U.S. academic departmental Web-site interlinking in the United States Disciplinary differences |
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| Authors: | Rong Tang Mike Thelwall |
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| Institution: | a School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, Marist Hall 2nd floor, Washington D.C. 20064, USA;b School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | This article explores disciplinary differences in academic Web-site interlinking using the university departments of chemistry, psychology, and history. Research has suggested that Web-link counts are related to research productivity and geographic distance between source and target, but no previous Webometric studies have comparatively analyzed academic departments from different disciplines. This study shows large differences in Web use by discipline for both Web-site size and the extent of interlinking, with the history department making little use of the Web and the chemistry department the most. There are significant correlations between in-links and research impact for the psychology and chemistry departments, with a stronger association for the psychology department. There was little evidence, however, of a geographic trend in interlinking. |
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