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Email: p.vandenbesselaar at rathenau.nl

Author(s): Van den Besselaar, P (Van den Besselaar, Peter); Heimeriks, G 
(Heimeriks, Gaston); Frenken, K (Frenken, Koen)

Title: Variety in web spheres between research fields: Content and function

Editor(s): TorresSalinas, D; Moed, HF 

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE 
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SCIENTOMETRICS AND INFORMETRICS, VOLS I AND II 
85-94, 2007 

Cited Reference Count: 25 

Language: English 
Document Type: Article

Conference Title: 11th International Conference of the International-
Society-for-Scientrometrics-and-Informetrics

Conference Date: JUN 25-27, 2007 

Conference Location: Madrid, SPAIN 

Conference Sponsors: Int Soc Scientrometr & Informetr, CSIC, Minist Educ & 
Ciencia, FECYT, Comunidad Madrid, Eugene Garfield Fdn, Thomson Sci, 
Elsevier, Journal Informetr, Scopus, Ayuntamiento Madrid, Sci Metrix, Univ 
Carlos III Madrid 

Author Keywords: webometrics; indicators; research fields 

KeyWords Plus: SCIENCE; COMMUNICATION 

Abstract: In this paper we investigate the different ways the Internet and 
the W W W are used in different research fields. The question we address 
is: is the variation in use related to the type of research field - 
especially with the difference between basic research and more application 
oriented research? We compare fields from sciences, life sciences, social 
sciences and humanities, and among these some are more application 
oriented than others. The results indicate that the observed differences 
between the disciplinary websites are not systematically related to 
application orientation. We discuss other differences between research 
fields that may explain the use and nature of the websites. 
Addresses: Univ Amsterdam, Rathenau Inst, Netherlands Ctr Sci Syst 
Assessment, Amsterdam, NL-1012 WX Netherlands. 

Publisher Name: INT SOC SCIENTOMETRICS & INFORMETRICS-ISSI 
Publisher Address: KATHOLIEKE UNIV LEUVEN, FACULTEIT E T E W, DEKENSTRAAT 
2, LEUVEN, B-3000, BELGIUM 
ISBN: ***************** 

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