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An empirical study of the accessibility of web references in two Chinese academic journals

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  • Zhiqiang Wu

    (Sun Yat-sen University)

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To discover the current situation and characteristics of web reference accessibility, the present study examined the accessibility of 1,637 web references in two key Chinese academic journals published from 1999 to 2003. The author develops linear regression models to demonstrate the decay of web reference accessibility. The study examines the influence of high use of web references in a paper, the associations between web reference accessibility and generic domain, country domain, protocol, and resource type, respectively, and classifies inaccessible web references according to Internet Explorer feedbacks. It compares the retrieval efficacy among three kinds of retrieval methods and reports on the limitations of Internet Archive.

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  • Zhiqiang Wu, 2009. "An empirical study of the accessibility of web references in two Chinese academic journals," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 78(3), pages 481-503, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:78:y:2009:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-007-1951-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1951-1
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    4. Sampath Kumar, B.T. & Vinay Kumar, D., 2013. "HTTP 404-page (not) found: Recovery of decayed URL citations," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 7(1), pages 145-157.

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