Webometrics: an introduction to the special issue

Authors:
Mike Thelwall;Liwen Vaughan
Affiliations:
School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, 35/49 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ, United Kingdom;Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Canada N6A 5B7
Venue:
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Special issue: Webometrics
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Webometrics, the quantitative study of Web phenomena, is a field encompassing contributions from information science, computer science, and statistical physics. Its methodology draws especially from bibliometrics. This special issue presents contributions that both push forward the field and illustrate a wide range of webometric approaches.