Indicators for a webometric ranking of open access
repositories
Scientometrics, 82 (3):
477–486 (2010)DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0183-y
Abstract
The Ranking Web of World Repositories (http://repositories.webometrics.info)
is introduced. The objective is to promote Open access initiatives (OAI) supporting the use
of repositories for scientific evaluation purposes. A set of metrics based on web presence,
impact and usage is discussed. The Ranking is built on indicators obtained from web search
engines following a model close to the Impact Factor one. The activity accounts for a 50%
of the index, including number of pages, pdf files and items in Google Scholar database,
while the visibility takes into account the external inlinks received by the repository (the
other 50%). The Ranking provides the Top 300 repositories from a total of 592 worldwide,
with a strong presence of US, German and British institutional repositories and the leadership
of the large subject repositories. Results suggest the need to take into consideration
other file formats and the usage information, an option is not feasible today.
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