Calculating Web Impact Factor for University Websites of Jammu and Kashmir: A Study

TL;DR

This study evaluates the web impact factors of 12 university websites in Jammu and Kashmir, analyzing their web pages and links to assess their online influence and ranking.

Contribution

It introduces a webometric approach to measure and compare the web impact factors of universities in Jammu and Kashmir, highlighting their online visibility and link structure.

Findings

Cluster University of Jammu has the highest internal link WIF.

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University leads in external link WIF.

Some universities have many web pages but few links, affecting their impact factors.

Abstract

This paper examines and explores the web impact factor through a webometric study of the present 12 University Websites of Jammu and Kashmir. Identifies the domain systems of the websites; analyzes the number of web pages and link pages, and calculates the External Link WIF or simple web impact factor (WIF) and external web impact factor of all the University websites. Also reflects that some university websites have higher number of web pages, but correspondingly their link pages are very small in number and websites fall behind in their simple and external link web impact factor. It found that the Cluster University of Jammu ranked 1 (0.9018) in Internal Link WIF of Websites in Jammu and Kashmir. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University ranked 1 (0.7249) in External Link Web Impact Factor.