What do we know about links and linking? A framework for studying links in academic environments |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Rome, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy;1. Laboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma, Italy;2. University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science-National Research Council of Italy, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Impresa, Università degli Studi di Roma ‘Tor Vergata’, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy;3. University of Florence, Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni ‘G. Parenti’, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale Morgagni 59, 50134 Firenze, Italy;1. Laboratory for Studies of Research and Technology Transfer, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Engineering and Management, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;1. University of Hasselt, Belgium;2. University of Antwerp, Faculty of Social Sciences, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium;3. KU Leuven, Facultair Onderzoekscentrum ECOOM, Naamsestraat 61, Leuven B-3000, Belgium;1. University of Hasselt, Belgium;2. University of Antwerp, Faculty of Social Sciences, B-2020, Antwerpen, Belgium;3. Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) and Dept. MSI, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;1. Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Italy;2. Department of Engineering and Management, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The Web is an enormous set of documents connected through hypertext links created by authors of Web pages. These links have been studied quantitatively, but little has been done so far in order to understand why these links are created. As a first step towards a better understanding, we propose a classification of link types in academic environments on the Web. The classification is multi-faceted and involves different aspects of the source and the target page, the link area and the relationship between the source and the target. Such classification provides an insight into the diverse uses of hypertext links on the Web, and has implications for browsing and ranking in IR systems by differentiating between different types of links. As a case study we classified a sample of links between sites of Israeli academic institutions. |
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