University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln January 2021 Websites of Top-Ranked Indian Higher Education Institutions: A Webometric Analysis Santosh Kadam
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Kadam, Santosh and Bhusawar, Shankar Chandrakant Mr., "Websites of Top-Ranked Indian Higher Education Institutions: A Webometric Analysis" (2021). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 4732. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4732 Websites of Top-Ranked Indian Higher Education Institutions: A Webometric Analysis Dr. Santosh Dnyanobarao Kadam, I/c Librarian, University Library, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (MS), India Email :
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[email protected] Abstract This paper explores a webometric study of the top25 institutions in India as ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a nodal ranking agency of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Efforts were made to establish a sort of ranking among these institutions’ websites by applying various webometric indicators, the important ones being web impact factor, WISER index, Alexa traffic rank, search engine optimisation, the security rank of website, the number of social media followers, and external backlinks. Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, ranked first regarding web impact factor (WIF) (8.678343949), whereas Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ranked first regarding search engine optimisation. Eleven institutions' (44 percent) websites had very strong security ranks.