Linking patterns in European Union countries: Geographical maps of the European academic web space

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 705-714

  Ortega, Jos Luis ^a   Aguillo, Isidro F ^a  

^a Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

European Higher Education Area; Geographical maps; Link analysis; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; KETONES; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES; GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS; INLINKS; LINK ANALYSIS; MEDIUM SIZE; NATIONAL LEVELS; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; SUB-NETWORKS; WEB DOMAINS; WEB PAGES; WEB SPACES; WEBOMETRICS;

MAPS;

EID: 51849086485     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551507086990     Document Type: Article

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