Friday 22 May 2009

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This is the blog of the book Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences.

There is a blank blog post for each of the chapters. Please leave a comment on the whole book here or if you have a comment on an individual chapter, leave that comment on the blank blog post for that chapter. Thank you! Please note that there is an updated and extended free electronic version of the book at http://webometrics.wlv.ac.uk/ 

10 comments:

  1. When I see the title of this book , I asked a question;
    Can the author write another book under this title:
    "Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the science and technology".
    Cn you explain the purpose of the book's title?

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  2. The reason for the subtitle is that I think that the methods in the book are most useful for social science researchers so I wanted to attract their attention. For example a chemist uses chemicals and does experiments so there is not much room for web research. In contrast, a psychologist, media studies person or politics researcher might well be interested in how their topic is reflected on the web. Of course there is a lot of chemistry on the web too, but I think that if you study how people write about chemistry on the web then you might well be an expert in Science & Technology Studies (a social science/humanities discipline) rather than a chemist.
    There are physicists and mathematicians and computer scientists that use similar techniques though, as part of network analysis. And I just hope that the title does not put them off the book!
    Best wishes,
    Mike

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  3. Dr. Thelwall, I am sorry for my questions and I thank for your answers in no time. In fact: "I love you as my supervisor" .
    Thanks.
    mahmoud agha...

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  4. I have finished from translation of the first chapter about : "Introduction" pp 1-6.
    thanks...
    mahmoud agha

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  5. Well done Mahmoud! It will be great to have an Arabic version! And thank you also for your questions.
    Best wishes,
    Mike

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  6. Please Dr .Thelwall:
    Can you send to me a copy of your book
    "Link Analysis:An Information Science Approach"; to use it in my Phd about academic web and link analysis?
    Thanks,,,
    my e-mail:
    moznebtab@yahoo.com

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  7. This citation of the review of your book in cybrarians journal (Egypt) by me (In Arabic):
    Mahmoud sharief."Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences: a review".cybrarians journal, vol 20(sep 2009).-Avaialble at:
    http://journal.cybrarians.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=490

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  8. Thank you very much Mahmoud! I have posted a link to this on the main book web site.
    Best wishes,
    Mike
    http://webometrics.wlv.ac.uk/

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  9. An updated and extended book is now online free (currently) in the books section of http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1993/mycv.html

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