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Web Visibility and Research Productivity of Central Universities in India: A Webometric Study


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The present study examines the website of three central universities. The study focused on Webometric analysis which examine the Domain, Domain age, external and internal links. We are found from the study the central universities website in all three web impact factors SWIF, IWIF and EWIF. JNU Internal Followed Links 3745995, University of Delhi with 106032151 and Jamia with 71718092. The external Link University of Delhi highest link with 2882616, after that JNU with 303778, and Jamia Islima with 69400. The total link is Internal followed link add to External followed link. After that analysis we found that University of Delhi maximum total link with 109080973, after that Jamia University with 71,817055 and JNU with 4169547. University Delhi Internal WIF 0.01870, External WIF 0.0000512, Simple WIF 0.0187, Jawaharlal Nehru University is found that Internal WIF 0.19612, External WIF 0.01588 and Simple WIF 0.2183, JMI University with Internal WIF 4.09817, External WIF 0.00396 and Simple WIF 4.1038.

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Webometrics, Web Impact Factor, Website, Domain, Web Link, Central Universities.
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Dheeraj Singh Negi
Lingayas Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Faridabad, Haryana, India

Abstract


The present study examines the website of three central universities. The study focused on Webometric analysis which examine the Domain, Domain age, external and internal links. We are found from the study the central universities website in all three web impact factors SWIF, IWIF and EWIF. JNU Internal Followed Links 3745995, University of Delhi with 106032151 and Jamia with 71718092. The external Link University of Delhi highest link with 2882616, after that JNU with 303778, and Jamia Islima with 69400. The total link is Internal followed link add to External followed link. After that analysis we found that University of Delhi maximum total link with 109080973, after that Jamia University with 71,817055 and JNU with 4169547. University Delhi Internal WIF 0.01870, External WIF 0.0000512, Simple WIF 0.0187, Jawaharlal Nehru University is found that Internal WIF 0.19612, External WIF 0.01588 and Simple WIF 0.2183, JMI University with Internal WIF 4.09817, External WIF 0.00396 and Simple WIF 4.1038.

Keywords


Webometrics, Web Impact Factor, Website, Domain, Web Link, Central Universities.

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