Scholarpedia
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Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
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Available in | English |
Editor | Eugene M. Izhikevich (Editor-in-Chief)[1] |
URL | scholarpedia |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional (required to edit pages) |
Users | 19,133 registered users (December 2022[update])[2] |
Launched | February 5, 2006 |
Current status | 1,816 peer-reviewed articles (December 2022[update])[2] |
Content license | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 |
ISSN | 1941-6016 |
Scholarpedia is an English-language
Scholarpedia articles are written by invited or approved expert authors and are subject to
The project was created in February 2006 by Eugene M. Izhikevich, while he was a researcher at the
Scope
Scholarpedia content is grouped into separate "encyclopedias". As of August 2023[update], seven of these are described as "focal areas":
- Astrophysics[4]
- Celestial mechanics[5]
- Computational neuroscience[6]
- Computational intelligence[7]
- Dynamical systems[8]
- Physics[9]
- Touch[10]
Other encyclopedias include diverse areas such as play science[11] and models of brain disorders.[12][13]
As of November 2018[update], Scholarpedia has 1,804 content pages and 18,149 registered users,[14] while as of November 2021[update], it has 1,812 peer-reviewed articles.[15]
Funding
Scholarpedia's maintenance and server costs is currently funded by Brain Corporation,[16] a robotics company which Izhikevich is the co-founder and CEO of.[17] As stated on Scholarpedia's Frequently Asked Questions page, the company is also able to "benefit from Scholarpedia's extensive coverage of topics in computational neuroscience".
Authorship
To ensure that the articles are written by experts, authors of the various articles in Scholarpedia are either invited by the editor-in-chief or other curators, or selected by a public election. For example,
After October 20, 2011, anyone can propose an article for Scholarpedia, but articles must be sponsored by Editors or Curators before the article can be published.[21]
Copyright
Articles are available online without charge for non-commercial use, but may not be copied in bulk. [citation needed]
Authors are credited on the article page and in the suggested citation formats.[22]
In January 2008 Scholarpedia changed their licensing policy and started accepting articles under the
Software
Scholarpedia uses the same wiki engine as Wikipedia, MediaWiki, with modifications to support voting on revisions. The software's development is done privately.[25]
See also
- Nupedia – which had similar design to Scholarpedia
- Citizendium
- List of online encyclopedias
References
- ^ a b "Eugene M. Izhikevich". Scholarpedia. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Statistics". Scholarpedia. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
- ^ "Scholarpedia: the free peer-reviewed encyclopedia". Society of Applied Neuroscience. 2006-11-11. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Astrophysics – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Celestial mechanics – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Computational neuroscience – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia:Computational intelligence - Scholarpedia". www.scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Dynamical systems – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Physics – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Touch – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Play Science – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- ^ "Encyclopedia: Models of brain disorders – Scholarpedia". scholarpedia.org.
- MITPresslog. 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Statistics". Scholarpedia. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- S2CID 245244884.
- ^ "Help:Frequently Asked Questions". Scholarpedia. sec. How is Scholarpedia funded?. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
- ^ Simonite, Tom (September 22, 2014). "Robots That Learn Through Repetition, Not Programming". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on July 31, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
- ^ "User:Eugene M. Izhikevich/Proposed/Wikipedia". Scholarpedia. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
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- ^ "Help:Frequently Asked Questions". Scholarpedia. sec. How is an article maintained?. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
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- ^ Scholarpedia FAQ
- ^ "Talk:Scholarpedia". Scholarpedia. 2008-02-15. sec. Comments on copyright and patents. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Scholarpedia:Terms of Use". Scholarpedia. 2012-09-08. sec. Scholarpedia's Licenses to You, and Your license to parties other than Scholarpedia. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Help:Frequently Asked Questions". Scholarpedia. sec. How can I contribute to the source code?. Retrieved 2012-05-25.