Ortega, JL; Aguillo, I Linear analysis of cybermetric data: Quantifying the European university web space PROCEEDINGS OF ISSI 2007: 11TH INTL. CONF. OF THE ISSI, VOLS I AND II 608-612, 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

Email address: jortega at cindoc.cdic.es

Author(s): Ortega, JL (Ortega, Jose Luis); Aguillo, I (Aguillo, Isidro) 

Title: Linear analysis of cybermetric data: Quantifying the European 
university web space 

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 
608-612, 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; cybermetrics; linear regression; european 
universities 

KeyWords Plus: LINKS; MODELS; SITES 

Abstract: The aim of this communication is to analyze the European 
academic web space using the linear regression. The objective is to 
describe and understand how each country receive links from others and to 
explain the relationships and characteristics of the whole European 
university web space. Several linear regression models were applied to 
webometric data to show the relationships between several variables. The 
results show that there are two variables that explain the attraction of 
European links: number of web pages, and language of these Pages. Pages 
that use the English language are more likely to get links than the non-
English ones, because this language is the lingua franca in the European 
academic web space.
 
Addresses: CSIC, CINDOC, Cybermetr Res Grp, Madrid, 28002 Spain. 

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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