Fig. 2: A schematic representation of the pipeline used to extract from Wikipedia all the artists, scientists, and philosophers for the studied historical period. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 2: A schematic representation of the pipeline used to extract from Wikipedia all the artists, scientists, and philosophers for the studied historical period.

From: Wikipedia as a cultural lens: a quantitative approach for exploring cultural networks

Fig. 2

First, we extract all the people from Wikipedia; then we take those belonging to the desired period (1600–1650); and finally, we classify people as artists, scientists, or philosophers depending on whether at least one word in the corresponding list of words appears in their biography.

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