Web Indicators for Research Evaluation

Mike Thelwall is Professor of Information Science and leader of the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group at the University of Wolverhampton, which he joined in 1989. He is also Docent at the Department of Information Studies at Abo Akademi University, and a research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute. His Ph.D. was in Pure Mathematics from the University of Lancaster but he is now a social scientist focusing on quantitative methods. Mike has developed a wide range of methods for gathering and analysing web indicator data, most of which are available in the free software Webometric Analyst. His 550 publications include 280 refereed journal articles, 23 book chapters and two books, including Introduction to Webometrics. He is an associate editor of the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology and sits on three other editorial boards. He led the Wolverhampton contribution to the EU-funded projects Acumen, CyberEmotions RESCAR, CREEN, NetReAct, Rindicateand Wiser, and has been funded for research by JISC and non-profit organisations in the UK and Italy. He has also conducted evaluation contracts for the EC (several times), the UNDP (several times), the UNFAO and a UN university and was a member of the UKs independent review of the role of metrics in research assessment.

• Introduction.- Evaluating Indicators.- Usage, Popularity and Attention Indicators.- Academic, Commercial and Organizational Web Indicators.- Educational Impact Indicators.- Medical Impact Indicators.- Applications.- Collecting Data for Sets of Documents.- Indicator Formulae and Experimental Considerations.- Calculating Indicators with Webometric Analyst.- Conclusions.- Bibliography.- Author Biography.