International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology

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Link Analysis on Institutional Repository web Network of Indian Institute of Technologies Registered in open DOAR-uncovering Patterns and Trends Hidden in the Network

  • Kumar, Kutty (Library and Information Science, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University)
  • Received : 2018.04.03
  • Accepted : 2018.05.12
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Institutional repositories (IR) are promising to be extremely advantageous to scholars especially in developing countries. IR initiatives started in India during the late nineties and the popularity of this concept is growing rapidly in the higher educational and research institutions to disseminate newly emerging knowledge and expertise. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the network links of IR websites among four IITs that are registered in open DOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) web portal. The Institutional Repositories chosen for the study are IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, and IIT Kanpur. The analysis of the study focused on standard graph and network cohesion metrics, such as density, diameter, eccentricity and distances, and clustering coefficient; for an even more detailed analysis advanced centrality measures and fast algorithms such as clique census are used.

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