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}}</ref><ref>{{citeCite journal doi| doi = 10.1145/1364782.1364798|noedit last1 = Hendler | first1 = Jim| authorlink1 = Jim Hendler| last2 = Shadbolt | first2 = Nigel| authorlink2 = Nigel Shadbolt| title = Web science: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the web| last3 = Hall | first3 = Wendy| authorlink3 = Wendy Hall| last4 = Berners-Lee | first4 = Tim| authorlink4 = Tim Berners-Lee | last5 = Weitzner | first5 = Daniel| journal = Communications of the ACM| volume = 51| issue = 7| year = 2008| url = http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/266555/1/CACM.pdf}}</ref> and combines research from disciplines as diverse as sociology, computer science, economics and mathematics.<ref>[http://www.slideshare.net/webscikorea/why-do-we-need-web-science-research Why do we need web science research]</ref>

An earlier definition was given by American computer scientist [[Ben Shneiderman]]: "Web Science" is the processing the information available on the web in similar terms to those applied to natural environment.<ref>{{cite doijournal | doi = 10.1145/1247001.1247022 | title=Web science | journal=Communications of the ACM | date=2007 | volume=50 | issue=6 | pages=25 | first=Ben |noedit last=Shneiderman}}</ref>

The Web Science Institute describes Web Science as focusing "the analytical power of researchers from disciplines as diverse as mathematics, sociology, economics, psychology, law and computer science to understand and explain the Web. It is necessarily interdisciplinary - as much about social and organizational behaviour as about the underpinning technology."<ref>http://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/about/what_is_web_science.page? Retrieved 12 June 2014.</ref>