Generation of large-scale maps of science and associated indicators.

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/875987· OSTI ID:875987

Klavans, Richard ^[1]; Boyack, Kevin W

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1. SciTech Strategies, Inc., Berwyn, PA

Over the past several years, techniques have been developed for clustering very large segments of the technical literature using sources such as Thomson ISI's Science Citation Index. The primary objective of this work has been to develop indicators of potential impact at the paper level to enhance planning and evaluation of research. These indicators can also be aggregated at different levels to enable profiling of departments, institutions, agencies, etc. Results of this work are presented as maps of science and technology with various overlays corresponding to the indicators associated with a particular search or question.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 875987
• Report Number(s): SAND2005-7538; TRN: US200604%%218
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
PLANNING
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
MAPS
Visualization-Technique.
Science-Statistical methods.
Visualization.
Science-Information services.