Which academic subjects have most online impact? A pilot study and a new classification process

Mike Thelwall School of Computing and IT, University of Wolverhampton, 35/49 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Liwen Vaughan Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Viv Cothey School of Computing and IT, University of Wolverhampton, 35/49 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Xuemei Li School of Computing and IT, University of Wolverhampton, 35/49 Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1EQ, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Alastair G. Smith School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Email: [email protected]