Comparing webometric with web-independent rankings: a case study with German universities

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  • Mark Thamm
  • Philipp Mayr
چکیده

In this paper we examine if hyperlink-based (webometric) indicators can be used to rank academic websites. Therefore we analyzed the interlinking structure of German university websites and compared our simple hyperlink-based ranking with official and web-independent rankings of universities. We found that link impact could not easily be seen as a prestige factor for universities.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • CoRR

دوره abs/1105.2443  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011