Following in the footsteps of the model of scientific communication, which has recently gone through a metamorphosis (from the Gutenberg galaxy to the Web galaxy), a change in the model and methods of scientific evaluation is also taking place. A set of new scientific tools are now providing a variety of indicators which measure all actions and interactions among scientists in the digital space...

We propose a methodology for mapping the research in Information Science (IS) field based on a combined use of symbolic (linguistic) and numeric information. Using the same list of 12 IS journals as in earlier studies on this same topic (White & McCain 1998 ; Zhao & Strotmann 2008a&b), we mapped the structure of research in IS for two consecutive periods: 1996-2005 and 2006-2008. We focused on ...

Mike Thelwall, Kevan Buckley, Georgios Paltoglou, Di Cai Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, UK. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Tel: +44 1902 321470 Fax: +44 1902 321478 Arvid Kappas School of Humanities and Social ...

this research aims to investigate visibility, web impact factor (wif), rwif and the collaboration rate of the websites of the iranian universities dominated by the ministry of science, research and technology (msrt), and health and medical education (mhrme), using an analysis of the various links among these websites and webometrics. from all 119 websites belonging to the iranian universities, ...

Traditional metrics largely overlook grey literature. The new altmetrics introduced in 2010 as “new, online scholarly tools (that allow) to make new filters” (Altmetrics Manifesto), can include all kinds of scholarly output which makes them interesting for grey literature. The topic of our paper is the connection between altmetrics and grey literature. Do altmetrics offer new opportunities for ...