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This paper shows maps of the web presence of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) on the level of universities using hyperlinks and analyses the topology of the European academic network. Its purpose is to combine methods from Social Network Analysis (SNA) and cybermetric techniques in order to ask for tendencies of integration of the European universities visible in their web presence and the role of different universities in the process of the emergence of an European Research Area. We find as a main result that the European network is set up by the aggregation of well-defined national networks, whereby the German and British networks are dominant. The national networks are connected to each other through outstanding national universities in each country.
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Ortega, J.L., Aguillo, I., Cothey, V. et al. Maps of the academic web in the European Higher Education Area — an exploration of visual web indicators. Scientometrics 74, 295–308 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-008-0218-9
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