Mike Thelwall is Professor of Information Science and leader of the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, which he joined in 1989. He was formerly Reader, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton. His PhD is in Pure Mathematics from the University of Lancaster. His current research field includes identifying and analysing web phenomena using quantitative-lead research methods, primarily web link analysis and blog analysis, and he promotes an information science approach for link analysis. Mike has developed a wide range of free tools for gathering and analysing web data, including the research web crawler SocSciBot and software for statistical and topological analyses of web structures (LexiURL, SocSciBot Tools) and site and blog content (Cyclist, Mozdeh).
His publications include over a hundred refereed journal articles, four book chapters and a book (Link analysis: An information science approach), and he sits on six journal editorial boards including that of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Webmetrics, cybermetrics, blogs, Web 2.0, scientometrics
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This project combined quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the impact of online scholarly resources and to develop a best practices toolkit that allows assessment of the impact of digitisation projects by researchers and funding bodies.
With Professor Mike Thelwall, Professor Eric T. Meyer, and Dr Christine Madsen
Presenting the results of the Digitised Resources: A Usage and Impact Study project, which combines quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the impact of online scholarly resources.
With Professor Mike Thelwall
Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012.