Herr, BW; Duhon, RJ; Borner, K; Hardy, EF; Penumarthy, S 113 years of Physical Review: Using flow maps to show temporal and topical citation patterns PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION VISUALISATION: 421-426 2008

[David E. Wojick]

This appears to be a case where the results depend on how the topics are defined, which may be a problem. There are lots of ways to divide any area of science into topics.

David Wojick
Senior Consultant for Innovation
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US Department of Energy
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>Author(s): Herr, BW (Herr, Bruce W., II); Duhon, RJ (Duhon, Russell J.); 
>Borner, K (Boerner, Katy); Hardy, EF (Hardy, Elisha F.); Penumarthy, S 
>(Penumarthy, Shashikant) 
>
>Editors: Banissi, E; Stuart, L; Jern, M; Andrienko, G; Marchese, FT; 
>Memon, N; Alhajj, R; Wyeld, TG; Burkhard, RA; Grinstein, G; Groth, D; 
>Ursyn, A; Maple, C; Faiola, A; Craft, B 
>
>Title: 113 years of Physical Review: Using flow maps to show temporal and 
>topical citation patterns 
>
>Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION VISUALISATION: 
>421-426 2008 
>
>Book series title: IEEE International Conference on Information 
>Visualisation 
>
>Language: English 
>
>Document Type: Proceedings Paper 
>
>Conference Title: 12th International Conference Information Visualisation 
>2008 
>
>Conference Date: JUL 09-11, 2008 
>
>Conference Location: London, ENGLAND 
>
>Conference Sponsors: CPS.; IEEE Comp Soc. 
>
>Author Keywords: network analysis; domain visualization; physical review 
>
>Abstract: We visualize 113 years of bibliographic data from the American 
>Physical Society. The 389,899 documents are laid out in a two dimensional 
>time-topic reference system. The citations from 2005 papers are overlaid 
>as flow maps from each topic to the papers referenced by papers in the 
>topic making intercitation patterns between topic areas visible. Paper 
>locations of Nobel Prize predictions and winners are marked Finally, 
>though not possible to reproduce here, the visualization was rendered to, 
>and is best viewed on, a 24" x 30" canvas at 300 dots per inch (DPI). 
>
>Addresses: [Herr, Bruce W., II; Duhon, Russell J.; Boerner, Katy; Hardy, 
>Elisha F.; Penumarthy, Shashikant] Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, 
>Cyberinfrastruct Network Sci Ctr, Bloomington, IN 47401 USA 
>
>Reprint Address: Herr, BW, Indiana Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, 
>Cyberinfrastruct Network Sci Ctr, Bloomington, IN 47401 USA. 
>
>Cited Reference Count: 11 
>
>Times Cited: 0 
>
>Publisher: IEEE COMPUTER SOC 
>
>Publisher Address: 10662 LOS VAQUEROS CIRCLE, PO BOX 3014, LOS ALAMITOS, 
>CA 90720-1264 USA 
>
>ISBN: 978-0-7695-3268-4 
>
>29-char Source Abbrev.: IEEE INTER CON INFO VIS 
>
>Source Item Page Count: 6 
>
>ISI Document Delivery No.: BIF81 
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