Science Mapping Software Tools: Review, Analysis, and Cooperative Study Among Tools

[Eugene Garfield]

Science Mapping Software Tools: Review, Analysis, and Cooperative Study 
Among Tools

Author(s): Cobo, MJ (Cobo, M. J.); Lopez-Herrera, AG (Lopez-Herrera, A. G.); 
Herrera-Viedma, E (Herrera-Viedma, E.); Herrera, F (Herrera, F.)
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY  Volume: 62  Issue: 7  Pages: 1382-1402  DOI: 
10.1002/asi.21525  Published: JUL 2011  

Abstract: Science mapping aims to build bibliometric maps that describe how 
specific disciplines, scientific domains, or research fields are conceptually, 
intellectually, and socially structured. Different techniques and software tools 
have been proposed to carry out science mapping analysis. The aim of this 
article is to review, analyze, and compare some of these software tools, taking 
into account aspects such as the bibliometric techniques available and the 
different kinds of analysis.

Language: English
Document Type: Review
KeyWords Plus: CO-WORD ANALYSIS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; DOMAIN VISUALIZATION; COCITATION ANALYSIS; 
NETWORKS; MAPS; CITATION; TECHNOLOGY; FIELD

Addresses: [Cobo, MJ; Lopez-Herrera, AG; Herrera-Viedma, E; Herrera, F] Univ 
Granada, Dept Comp Sci & Artificial Intelligence, Res Ctr Informat & Commun 
Technol, E-18071 Granada, Spain
Reprint Address: Cobo, MJ (reprint author), Univ Granada, Dept Comp Sci & 
Artificial Intelligence, Res Ctr Informat & Commun Technol, E-18071 Granada, 
Spain

E-mail Address: mjcobo at decsai.ugr.es, lopez-herrera at decsai.ugr.es, 
viedma at decsai.ugr.es, herrera at decsai.ugr.es
ISSN: 1532-2882
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.21525/full