Link analysis and impact of top universities of Islamic world on the world wide web

Library Hi Tech News

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Didegah, Fereshteh ^a   Goltaji, Marzieh ^a  

^a Islamic World Science Citation Center ISC   (Iran)

Author keywords

Islam universities; Web sites; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649973261     PISSN: 07419058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07419051011104259     Document Type: Article

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