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* This is a list of wikis devoted to research fields or research topics.

* Related lists in OAD: [[Wikis about OA]]

* Organized by field, and alphabetical by title within each field.

== Agriculture == 

* [http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/content/welcome-agrowiki/ Agrowiki] is an agricultural wiki which is a subsidiary of [http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/ Agropedia] - an “integrated model of digital content organization in the agricultural domain”. It is hosted and managed by [http://akvo.org/ Akvo], an open source Internet and mobile software developer that aims to make “international development cooperation and aid activity more effective and transparent.”

== Biology / life sciences ==

* ''Also see'' medicine.

* [http://biowiki.ucdavis.edu/ BioWiki] is a biology wiki. It aims to be a dynamic open access wiki textbook resource. BioWiki and the "STEMWiki" library is directed by UC Davis Professor [http://larsenlab.ucdavis.edu/ Delmar Larsen].

* [http://neuro.imm.dtu.dk/wiki/Main_Page/ Brede Wiki] is a neuroinformatics wiki focusing on neuroimaging information. Most of the data in this wiki is from functional neuroimaging papers. It was launched in 2009 at Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, [http://www.dtu.dk/english / Technical University of Denmark]. 

* [http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/ Galaxy] is a wiki that focuses on computational biomedical research. It is part of a larger web-based platform called [http://galaxyproject.org/ Galaxy Project].

* [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page/ OpenWetWare] is a biology and biological engineering wiki managed by the [http://biobricks.org/ BioBricks Foundation].

* [http://whaleopedia.org/ Whaleopedia] is a guide focused on the study of "whales, dolphins and porpoises".

== Chemistry == 

* [http://www.alchemistry.org/wiki/Main_Page Alchemistry.org] is a wiki focused on "free energy calculations". 

* [http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/ ChemWiki] is a chemistry wiki.  It aims to be a dynamic open access wiki textbook resource. It was created and is currently directed by [http://larsenlab.ucdavis.edu/ Prof. Delmar Larsen] at [http://www.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis].

* [http://www.layruoru.com/dokuwiki/doku.php/start Molecular Wiki] is a wiki focused on molecular mechanics.

* [https://quimimol.wikispaces.com/ Quimimol] is a Spanish language wiki focused on chemistry.

* [http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com/ UsefulChem] is a wiki-based project focused on chemistry and the concept of "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_notebook_science Open Notebook Science]", working in connection to the Bradley Laboratory at  [http://drexel.edu/ Drexel University].

== Classics == 

* [http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/Main_Page/ The Digital Classicist] is a wiki devoted to the application of humanities computing to research in the ancient and Byzantine worlds. 

* [http://www.eagle-network.eu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Europeana Eagle Project] is wiki devoted to Greek and Latin Epigraphy.

* [https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/VOL/Volterra Projet Volterra wiki] is wiki devoted to Roman Law.

== Diplomacy == 

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplopedia/ Diplopedia] is the internal wiki of the [http://www.state.gov/ United States Department of State] that focuses on issues of diplomacy.

* [http://aquapedia.waterdiplomacy.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page The Water Diplomacy AquaPedia Case Study Database] is a freely accessed wiki database of water management and conflict case studies. It was launched in 2012 at [http://www.tufts.edu/ Tufts University].

== Earth sciences ==

* [http://geowiki.ucdavis.edu/ GeoWiki] is a geology wiki. It aims to be a dynamic open access wiki textbook resource. It was created and is currently directed by [http://larsenlab.ucdavis.edu/ Prof. Delmar Larsen] at [http://www.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis].

== Economics == 

* [https://biblio.repec.org/ RePEc Biblio] is a collaborative resource focused on economics operating in connection to [http://repec.org/ RePEc] (Reseach Papers in Economics).

* [https://bitcoinfactswiki.github.io/ Bitcoin Wiki] is a wiki focused on Bitcoin, a P2P currency. 

* [http://www.stockopedia.co.uk/ Stockopedia] is a wiki on publicly-traded stocks and the stock market. It aspires to be "the toolbox that thinking stock pickers need to beat the market." NB: It's not free of charge except for a trial period. But we list it here because it's a research wiki.

== Education == 

* [http://oaedu.wikifoundry.com/ Open Access:Education] is an education wiki.

== Engineering ==
* [http://sah-archipedia.org/ SAH Archipedia] is a subscription based resource focused on architecture, supporting SAH Archipedia: Classic Buildings.

* [https://www.thermalfluidscentral.org/encyclopedia/index.php/Main_Page Thermal-FluidsPedia] is a collaborative online encyclopedia focused on "thermal and fluids science and engineering".

