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Autor/in | Björneborn, Lennart |
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Titel | 'Mini small worlds' of shortest link paths crossing domain boundaries in an academic Web space. |
Quelle | In: Scientometrics, (2006) 3, S.395-414
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0138-9130 |
DOI | 10.1007/s11192-006-0119-8 |
Schlagwörter | Social Network Analysis; Small World; Citation Network; Strongly Connect Component; Characteristic Path Length |
Abstract | Summary Combining webometric and social network analytic approaches, this study developed a methodology to sample and identify Web links, pages, and sites that function as small-world connectors affecting short link distances along link paths between different topical domains in an academic Web space. The data set comprised 7669 subsites harvested from 109 UK universities. A novel corona-shaped Web graph model revealed reachability structures among the investigated subsites. Shortest link path netsfunctioned as investigable small-world link structures - 'mini small worlds' - generated by deliberate juxtaposition of topically dissimilar subsites. Indicative findings suggest that personal Web page authors and computer science subsites may be important small-world connectors across sites and topics in an academic Web space. Such connectors may counteract balkanization of the Web into insularities of disconnected and unreachable subpopulations. |
Erfasst von | OLC |
Update | 2023/2/05 |