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Bibliometrics to Webometrics


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1 Central Library, Birla Instimte of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 835215 Jharkhand., India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Burdwan,W.B., India
3 Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, W.B., India
     

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Bibliometrics deals with the quantitative aspects of print documents. Webometrics deals with the application of informetric and other quantitative techniques for the analysis of Web documents. This article briefly describes the trend from bibliometrics to webometrics. Also discusses some important application areas of Webometrics research, the methodology adopted for data collection, techniques and tools of Web analysis and the problems encountered in Webometric research. Methods of computing Web Impact Factors and highlights the research possibility in Webometric study are considered. A webometric case study of 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is presented. The analysis shows that the IIT, Bombay occupies the first place among the 13 IITs and the IIMs based on both absolute and logarithm values.

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Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Cybermetrics, Historical Development, Impact Factors, Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management, Case Study.
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Authors

Samir Kumar Jalal
Central Library, Birla Instimte of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 835215 Jharkhand., India
Subal Chandra Biswas
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Burdwan,W.B., India
Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, W.B., India

Abstract


Bibliometrics deals with the quantitative aspects of print documents. Webometrics deals with the application of informetric and other quantitative techniques for the analysis of Web documents. This article briefly describes the trend from bibliometrics to webometrics. Also discusses some important application areas of Webometrics research, the methodology adopted for data collection, techniques and tools of Web analysis and the problems encountered in Webometric research. Methods of computing Web Impact Factors and highlights the research possibility in Webometric study are considered. A webometric case study of 13 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is presented. The analysis shows that the IIT, Bombay occupies the first place among the 13 IITs and the IIMs based on both absolute and logarithm values.

Keywords


Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Cybermetrics, Historical Development, Impact Factors, Indian Institutes of Technology, Indian Institutes of Management, Case Study.

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