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Web Search

Web Search is an information retrieval task that involves locating and retrieving relevant documents or data from the World Wide Web in response to user queries, distinguished from other retrieval domains by its scale, hyperlink structure, and dynamic, unstructured content.

7.7K

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517K

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12.7K

Authors

2.4K

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2017–2026

827

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Web Information Retrieval

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Publications

7.7K

The anatomy of a large-scale hypertextual Web search engine

Sergey Brin, Lawrence M. Page · Computer Networks and ISDN Systems · 1998 · 16K citations

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The PageRank Citation Ranking : Bringing Order to the Web

Lawrence M. Page, Sergey Brin, Rajeev Motwani et al. · 1999 · 12.7K citations

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Introduction to information retrieval

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 12.6K citations

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Authoritative sources in a hyperlinked environment

Jon Kleinberg · Journal of the ACM · 1999 · 9.1K citations · Full text

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Optimizing search engines using clickthrough data

Thorsten Joachims · 2002 · 3.9K citations

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Authors

12.7K

  1. RW
    Ryen W. White

    Microsoft (United States), United States

    94 publications · 8.1K citations

    48

    h-index

  2. SD
    Susan Dumais

    Microsoft (United States), United States

    68 publications · 9.1K citations

    48

    h-index

  3. AS
    Amanda Spink

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    85 publications · 8.5K citations

    42

    h-index

  4. WM
    Wei‐Ying Ma

    Microsoft Research Asia (China), China

    55 publications · 5.8K citations

    38

    h-index

  5. BJ
    Bernard J. Jansen

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    67 publications · 6.6K citations

    37

    h-index

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    103 h-index

    996 publications

    127.9K citations

  2. Microsoft Research Asia (China)

    Beijing, China

    67 h-index

    460 publications

    40K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    57 h-index

    261 publications

    18.2K citations

  4. Yahoo (United States)

    Sunnyvale, United States

    55 h-index

    496 publications

    31.9K citations

  5. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    51 h-index

    232 publications

    25.5K citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    51 h-index

    212 publications

    17.1K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    49 h-index

    149 publications

    59.5K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    49 h-index

    154 publications

    27.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Information Processing & Management

    204 publications · 14.5K citations

    67

    h-index

  2. 60

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  3. Journal of the American Society for Information Science

    JASIS · 113 publications · 14.9K citations

    52

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  4. ACM Transactions on Information Systems

    76 publications · 7.4K citations

    42

    h-index

  5. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 162 publications · 5.3K citations

    36

    h-index

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