CiteSpaceWorkshop on taking CiteSpace to Science: new

applications to visualization programming11th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics Madrid, 25-27 June 2007

June 28, 2007

http://cluster.cis.drexel.edu/~cchen/talks/

Key points

• Current usage

• Integrate new features

• Priority areas of development

• Long-term plan for research and education

• Discussion

Current Usage

Times of Downloads

# IP City Country

51 221.5.250.209 CHONGQING China

43 159.226.100.214 CHENGDU China

30 192.83.171.253 Taiwan

30 130.226.189.100 COPENHAGEN Denmark

28 219.239.98.225 Guangdong China

28 212.220.82.74 EKATERINBURG Russian Fed

28 159.226.100.215 CHENGDU China

24 58.53.128.89 Beijing China

23 68.34.185.116 Wayne USA

22 213.100.94.35 Stockholm Sweden

22 134.83.1.225 Brunel Univ UK

21 159.226.100.212 CHENGDU China

19 80.167.83.2 Arhus Denmark

19 222.20.205.86 Wuhan China

16 83.242.151.210 Russian Fed

16 213.84.148.131 The Hague Netherlands

16 200.0.182.62 Buenos Aires Argentina

WebStart Launches

# IP City Country

67 207.46.98.115 Seattle USA

61 159.226.100.214 Beijing China

43 207.46.98.116 Seattle Washington

41 134.83.1.225 Uxbridge England

39 207.46.98.114 Seattle USA

37 207.46.98.117 Seattle USA

35 130.226.189.100 Alborg Denmark

33 64.94.163.149 New York USA

31 192.83.171.253 Taipei Taiwan

30 159.226.100.215 Beijing China

29 193.52.140.40 Montpellier France

27 72.81.8.21 Allentown USA

27 207.46.98.112 San Jose USA

27 158.49.125.148 Malaga Spain

24 207.46.98.113 San Jose USA

23 128.118.215.185 Philadelphia USA

22 80.58.13.42 Granada Spain

22 129.25.28.95 Philadelphia USA

22 129.25.24.55 Philadelphia USA

21 68.34.185.116 Wayne USA

20 200.0.182.62 Buenos Aires Argentina

19 64.94.163.134 New York USA

19 213.100.94.35 Stockholm Sweden

Users from 36 Countries Download 2+ (9/13/2004-8/23/2006)

Users from 14 Countries WebStart It 30+ (9/13/2004-8/23/2006)

Adding New Features to CiteSpace

1. Bug fixes, performance improvements, usability improvement, …

2. Implemented, published, not yet integrated

3. Implemented, unpublished, not integrated

4. To be designed, implemented, … • currently driven by the two major projects:

1. NEVAC: predictive (unstructured) text analysis, multi-source information fusion, geovisualization

2. SEI-SDSS: structural and temporal models of scientific frontiers, literature-based scientific discoveries (astronomy), multi-source predictive information fusion

Features published but not yet available:Conceptual and Geospatial Diffusion of Knowledge

Chen, C., Zhu, W., Tomaszewski, B., MacEachren, A. (2007) Tracing conceptual and geospatial diffusion of knowledge. HCI International 2007.Beijing, China. July 22-27, 2007.

– Input: WoS – Output: Google Earth

Features to be integrated: Conflict OpinionsChen, C., SanJuan, F. I., SanJuan, E., & Weaver, C. (2006) Visual analysis of conflicting opinions. IEEE

Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST 2006), Baltimore, MA. Oct 31-Nov 2, 2006. pp. 59-66.

– Input: Amazon.com– Output: Explanation Tree

Features to be integratedPredict High H-index Topical Themes

Chen, C., Zhang, J., Zhu, W., Vogeley, M. (2007) Delineating the citation impact of scientific discoveries. IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2007). June 17-22, 2007. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

– Input: WoS– Output: Decision Tree Classifier

Features in initial versions

• e-prints

• research awards

• solicitations of research proposals

• …

Other possible features

• Patents

• Institutions

• Full-text

• Book-length reports

• ???

Current Priority of Research and Development

To augment scientists’ ability to make high-impact scientific discoveries!

To help novices as well as domain experts to learn the history, the contemporary status, and the projected significance of the future of a subject domain!

Last 7 days: > 100Last 7 days: > 100

Last 14 days: > 400Last 14 days: > 400

Last 21 days: > 500Last 21 days: > 500

Last 90 days: > 2,400Last 90 days: > 2,400

Last 7 days as of June 25, 2007

NSF SGER Awards (2000-2006)

2005

2002

Discussion: 1. Your experience

What is useful?2. Your wish list

What you would like to see in the new versions? 3. Research, education, dissemination

case studies, tutorials, and other learning materials