Foundations and Trends in Web Science

Aims & Scope

The growth in all aspects of research in the last decade has led to a multitude of new publications and an exponential increase in published research.

Finding a way through the excellent existing literature and keeping up to date has become a major time-consuming problem.

Electronic publishing has given researchers instant access to more articles than ever before.

But which articles are the essential ones that should be read to understand and keep abreast with developments of any topic?

To address this problem Foundations and Trends® in Web Science publishes high-quality survey and tutorial monographs of the field.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13437

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.416

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	10

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A Framework for Web Science

  Citation: 197

  Authors: Tim, Wendy, James A., Kieron, Nigel, Daniel J.

• The Foundations for Provenance on the Web

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Luc

• Trust on the World Wide Web: A Survey

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Jennifer

• From Keyword Search to Exploration: Designing Future Search Interfaces for the Web

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Max L.

• An Introduction to Hybrid Human-Machine Information Systems

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Gianluca, Djellel Eddine, Ujwal, Michele

• Web Science: Understanding the Emergence of Macro-Level Features on the World Wide Web

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Kieron, Noshir S., Wendy, James A., Nigel

• The Web Economy: Goods, Users, Models, and Policies

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Michalis

• Minds Online: The Interface between Web Science, Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Paul, Robert, Richard

• Natural Language Processing as a Foundation of the Semantic Web

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Yorick, Christopher

• Tracking on the Web, Mobile and the Internet of Things

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Reuben

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