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Somewhere at the fringe of science, someone will start using wiki publishing for science publishing. — John Schmidt (2006)

  Wikipedia Citizendium Scholarpedia Encyclopedia of Earth Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics PLoS ONE
Scope of site All human knowledge All human knowledge Starting out with a few core areas but potentially all scholarly knowledge Earth sciences Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Starting out with biomedicine but potentially all scholarly knowledge
Original research No Possibly No No Only Only
License CC-BY-SA CC-BY-SA mostly © but also CC-BY-NC-ND and GFDL CC-BY-SA CC-BY CC-BY
Review model Public; post publication Public; post publication Public; post publication Non-public; pre publication Public; post technical, pre formal publication Non-public; pre publication
Anonymity of authors Default; site-wide No; site-wide No for primary authors, yes for other contributors; per article No No No
Anonymity of reviewers Default; site-wide No; site-wide Possible; per article No Possible; per comment Yes
Minimal qualification to submit an article for review None Login Invitation or community election, based on specialist expertise Login None None
Minimal qualification to review None Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field Invitation based on specialist expertise Invitation based on specialist expertise Invitation based on specialist expertise Invitation based on specialist expertise
Minimal qualification to modify content before review None Login Login Login None None
Minimal qualification to modify reviewed content None Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field Approval by curator (typically a well-known expert in the field) Generalist expertise (typically PhD) in the field N.A. N.A. for PDF version; None for annotations
Minimal qualification to comment on reviewed content None Login Login Login Login Login
Metrics at site/ article/ contributor level Built in but outsourced to reduce server load Built in Built in; see also the site-specific Scholar Index as well as Wikigenes Built in Yes (IF)/ Not public / No Yes (IF)/ Public / No

See also Wikis as platforms for science communication.