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Wikipedia can be a great resource for getting to know a field — and it can give you an encyclopaedic overview of a subject, acting as a spring-board letting you dive deeper. It should however not be used as your only source when performing research, and you should never blindly trust Wikipedia. Over the years a lot of research has been amassed surrounding the reliability and biases of Wikipedia. To see some of the studies that have been produced on the quality and scope of medical information on Wikipedia take a look at some of the research:

Academic studies of health information on Wikipedia

This is a list of academic articles related to the coverage of health and medical topics on Wikipedia. For general academic articles see Academic studies of Wikipedia. For academic studies about the use of Wikipedia in education, see Academic studies of Wikipedia in education. For popular media coverage of Wikipedia's medical content see the popular media list.

Summaries, literature reviews of studies on Wikipedia's medical content

COVID-19 pandemic and Wikipedia

By year

2026
  • Pascoe, Michael A (2026-04-16). "Improving science communication and organization visibility through Wikipedia: A case study of the American Association for Anatomy". Anat Sci Educ. doi:10.1002/ase.70234. PMID 41992073.
  • Ertl, Peter (2026-01-12). "Molecules in Wikipedia: Analysis of Their Chemical Diversity, Functional Roles, and Popularity". J Chem Inf Model. 66 (1): 387–394. doi:10.1021/acs.jcim.5c02538. PMID 41412151.
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For older articles see Research publications, or search PubMed: Wikipedia, Wikipedia AND Medicine