Web use and peer interconnectivity metrics for academic web sites

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Thelwall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WEBSITES;

INFORMAL SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; PEER INTERCONNECTIVITY; WEB IMPACT FACTOR; WEB LINKS;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 0037287407     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555150302900101     Document Type: Article

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