Webometric research includes longitudinal quantitative studies of

A. Web citation analysis

B. Blog analysis

C. Web pages

D. Search engine designing.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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UGC NET Library & Information Science Paper 2 - 13 Mar 2023 (Shift 2) Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is A, B, and C only.

Key Points

According to Björneborn & Ingwersen (2004), the definition of webometrics is "the study of the quantitative aspects of the construction and use of information resources, structures and technologies on the Web drawing on bibliometric and informetric approaches."
Thelwall has identified key areas of webometrics (Thelwall, 2009; 2012). They are:
- Link Analysis,
- Web Citation Analysis,
- Search Engine evaluation, and
- Web Data Analysis or Measuring Web 2.0.

Additional Information

Mike Thelwall defines webometrics is “the study of web-based content with primarily quantitative methods for social science research goals using techniques that are not specific to one field of study"
Web Impact Factor (WIF) was introduced by Ingewersen (1998).
Webometrics” was coined in 1997 by Almind & Ingwersen (1997).
Scientometrics was first coined by Vassily V. Nalimov & Z. M. Mulchenko in 1969.
The term bibliometrics was first used in 1969 by Pritchard