Dear Allan - I don't have time to dig out exact papers, but the online journal _Internet Research & Networking Applications_ might be helpful. A lot of good applied studies there. They look at this kind of thing. I would also take a look at Steve Lawrence's stuff. I looked for something newer than this Lawrence, S. (2002). Online or invisible? from Nature (incomplete citation, sorry) There are people working around Lawrence in webmetrics I thought it was called. http://modelingtheweb.com/ is also an old paper but I think it's approaching what you're looking for unless I've misunderstood your question. Cheers, Denise --- Allan A Friedman <allan@sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
Hi All,
Denise N. Rall, PhD candidate, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & Internet Researcher Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Tuesdays or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html