Local government web sites in Finland: A geographic and webometric analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-169

  Holmberg, Kim ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63049093029     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0410-6     Document Type: Article

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