The Evaluation of Islamic Azad University Website System and the Status of The Islamic Azad University Marvdasht Branch in this System

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Hojjat Baghban ¹ ()
Seyad Rasoul Toudar ² ()
Zeynab Sam Daliri ³ ()
Alireza Naseri Malvani ⁴ ()

Received: 2011-05-26 Accepted : 2011-08-02 Published : 2011-07-01

Keywords: Islamic Azad University Websites, Webometrics, Web Impact Factor, Traffic Rank, visibility, Web Size,

Abstract :

The present research intends to examine Islamic Azad University websites by analyzing five indices of webometrics including traffic statistics, visibility factor, size of website, design and number of scientific files available on site (PDF). The research method was an applied one using webometrics method. Data analysis was done through Excel Software and webometrics method. The statistical population included the websites of all Islamic Azad University Branches and 66 ones were selected among them as statistical sample. In These websites, personal computer was loaded by the use of webometric methods. The results showed that Science and Research Tehran Branch, Central organization of Islamic Azad University, and Karaj Branch were ranked the highest and Kerman, Khoy and Mobarake Branch were ranked the lowest respectively. Among the 66 websites, %50 was registered in Webometrics database. The website of Science and Research Tehran Branch was ranked the first among all branch of Islamic Azad University. Among 12000 world universities registered in webometrics database, Science and Research Tehran branch was ranked 3062, and Marvdasht Branch took the place 8749.