Mapping world-class universities on the web

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-279

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

^a Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information visualization; Social network analysis; University web; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES; VISUALIZATION;

CENTRAL CORES; GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; LINK RELATIONSHIPS; NETWORK GRAPHS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SUB-NETWORKS; UNIVERSITY WEB; VISUAL DISPLAYS; WEBOMETRICS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 60249096206     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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