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Purpose
This purpose of this paper is to report on an analysis of linkages and impact of top universities of Islamic Countries on the web.
Design/methodology/approach
The AltaVista search engine was used to calculate universities' number of links and web impact factors.
Findings
The results revealed that half of the universities have not scored well in the indexes used by the webometrics ranking model. Among all universities, King Saud University of Saudi Arabia scored well in most indexes.
Originality/value
The paper presents a look at the functions and performance of top universities' web sites of Islamic countries.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2010
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