Thelwall M "Web use and peer interconnectivity metrics for academic web sites" JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE 29 (1): 1-10 20

[Eugene Garfield]

MIKE THELWALL  : mthelwall at wlv.ac.uk


TITLE       Web use and peer interconnectivity metrics for
            academic web sites

AUTHOR      Thelwall M

JOURNAL     JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE
            29 (1): 1-10 2003

Document type: Article     Language: English     Cited References: 43
Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
This paper introduces two new web link count metrics to complement the
existing Web Impact Factor. The first is provisionally cast as an indicator
of the average degree of online informal scholarly communication and
information use by the academics in a given university. The second has a
similar construction but focuses on the degree of web interconnection in
terms of both inlinks and outlinks. The latter metric is based upon a more
elaborate mechanism than raw link counts: totalling the minimum number of
links between universities over all distinct pairs in the chosen set that
include the given institution. Statistical tests give evidence that the
results of both correlate with institutional research productivity in the
UK, providing preliminary support for their continued development. Further
research is needed into causes of linking in order to allow more meaningful
interpretations of their values to be made.

KeyWords Plus:
RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE, IMPACT FACTORS, CITATION ANALYSIS, LINK
STRUCTURE, SEARCH ENGINE, INFORMATION, INTERNET, ANATOMY, NETWORK, SCIENCE

Addresses:
Thelwall M, Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, 35-49 Lichfield
St, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ, England
Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ,
England

Publisher:
BOWKER-SAUR, E GRINSTEAD

IDS Number:
653AY

ISSN:
0165-5515

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