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Comparing webometric with web-independent rankings: a case study with German universities
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Abstract
"In this paper we examine if hyperlink-based (webometric) indicators can be used to rank academic websites. Therefore we analyzed the interlinking structure of German university websites and compared our simple hyperlink-based ranking with official and web-independent rankings of universities. We fo... view more
"In this paper we examine if hyperlink-based (webometric) indicators can be used to rank academic websites. Therefore we analyzed the interlinking structure of German university websites and compared our simple hyperlink-based ranking with official and web-independent rankings of universities. We found that link impact could not easily be seen as a prestige factor for universities." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
website; network; university; Federal Republic of Germany; measurement; ranking; correlation; prestige
Classification
Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Informetrics
Free Keywords
webometrics; link analysis
Conference
ACM Web Science 2011: 3rd International Conference on Web Science. Koblenz, 2011
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
City
Koblenz
Page/Pages
3 p.
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike