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European Union associated university websites

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  • Mike Thelwall

    (University of Wolverhampton)

  • Ray Binns

    (University of Wolverhampton)

  • Gareth Harries

    (University of Wolverhampton)

  • Teresa Page-Kennedy

    (University of Wolverhampton)

  • Liz Price

    (University of Wolverhampton)

  • David Wilkinson

    (University of Wolverhampton)

Abstract

The web site is an important communication medium for universities in many countries. There are numerous reasons to expect that their characteristics will vary along national lines, the most immediate being differences in technological level and the organisation of higher education. In a world where the web is seen in many places as an important source of information it has the potential to overcome national boundaries, but are there still technological barriers? This paper reports on the results of a survey of the sizes of 670 web sites of higher education institutions in countries associated with the European Union, as estimated by AltaVista. It finds that there are still enormous national differences of up to three orders of magnitude. A related issue addressed is the extent to which AltaVista"s coverage of university web sites is reliable and consistent across Europe. Large but uneven differences were identified between the main engine and national variations. Despite such methodological problems and cultural reasons for national variations in web site development, a clear pattern emerges, with the richer countries in Europe having much larger web sites. This is a problem for those wishing to use the Internet to increase international collaboration.

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  • Mike Thelwall & Ray Binns & Gareth Harries & Teresa Page-Kennedy & Liz Price & David Wilkinson, 2002. "European Union associated university websites," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 53(1), pages 95-111, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:53:y:2002:i:1:d:10.1023_a:1014836021080
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1014836021080
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    1. Mike Thelwall & Alastair Smith, 2002. "Interlinking between Asia-Pacific University Web sites," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 55(3), pages 363-376, November.
    2. Benedetto Lepori & Isidro F. Aguillo & Marco Seeber, 2014. "Size of web domains and interlinking behavior of higher education institutions in Europe," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 100(2), pages 497-518, August.
    3. Bar-Ilan, Judit, 2008. "Informetrics at the beginning of the 21st century—A review," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 2(1), pages 1-52.
    4. Mike Thelwall & Rong Tang & Liz Price, 2003. "Linguistic patterns of academic Web use in Western Europe," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 56(3), pages 417-432, March.

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