A research and institutional size-based model for national university Web site interlinking

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 683-694

  Thelwall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interconnection; Modelling; Universities; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036436011     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410210448219     Document Type: Article

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