Comparative analysis of webometric measurements in thematic environments

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 779-785

  Faba Pérez, Cristina ^a   Zapico Alonso, Felipe ^a   Guerrero Bote, Vicente P ^a   De Moya Anegón, Félix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SEARCH ENGINES; SERVERS;

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION; THEMATIC ENVIRONMENT; WEB SPACES; WEBOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 20444459887     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20161     Document Type: Article

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