Influence of language and file type on the web visibility of top European universities

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-116

  Orduña Malea, Enrique ^a   Ortega, Jose Luis ^b   Aguillo, Isidro F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Language metrics; Rich files; Universities; Web files; Web visibility; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; SEARCH ENGINES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EUROPE; LANGUAGE METRICS; RICH FILES; UNIVERSITIES; WEB FILES; WEB VISIBILITY; WEBOMETRICS;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 84904035104     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AJIM-02-2013-0018     Document Type: Article

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