"Relationship between links to journal Web sites and impact factors" ASLIB Proceedings 54(6):356-361, 2002

[Eugene Garfield]

Liwen Vaughan : lvaughan at uwo.ca
Kathy Hysen   : kahysen at uwo.ca

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TITLE    Relationship between links to journal Web sites and impact factors
AUTHOR   Vaughan L, Hysen K
JOURNAL  ASLIB PROCEEDINGS 54 (6): 356-361 2002

 Document type: Article    Language: English
 Cited References: 18      Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
The study found a significant correlation between the number of external
links and the journal impact factor for LIS journals. Journals with higher
journal impact factor scores tend to attract more links to their Web sites.
The study also investigated issues pertaining to data collection methods for
webometrics research. it showed that the choice of search engine for data
collection could affect the conclusion of a study. Data collected at
different time periods were found to be fairly stable. The use of multiple
rounds of data collection was shown to be beneficial, especially when the
result from a single round of data is borderline significant or
inconclusive.

Author Keywords:
journal publishing, electronic publishing, Web sites, data collection

KeyWords Plus:
INFORMATION-SCIENCE, DEPARTMENTS, LIBRARY

Addresses:
Vaughan L, Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON,
Canada
Univ Western Ontario, Fac Informat & Media Studies, London, ON, Canada

Publisher:
EMERALD, BRADFORD

IDS Number:
634EC

ISSN:
0001-253X