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Informetric analyses on the world wide web: methodological approaches to ‘webometrics’

Tomas C. Almind (Centre for Informetric Studies, The Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Peter Ingwersen (Centre for Informetric Studies, The Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Publication date: 1 October 1997

Abstract

This article introduces the application of informetric methods to the World Wide Web (WWW), also called Webometrics. A case study presents a workable method for general informetric analyses of the WWW. In detail, the paper describes a number of specific informetric analysis parameters. As a case study the Danish proportion of the WWW is compared to those of other Nordic countries. The methodological approach is comparable with common bibliometric analyses of the ISI citation databases. Among other results the analyses demonstrate that Denmark would seem to fall seriously behind the other Nordic countries with respect to visibility on the Net and compared to its position in scientific databases.

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Almind, T. and Ingwersen, P. (1997), "Informetric analyses on the world wide web: methodological approaches to ‘webometrics’", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 53 No. 4, pp. 404-426. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000007205

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1997, MCB UP Limited

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