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Toward a consensus map of science
Richard Klavans,Kevin W. Boyack +1 more
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The circular map of science is found to have a high level of correspondence with the 20 existing maps, and has a variety of advantages over hierarchical and centric forms.Abstract:
A consensus map of science is generated from an analysis of 20 existing maps of science. These 20 maps occur in three basic forms: hierarchical, centric, and noncentric (or circular). The consensus map, generated from consensus edges that occur in at least half of the input maps, emerges in a circular form. The ordering of areas is as follows: mathematics is (arbitrarily) placed at the top of the circle, and is followed clockwise by physics, physical chemistry, engineering, chemistry, earth sciences, biology, biochemistry, infectious diseases, medicine, health services, brain research, psychology, humanities, social sciences, and computer science. The link between computer science and mathematics completes the circle. If the lowest weighted edges are pruned from this consensus circular map, a hierarchical map stretching from mathematics to social sciences results. The circular map of science is found to have a high level of correspondence with the 20 existing maps, and has a variety of advantages over hierarchical and centric forms. A one-dimensional Riemannian version of the consensus map is also proposed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.read more
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Mapping the backbone of science.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a new map representing the structure of all of science, based on journal articles, including both the natural and social sciences, which provides a bird's eye view of today's scientific landscape.
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Approaches to understanding and measuring interdisciplinary scientific research (IDR): A review of the literature
Caroline S. Wagner,J. David Roessner,Kamau Bobb,Julie Thompson Klein,Kevin W. Boyack,Joann Keyton,Ismael Rafols,Katy Börner +7 more
TL;DR: This literature review began with a narrow search for quantitative measures of the output of IDR that could contribute to indicators, but the authors expanded the scope of the review as it became clear that differing definitions, assessment tools, evaluation processes, and measures all shed light on different aspects ofIDR.
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A new methodology for constructing a publication-level classification system of science
Ludo Waltman,Nees Jan van Eck +1 more
TL;DR: This work introduces a new methodology for constructing classification systems at the level of individual publications, and presents an application in which a classification system is produced that includes almost 10 million publications.
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Visualizing a field of research: A methodology of systematic scientometric reviews.
TL;DR: This study introduces a flexible and generic methodology based on a significant extension of the general conceptual framework of citation indexing for delineating the literature of a research field and provides a practical connection between studies of science from local and global perspectives.
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Science overlay maps: A new tool for research policy and library management
TL;DR: This article describes how this approach to visually locate bodies of research within the sciences fits with other efforts to locally and globally map scientific outputs, and shows how these science overlay maps help benchmarking, explore collaborations, and track temporal changes.
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Maps of random walks on complex networks reveal community structure
Martin Rosvall,Carl T. Bergstrom +1 more
TL;DR: An information theoretic approach is introduced that reveals community structure in weighted and directed networks of large-scale biological and social systems and reveals a directional pattern of citation from the applied fields to the basic sciences.
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Mapping the backbone of science
TL;DR: A new map representing the structure of all of science, based on journal articles, is presented, including both the natural and social sciences, including biochemistry, which appears as the most interdisciplinary discipline in science.
Mapping the backbone of science.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a new map representing the structure of all of science, based on journal articles, including both the natural and social sciences, which provides a bird's eye view of today's scientific landscape.
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Visualizing science by citation mapping
TL;DR: An effort to visualize these data using advanced virtual reality software is described, and the creation of document pathways through the map is seen as a realization of Bush's (1945) associative trails.