Ortega, JL (Luis Ortega, Jose); Aguillo, IF (Aguillo, Isidro F.) Linking patterns in European Union countries: geographical maps of the European academic web space JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 34 (5): 705-714 OCT 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

Author(s): Ortega, JL (Luis Ortega, Jose); Aguillo, IF (Aguillo, Isidro 
F.) 

Title: Linking patterns in European Union countries: geographical maps of 
the European academic web space
 
Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 34 (5): 705-714 OCT 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: European Higher Education Area; geographical maps; link 
analysis; webometrics 

Keywords Plus: GRAPH STRUCTURE; IMPACT FACTORS; INTERLINKING; INTERNET 

Abstract: This national level study intends to describe the existing 
relationships between the number of web pages, inlinks to and outlinks 
from Europe and national or internal links in the European Higher 
Education Area through a sample of 535 European universities' web domains. 
Several geographical maps are introduced to summarize and visualize this 
statistical information. The main result shows that larger countries, in 
number of web pages, link less to the remaining European countries, while 
the smaller ones are characterized by their link profusion to the European 
zone. The great presence of national links in large and medium size 
countries confirms that the European academic web space is shaped by the 
aggregation of national sub-networks, while the similar low presence in 
small countries suggests that these are linked to another large country. 

Addresses: [Luis Ortega, Jose] CSIC, Ctr Informac & Documentac Cientif, 
Cybermetr Lab, Madrid 28002, Spain 

Reprint Address: Ortega, JL, CSIC, Ctr Informac & Documentac Cientif, 
Cybermetr Lab, Joaquin Costa 22, Madrid 28002, Spain. 

E-mail Address: jortega at cindoc.csic.es 

Cited Reference Count: 29 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD 

Publisher Address: 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND 

ISSN: 0165-5515 

DOI: 10.1177/0165551507086990 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J INFORM SCI 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Inf. Sci. 

Source Item Page Count: 10 

Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information 
Science & Library Science 

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