== Law == 

* [http://en.jurispedia.org/index.php/Main_Page JurisPedia] is a wiki devoted to international legal and political sciences. It is a collaborative project of multiple academic institutions.

* [http://www.worldlawdirect.com/forum/law-wiki/5951-law-wiki.html Law Wiki] is a wiki devoted to issues of U.S. and international law. It was launched in 2007.  

* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ Wex] is a legal wiki hosted by the [http://www.law.cornell.edu/ Legal Information Institute] at [http://www.cornell.edu/ Cornell University].

* [https://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/VOL/Volterra Projet Volterra wiki] is wiki devoted to Roman Law.

==Library and Information Science==
* [https://library3.hud.ac.uk/blogs/oawal/ Open Access Workflows for Academic Librarians (OAWAL)] is a resource identified as a wiki/blog, focused on open access business plans and workflows in the context of libraries.

* [https://guidelines.openaire.eu/en/latest/ OpenAIRE Guidelines] are a collaborative resource outlining [https://www.openaire.eu/ OpenAIRE] guidelines for "publication repositories, data archives and CRIS systems".

== Linguistics == 

* [http://www.glottopedia.org/index.php/Main_Page Glottopedia] is a linguistics wiki. It has multiple language versions. It was launched in 2007.

== Literature ==

*[http://electronicliterature.pbworks.com/w/page/18731139/FrontPage Electronic Literature: A HUMlab Workshop] is a wiki focused on "electronic literature and open access publishing".

== Mathematics == 

* [http://wiki.math.toronto.edu/DispersiveWiki/index.php/Main_Page Dispersive PDE Wiki] is a wiki focusing on "non-linear dispersive and wave equations".

* The [https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Main_Page Encyclopedia of Mathematics wiki] is an open access resource that contains over 8,000 entries on math-related topics. The original articles from the online Encyclopedia of Mathematics, published in 2002 by Kluwer Academic, are copyrighted. New articles and edits to existing articles in the wiki enjoy [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike] licensing. Springer cooperated with the [http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/ European Mathematical Society] to make this content open to the public, and the MediaWiki site supports [https://www.mathjax.org/ MathJax].

* [http://groupprops.subwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page Groupprops, The Group Properties Wiki] is a wiki focused on group theory.

* [http://mathwiki.ucdavis.edu MathWiki] is a collaborative wiki that focuses on mathematics. It aims to be a dynamic open access wiki textbook resource. It was created and is currently directed by [http://larsenlab.ucdavis.edu/ Prof. Delmar Larsen] at [http://www.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis].

* [http://michaelnielsen.org/polymath1/index.php?title=Main_Page Polymath] is a wiki dedicated to a series of "massively collaborative online mathematical projects". 

* [https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page ProofWifi] is a wiki based "compendium of mathematical proofs".

* [http://statwiki.ucdavis.edu StatWiki] is a wiki about Statistics. It aims to be a dynamic open access wiki textbook resource. It was created and is currently directed by [http://larsenlab.ucdavis.edu/ Prof. Delmar Larsen] at [http://www.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis].

* [http://www.smac.lps.ens.fr/index.php/Main_Page SMAC-wiki] is a wiki containing excepts, reviews, and supporting information surrounding textbook "Statistical Mechanics: Algorithms and Computations" by Werner Krauth, including computer program based "supplements the pseudocode algorithms of the book".

* [http://oeis.org/wiki/Main_Page The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences® (OEIS®) Wiki] is a wiki dedicated to [http://oeis.org/ The On-Line Encyclopedia of Enteger Sequences®].

* [http://www.tricki.org/ Tricki] is a wiki focused on "mathematical problem-solving techniques".

* [http://www.wikiwaves.org/Main_Page Wikiwaves] is a wiki focused on the "mathematics of water waves".

== Medicine == 

* ''Also see'' [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Research_wikis#Biology_.2F_life_sciences biology / life sciences]. 
* ''Also see'' the [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Top_Fifty_%2850%29_Medical_Wikis_You_Might_%28Want_to%29_Know list of of medical wikis] maintained by [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/HLWIKI_International HLWIKI International].

* [http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~bioiuser/chdwiki/index.php/Main_Page CHDWiki] is a wiki for geneticists, clinicians, and molecular biologists working on Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs).

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_wikis#Medpedia Medpedia] was a wiki focused on open medicine working in connection to the biomedical community, ending in 2013. 

* [http://www.naturalpedia.com/ NaturalPedia] is a natural remedies resource wiki. It is part of [http://www.naturalnews.com/about.html/ The NaturalNews Network].

