Science overlay maps: a new tool for research policy and library management

Details Science overlay maps: a new tool for research policy and library management Science overlay maps: a new tool for research policy and library management

2009-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/0912.3882v1

Computer Science

Digital Libraries

40 pages, 6 Figures

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We present a novel approach to visually locate bodies of research within the sciences, both at each moment of time and dynamically. This article describes how this approach fits with other efforts to locally and globally map scientific outputs. We then show how these science overlay maps help benchmark, explore collaborations, and track temporal changes, using examples of universities, corporations, funding agencies, and research topics. We address conditions of application, with their advantages, downsides and limitations. Overlay maps especially help investigate the increasing number of scientific developments and organisations that do not fit within traditional disciplinary categories. We make these tools accessible to help researchers explore the ongoing socio-cognitive transformation of science and technology systems.

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