Analysis of the publications in Webometrics and related topics: a bibliometric study

Abstract

With the technical expansion and the interaction of the communication network with advanced technology, the pace of transformation towards the digitization of information, knowledge, and communication interfaces and displaying them through web pages has accelerated. The fever of competition has also accelerated between institutions of all types and between individuals themselves regarding the design of purposeful websites to serve as a standard in the ranking of these institutions, including universities, educational programs, and e-governments. Naturally, everyone is looking forward to measuring the quality and services of these sites, and because they are digital, and because communicating with them and using them in a virtual manner, performance measures based on explicit data are no longer compatible with the nature of data and digital sites. This need prompted many efforts and experiments in the evaluation and analysis process, and several concepts emerged, including Informetrics, Scientometrics & Cybermetrics, and other performance measures that work with the digital environment. This study comes to clarify

The concept of Webometrics and studying the nature of its relationship with other concepts.

It also aims to identify the beginnings of writing in these fields and limit its intellectual output and analyze it bibliometrically at two levels:

The first is at the objective level: by applying Brad Ford's law to determine the focal periodicals in each field and applying Lotka's law to indicate the productivity of authors in these fields. In addition to time distributions and determining the types of information vessels in each discipline.
The second is at the level of focal periodical titles by measuring Impact Factors, Immediate Citation Index, and measuring the mid-life of citation (Cited Half-Life), in addition to measuring the level of bibliographic accompaniment and pairing between the focal periodicals in these subject areas. The study adopted the (JCR) and (SCOPUS) systems in searching for the required data as a tool for inventory and bibliometric analysis, as previous studies confirm that these two systems enjoy credibility, modernity, and comprehensiveness.