* [https://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenSourceMalaria OpenSourceMalaria] wiki documents the Open Source Malaria project, "aimed at finding new medicines for malaria."

* [http://www.physio-pedia.com/Main_Page/ Physiopedia] is a physiotherapy wiki.

* [http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Main_Page WikiDoc] is a collaborative "open source website" focused on medical information working in connection to the larger healthcare community. 

* [http://www.wikipremed.com/ WikiPremed] is a wiki-based MCAT Prep Course

== Multidisciplinary wikis ==

* [http://acawiki.org/Home/ AcaWiki] is a wiki repository for summaries of academic articles under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY]. It is run by AcaWiki Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation incorporated in California, U.S.A.

* [https://actipedia.org/ Actipedia] is a wiki focused on creative activism.

* [http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/start FOSsil Bank] is an interdisciplinary wiki focused on compiling Libre OA works and resources. The successor of this wiki is the [http://faow.referata.com/wiki/Welcome_to_Free_and_Open_Works! Free and Open Works] wiki. 

*[http://wiki.icore-online.org/index.php/Main_Page ICORE Wiki] is a wiki focused on open research and education in connection to [http://www.icore-online.org/ The International Community for Open Research and Education (ICORE)].

* [http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Main_Page Scholarpedia] is an interdisciplinary "peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia". Subjects represented in Scholarpedia focus primarily on science, technology, and mathematics. 

* [http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/HomePage/ nLab] is a wiki about mathematics, physics and philosophy.

* [https://osf.io/k8wz4/ Open source software for science] is a Bulgarian and English language wiki focused on open source software in the sciences.

* [http://www.wikiarc.org/ WikiArc] is a wiki focusing on archaeology, classical antiquity, paleoanthropology, forensic anthropology, cultural heritage studies, and quaternary sciences.

* [https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Hauptseite/ Wikisource] is a cross disciplinary collection of texts and sources that are either free of copyright or under an open license.

== Music == 

* [http://imslp.org/wiki/ IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library] is a wiki of public domain sheet music. It is associated with [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon].

== Philosophy == 

* [http://onlinephilosophyclub.com/wiki/ PhiloPedia] is a philosophy wiki (also known as the Online Philosophy Club), created in 2007 by [http://scotthughes.biz/ Scott Hughes].
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* [http://philo.wikispaces.com/ Philopedia] is a philosophy wiki associated with the philosopher Peter Singer (this page is in German). -->

== Physics == 

* [http://www.cfd-online.com/Wiki/Main_Page CFD-Wiki] is a wiki focused on "Computational Fluid Dynamics". 

* [http://www.spie.org/publications/optipedia/ Optipedia] is a wiki focused on optics and photonics.

* [http://physwiki.ucdavis.edu/ PhysWiki] is a physics wiki. It aims to be a dynamic open access wiki textbook resource. PhysWiki and the "STEMWiki" library is directed by UC Davis Professor [http://larsenlab.ucdavis.edu/ Delmar Larsen].

* [http://www.plasma-universe.com/index.php/Plasma-Universe.com Plasma-Universe.com] is a wiki focused on plasma physics. 

* [http://www.quantiki.org/ Quantiki] is a quantum information science wiki.

*[http://soft-matter.seas.harvard.edu/index.php/Main_Page#SEAS_Soft_Matter_Wiki SEAS Soft Matter Wiki] is a student-created wiki focused on the study of Soft Matter.

* [http://www.sklogwiki.org/SklogWiki/index.php/Main_Page/ SklogWiki] is a thermodynamics and statistical mechanics wiki.

== Politics / political science == 

* [http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Wiki_Home/ OpenCongress] is an editable guide to the US Congress.

== Psychology == 

* [http://www.mentalhealthwiki.org/ Mental Health Wiki] is a wiki that focuses on issues of mental health. It is run by a team of researchers at the [http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ University of Melbourne].

* [http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Psychology_Wiki/ Psychology wiki] is a wiki devoted to issues of psychology. It is a [http://www.wikia.com/Wikia/ wikia] site.

== Social Science == 

* [http://www.demopaedia.org/ Demopaeda] is the wiki-based presentation of the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, which is supported by the [http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population United Nations Population Division], the [http://www.iussp.org IUSSP] and the Comité national français of the IUSSP.

== Sustainability == 

* [http://www.appropedia.org/Welcome_to_Appropedia/ Appropedia] is a wiki that focuses on collaborative solutions in sustainability, appropriate technology and poverty reduction.