Part V: Tools and Techniques

24. Academic Link Indicators

The EU funded WISER project and see the links in the webindicators portal.

The TIOBE Programming Community Index is an interesting example of a simple search engine-based indicator for academic-related information. It uses monthly Google and Yahoo! based search engine searches to estimate the relative popularity of programming languages. This is not really an academic indicator, but is an academic-related indicator.

See Braintrack for links to university home pages around the world.

REFERENCES WITH LINKS

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Faba Perez, C., Guerrero Bote, V. P. & de Moya Anegón, F. (2004). Fundamentos y técnicas cibermetricas.

Hernandez-Borges, A.A., Macias-Cervi P., Gaspar Guadardo M.A., Torres-Álvarez de Arcaya, M.L., Ruiz-Rabaza, A. & Jiménez-Sosa, A. (1999). Can examination of WWW usage statistics and other indirect quality indicators help to distinguish the relative quality of medical web sites? Journal of Medical Internet Research, 1(1), e1.

Middleton, I., McConnell, M. & Davidson, G. (1999). Presenting a model for the structure and content of a university World Wide Web site, Journal of Information Science, 25(3), 219-227.

STI-ERA (2004). European Research Area - Science and Technology Indicators.