Publications

Papers
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Books
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Wider Reading
As a fundamentally interdisciplinary approach Web Science topics are often hidden in different titles and topics. Here are are few “accidental” Web Science pieces.

Journals
Featuring our own Journal of Web Science and the proceedings of the ACM Web Science conference.
Journal of Web Science
Web Science embraces the study of the Web as a vast information network of people and communities. It also includes the study of people and communities by using the digital records of user activity mediated by the Web.
An understanding of human behavior and social interaction can contribute to our understanding of the Web, and data obtained from the Web can contribute to our understanding of human behavior and social interaction. Accordingly, Web Science involves analysis and design of Web architecture and applications, as well as studies of the people, organizations, and policies that shape and are shaped by the Web.
To address these diverse goals, The Journal of Web Science is inherently interdisciplinary, integrating computer and information sciences, communication, linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, law, political science, and other disciplines. We therefore invite research papers describing original research from all the above disciplines, as well as those that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.
In order to best serve the community, The Journal of Web Science will provide immediate open access to its content. Accepted papers will be published online immediately upon acceptance. The copyright of the published articles stays with the authors. It is free for authors as well as for readers.

Wolfgang Nejdl
Editor-in-Chief
Foundations & Trends in Web Science
Each issue of Foundations and Trends®in Web Science comprises a 50-100 page monograph written by research leaders in the field. Monographs that give tutorial coverage of subjects, research retrospectives as well as survey papers that offer state-of-the-art reviews fall within the scope of the journal.

Wendy Hall
Editor-in-Chief

Noshir Contractor
Editor-in-Chief

Kieron O'Hara
Editor-in-Chief