Webometrics: An introduction to the special issue

Authors

M. Thelwall, Thelwall, M.; Sch. of Comp. and Info. Technology, University of Wolverhampton, 35/49 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ, United Kingdom; email: m.thelwall@wlv.ac.uk
L. Vaughan

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Volume

55

Journal

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

First Page

1213

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.20076

Last Page

1215

Abstract

Webometrics, the quantitative study of Web phenomena, is a field encompassing contributions from information science, computer science, and statistical physics. Its methodology draws especially from bibliometrics. This special issue presents contributions that both push forward the field and illustrate a wide range of webometric approaches.