One of the major features of the World Wide Web is the capability to create links between pages. These links are often viewed as analogues of citations in scientific publications (e.g. ROUSSEAU, 1997; BJORNEBORN & INGWERSEN, 2001; CRONIN, 2001). Links can lead to a different site or may lead to a page in the same site. Links for which the source and the target of the page are within the same site or domain are called self-links. Instead of counting self-links, we count self-sitations - the number of pages on the site having a link or links pointing to the same site. The difference between self-links and self-sitations is that for self-sitations a page with several self-links is counted with multiplicity one. The reason for counting self-sitations instead of self-links is technical: commercial search engines report the number of pages with self-links and not the number of self-links. The term-sitation has been coined by ROUSSEAU (1997). In this paper we develop the measures self-linking and self-linked, which correspond to the classical measures for journals : self-citing and self-cited. We calculate these rates for a number of academic institutions on the Web. Self-links seems to be more problematic than self-citations (of authors in scientific publications), because self-links are often inserted for navigational purposes.
Defining Self-links Based on Web Passage
The provided passage discusses features of the World Wide Web, specifically focusing on the concept of links between web pages.
The passage defines self-links precisely. According to the text:
- "Links for which the source and the target of the page are within the same site or domain are called self-links."
This means a self-link connects two pages that belong to the same website or internet domain.
Analyzing the Options
Let's evaluate the given options based on the passage's definition:
- Option 1: Links between two websites. - This describes external links, not self-links.
- Option 2: Links between two authors. - Links connect web pages or resources, not authors directly.
- Option 3: Links between source and the target of the page within the same site or domain. - This accurately matches the definition provided in the passage.
- Option 4: Links between two articles written by two different authors. - Similar to option 2, this focuses incorrectly on authors and articles rather than the location of the link within a domain.
Therefore, the correct definition of self-links, as presented in the passage, is found in Option 3.
Important Questions from Metric Studies in LIS
Which one of the following measures the impact of scholarship and research through online interaction?
The Law of Scattering was propounded by
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:
Impact Factor is used by _____.
A. Authors to select the right journal
B. Libraries to make collection development decisions
C. Academic institutions to access academic productivity
D. Publishers to decide the journal price
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Match List I with List II
List I
(Laws)
List II
(Explanation)
(A)
Bradford's law (I)
Author productivity (B)
Lotka'sLaw (II)
Sharing of one or more references by two documents (C)
Zip's Law (III)
Law of scattering (D)
Bibliographic coupling (IV)
Usage of words by individuals
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
