Holmberg, K; Thelwall, M Local government web sites in finland: A geographic and webometric analysis PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTL. CONF. OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II 378-386, 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

Email address: kim.holmberg at abo.fi

Author(s): Holmberg, K (Holmberg, Kim); Thelwall, M (Thelwall, Mike) 

Title: Local government web sites in finland: A geographic and webometric 
analysis 

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 
378-386, 2007 

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; hyperlinks; link creation motivations; local 
government; geography 

KeyWords Plus: BUSINESS INFORMATION; IMPACT FACTORS; INTERLINKING; LINKS; 
MOTIVATIONS; FRAMEWORK 

Abstract: It has been shown that information collected from and about 
links between web pages and web sites can reflect real world phenomena and 
relationships between the organizations they represent. Yet, government 
linking has not been extensively studied from a webometric point of view. 
The aim of this study was to increase the knowledge of governmental 
interlinking and to shed some light on the possible real world phenomena 
it may indicate. We show that interlinking between local government bodies 
in Finland follows a strong geographic, or rather a geopolitical pattern 
and that governmental interlinking is mostly motivated by official 
cooperation that geographic adjacency has made possible. 

Addresses: Abo Akad Univ, Turku, 20500 Finland. 

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

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