Computational Scientometrics: Mapping the Structure and Evolution of Science Katy Börner & the...

Computational Scientometrics: Mapping the Structure and Evolution of ScienceKaty Börner & the InfoVis LabSchool of Library and Information ScienceIndiana University, Bloomington, INkaty@indiana.edu

Maps of Science help answer questions such as: What are the major research areas, experts, institutions, regions, nations,

grants, publications, journals in xx research? Which areas are most insular? What are the main connections for each area? What is the relative speed of areas? Which areas are the most dynamic/static? What new research areas are evolving? Impact of xx research on other fields? How does funding influence the number and quality of publications?Answers are needed by funding agencies, companies, researchers & society.

• Shiffrin, Richard M. and Börner, Katy (Eds.) (2004). Mapping Knowledge Domains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(Suppl_1).

• Börner, Katy, Chen, Chaomei, and Boyack, Kevin. (2003). Visualizing Knowledge Domains. In Blaise Cronin (Ed.), Annual Review of Information Science & Technology, Volume 37, Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc./American Society for Information Science and Technology, chapter 5, pp. 179-255.

Mapping the Evolution of Co-Authorship Networks (Ke, Visvanath & Börner, 2005)

Mapping Medline Papers, Genes, and Proteins Related to Melanoma Research(Boyack, Mane & Börner, 2004)

Spatio-Temporal Information Production and Consumption of Major U.S. Research Institutions (Börner & Penumarthy, 2005)

Mapping the Evolution of Co-Authorship Networks (Ke, Visvanath & Börner, 2004)

Studying the Emerging Global Brain: Analyzing and Visualizing the Impact of Co-Authorship Teams (Börner, Dall’Asta, Ke & Vespignani, 2005)

Mapping Indiana’s Intellectual Space

Science Maps for Kids

(Rohberg, 2006)

Network Ecologies

Most real world networks exist within a delicate ecology of networks.

To fully understand, e.g., the knowledge diffusion among authors via their papers, different networks need to be considered simultaneously.

TARL simulates the co-evolution of paper-citation and co-author networks.

Grants

Co-authoring Ph.D. Students PapersAuthors

Places & Spaces: Cartography of the Physical and the Abstract The first iteration of this science exhibit compares and contrasts first maps of our entire planet with the first maps of all of sciences.http://vw.indiana.edu/places&spaces/

The Power of MapsThe Power of Maps

Four Early Maps of Our World Four Early Maps of Our World VERSUS VERSUS

Six Early Maps of ScienceSix Early Maps of Science

(1st Iteration of Places & Spaces Exhibit - 2005)(1st Iteration of Places & Spaces Exhibit - 2005)

The Power of Reference The Power of Reference SystemsSystems

Four Existing Reference Systems Four Existing Reference Systems VERSUS VERSUS

Six Potential Reference Systems of ScienceSix Potential Reference Systems of Science

(2(2ndnd Iteration of Places & Spaces Exhibit - 2006) Iteration of Places & Spaces Exhibit - 2006)

For Sale!For Sale!

The Power of ForecastsThe Power of Forecasts

Four Existing Forecasts Four Existing Forecasts VERSUS VERSUS

Six Potential Science ‘Weather’ ForecastsSix Potential Science ‘Weather’ Forecasts

(3(3rdrd Iteration of Places & Spaces Exhibit - 2007) Iteration of Places & Spaces Exhibit - 2007)

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Named Storms, available online at http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003200/a003279

SEI: NetWorkBench: A Large-Scale Network Analysis, Modeling and Visualization Toolkit for Biomedical, Social Science and Physics Research. NSF IIS-0513650 award (Katy Börner, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Santiago Schnell, Alessandro Vespignani & Stanley Wasserman, Craig Stewart (Senior Personnel), $1,120,926) Sept. 05 - Aug. 08.

CAREER: Visualizing Knowledge Domains. NSF IIS-0238261 award (Katy Börner, $440,000) Sept. 03-Aug. 08.