Co-inlinking to a municipal Web space: A webometric and content analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 851-862

  Holmberg, Kim ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Co inlinking; Colinks; Geography; Hyperlinks; Link creation; Local government; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952321168     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0148-1     Document Type: Article

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