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Web Impact Factor of Knowledge Resources Heritage of India


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Web Impact Factor (WIF) is one of the extensively used indicators in webometric studies. This paper examines Web Impact Factor of 16 websites of Knowledge Resources Heritage of India under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It attempts to calculate the simple web impact factor, self-link web impact factor, external web impact factor and revised web impact factor through Google search engine. It is found that Anthropological Survey of India has highest SWIF of 5,437.88, Asiatic Society has highest SLWIF of 0.964, while Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Sarasvati Mahal Library has scored high RWIF of 0.568.

Keywords

Knowledge Resources Heritage, Revised Web Impact Factor (RWIF), Search Engine, Web Impact Factor (WIF), Webometrics.
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Uttkarsh
Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow – 226025
India

S. K. Sonkar
Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow – 226025
India


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Authors

Uttkarsh
Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow – 226025, India
S. K. Sonkar
Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow – 226025, India

Abstract


Web Impact Factor (WIF) is one of the extensively used indicators in webometric studies. This paper examines Web Impact Factor of 16 websites of Knowledge Resources Heritage of India under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It attempts to calculate the simple web impact factor, self-link web impact factor, external web impact factor and revised web impact factor through Google search engine. It is found that Anthropological Survey of India has highest SWIF of 5,437.88, Asiatic Society has highest SLWIF of 0.964, while Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Sarasvati Mahal Library has scored high RWIF of 0.568.

Keywords


Knowledge Resources Heritage, Revised Web Impact Factor (RWIF), Search Engine, Web Impact Factor (WIF), Webometrics.

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