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ArticleBioinformatics advances2026

The 15th ISCB Student Wikipedia Competition: past, present and future perspectives.

Alastair M Kilpatrick, Audra Anjum, Dan DeBlasio, Pradeep Eranti, Aarón Gallego Crespo, Megha Hegde, Tülay Karakulak, Nicolas C Näpflin, Nelly Sélem-Mojica, Lonnie R Welch and 1 more

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Article in Bioinformatics advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Alastair M KilpatrickCentre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 8AQ, United Kingdom.
Audra AnjumOffice of Instructional Design, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States.
Dan DeBlasioRay and Stephanie Lane Computational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States.
Pradeep ErantiUniversité Paris Cité, Paris, F-75006, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-3967
Aarón Gallego CrespoDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, 55131, Germany.
Megha HegdeSchool of Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Computing, and Environment, Kingston University London, London, KT12EE, United Kingdom.
Tülay KarakulakDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland.
Nicolas C NäpflinDepartment of Molecular Life Sciences and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Zurich, Zurich, CH-8057, Switzerland.
Nelly Sélem-MojicaCentro de Ciencias Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, 58089, México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-3862
Lonnie R WelchBiomedical Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio University, Morelia OH 45701-2979, United States.
Farzana RahmanSchool of Computing and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Computing, and Environment, Kingston University London, London, KT12EE, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Wikipedia Competition, now in its 15th edition, has become a cornerstone initiative for promoting open educational resources in computational biology. Launched in 2012, the competition has engaged hundreds of students and postdoctoral researchers worldwide in editing and improving Wikipedia articles, guided by the society's bioinformatics core competencies. This paper traces the competition's evolution from its early focus on English-only entries to the inclusion of non-English tracks and collaborative group contributions. It also examines the present format of the competition, effort related to integration of Wikipedia editing into educational curricula, and the persistent challenge of sustaining long-term volunteer engagement. Looking ahead, the article explores the potential influence of artificial intelligence and large language models on scientific content creation, alongside the importance of diversity and regional outreach in addressing global knowledge gaps. Taken together, these perspectives underscore the competition's educational value, its contribution to open science, and its enduring role in shaping the next generation of computational biologists.

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PMCPMC13401797

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