Web search volume as a predictor of academic fame: An exploration of google trends

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 707-720

  Vaughan, Liwen ^a   Romero Frías, Esteban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; WEBSITES;

DATA-SOURCE; GOOGLE TRENDS; SEARCH VOLUME; WEALTH OF INFORMATION; WEB SEARCHES;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 84899647501     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23016     Document Type: Article

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