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Can scientific collaboration and excellence be measured by Web presence and Web links?

Can scientific collaboration and excellence be measured by Web presence and Web links?. Judit Bar-Ilan Bar-Ilan University and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Web presence and excellence measurements. One of the major tools is commercial search engines. Google

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Can scientific collaboration and excellence be measured by Web presence and Web links?

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  1. Can scientific collaboration and excellence be measured by Web presence and Web links? Judit Bar-Ilan Bar-Ilan University and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  2. Web presence and excellence measurements • One of the major tools is commercial search engines. • Google • Yahoo (different interfaces at AltaVista, AlltheWeb) • Teoma • + some minor ones • Do they fulfill our expectations? • What are our expectations?

  3. Major items on my “wish list” –page 1 • Coverage • Reliability • Timeliness • Response time, accessibility • Objectivity • No commercial influences • Tool has no influence on the environment

  4. Major items on my “wish list” –page 2 • All reported results can be easily retrieved • If not, high quality of ranking • Clear documentation, disclosure • High quality retrieval of non-English language documents • Ability to develop applications on top (API)

  5. Major items on my “wish list” –page 3 Features • Full Boolean searches • Backlinks • To specific page, to whole site/subsite • Limits • dates • domains/sites • languages • countries/geographical regions • format • in title, in anchor text, in url

  6. Major items on my “wish list” –page 4 Features (continued) • Stemming (word forms): on/off • Site collapse: on/off • Access to cache • Spell check, alternative suggestions • Clustering (?) • Ability to combine all the above in a single query

  7. What else would you like to add to the wish list? • Suggestions are more than welcome • Meet me at the conference • Send email to judit@huji.ac.il • Don’t expect me to fulfill your wishes! • Thank you

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