Valoración del impacto de la información en Internet: Altavista, el “Citation Index” de la red

Rodríguez‐Gairín, Josep‐Manuel

doi:10.3989/redc.1997.v20.i2.591

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“…Researchers with experience of citation analysis (Borgman & Furner, 2002) were quick to point to the possibility for analysing web data with established citation techniques (Ingwersen, 1998;Larson, 1996;Rodríguez i Gairín, 1997;Rousseau, 1997), leading to the hope that the web would allow scholarly inter-document connections that were weaker than citations to be investigated easily on a large scale for the first time (Cronin, 2001). The term 'webometrics' was subsequently coined for the quantitative analysis of web-related phenomena, including links, from an information science perspective (Almind & Ingwersen, 1997), in an article that also laid some theoretical foundations for the new field.…”

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Interpreting social science link analysis research: A theoretical framework

Thelwall

2005

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Link analysis in various forms is now an established technique in many different subjects, reflecting the perceived importance of links and that of the web. A critical but very difficult issue is how to interpret the results of social science link analyses. It is argued that the dynamic nature of the web, its lack of quality control and the online proliferation of copying and imitation mean that methodologies operating within a highly positivist, quantitative framework are ineffective. Conversely, the sheer variety of the web makes qualitative methodologies and pure reason very problematic to apply to large-scale studies. Methodology triangulation is consequently advocated, in combination with a warning that the web is incapable of giving definitive answers to large-scale link analysis research questions concerning social factors underlying link creation. Finally, it is claimed that whilst theoretical frameworks with which to guide research are appropriate, a Theory of Link Analysis is not possible.

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Interpreting social science link analysis research: A theoretical framework

Thelwall

2005

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…Link analysis has produced significant findings that underpin the potential for the academic Web to be used as an information source, a potential that was recognised once commercial search engines introduced facilities that could be used for link counting [7,8]. Results have shown that university Web site links are influenced by a combination of geographic [9] and research-related [10] factors, confirming that significant patterns can be mined from this kind of link data.…”

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What’s the Deal with the Web/Blogs/the Next Big Technology: A Key Role for Information Science in e-Social Science Research?

Thelwall

Wouters²

2005

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Abstract. Since many nations have provided substantial funding for new esocial science and humanities investigations, there is now an opportunity for information scientists to adopt an enabling role for this new kind of research. Logically, a more information-centred environment should be more conducive to information science and to information scientists taking part in other types of research. In this article it is argued that information scientists can play a valuable role by evaluating new information sources in a meta-disciplinary context, developing tools and methods to analyse the data and, crucially, contributing to the prediction of the kinds of research questions that the data may usefully help address. It is argued that this is both an essential service for social science research and one that information science is uniquely placed to provide. A timely response to this challenge may also generate novel research problems within information science itself.

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“…Cabe ressaltar que para este mesmo autor o FIW externo seja, provavelmente, o mais significativo deles. Thelwall (2002), dentro desta mesma perspectiva, optou por deixar de lado o FIW interno nas suas medições por considerá-lo como análogo a uma auto-citação na produção científica e sugeriu uma fórmula que contabilizava apenas os links externos e os dividia pelo número total de páginas de um sítio web: FIW = Nº de páginas externas que apontam para determinado sítio Nº de páginas que integram o sítio apontado Assim, o indicador sugerido por Rodríguez-Gairín (1997) Smith (1999), inclusive, afirma que para grandes organizações, como universidades ou instituições de pesquisa, o FIW parece ser uma medida útil da influência global do espaço web, mas para espaços menores, como revistas eletrônicas, o uso do FIW é menos confiável.…”

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“…Foi, então, que surgiu o Fator de Impacto Web (FIW) (RODRÍGUEZ- GAIRÍN, 1997;INGWERSEN, 1998), que vem sendo utilizado para medir o grau de atratividade e influência destes novos recursos de informação. No entanto, a fórmula criada para o cálculo deste indicador não tem trazido resultados satisfatórios.…”

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Nova fórmula revisada para o cálculo do fator de impacto web (FIW) │ New revised formula for calculating Web Impact Factor

Vanti¹

2013

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Valoración del impacto de la información en Internet: Altavista, el “Citation Index” de la red

Cited by 36 publications

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Interpreting social science link analysis research: A theoretical framework

Interpreting social science link analysis research: A theoretical framework

What’s the Deal with the Web/Blogs/the Next Big Technology: A Key Role for Information Science in e-Social Science Research?

Nova fórmula revisada para o cálculo do fator de impacto web (FIW) │ New revised formula for calculating Web Impact Factor

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