Why are Websites co-linked? the case of Canadian universities

Scientometrics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-92

  Vaughan, Liwen ^a   Kipp, Margaret E I ^a   Gao, Yijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 34547369746     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1707-y     Document Type: Article

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