other databases, such as Pubmed Central and CrossRef. Works without DOI are less likely to be added to Wikidata because it is more difficult to automate the data entry. Most citations are also incorporated from other databases. Articles from publishers that do not release their citations (which can be avoided by participating in the initiativeI4OC) are less likely to have their citations entered in Wikidata. Researchers without anORCID and their works are not publicly available with DOI on the ORCID website are probably also less likely to be linked with their works on Wikidata. There are quite likely other serious biases in Wikidata. Scholia can help highlight some of the biases and facilitate user actions to help address them.

How do I report a problem

Technical problems and similar are curated atScholia's GitHub issue list. Use the search field to see if your problem is already listed or press "New issue" to make a new issue (you need to have an account on GitHub).

Content-related problems, e.g., wrong data, may be addressed byediting the underlying data inWikidataor leaving a message on theWikidata project chat.

Where can I read more about Scholia

TheWikidata:Scholia page on Wikidata presentsScholia briefly.Scholia, Scientometrics and Wikidata is our canonical scientific article about Scholia. It is based on the shorter articleScholia and scientometrics with Wikidata.The articleGeospatial data and Scholia focuses on the geospatial aspectsof Scholia.

Profilesbased on Wikidata is an 8 minute Open Science Radiopodcast interviewingDaniel Mietchen, where he gives anintroduction to Scholia.

TheScholiavideo is aWikidataCon 2017 presentation byFinn Årup Nielsen which introduces Scholia and demonstrates some parts of the website.

How is Scholia funded?

Scholia has received funding from theAlfred P. Sloan Foundation under grant numberG-2019-11458, as per the grant proposalRobustifying Scholia: paving the way for knowledge discovery and research assessment through Wikidata.

How do I cite Scholia?

We suggest citingScholia, Scientometrics and Wikidata,in LaTeX \cite{Q41799194} (if you use Scholia BibTeX).