Scientific visualizer in personal information management

Abstract

Science maps can be used for comprehensive study of scientific research on different levels of organization: micro, meso and macro. All approaches need a distinct aggregation degree of analysis units. The structures of community or knowledge on local (meso) and global (macro) levels can be discovered due to bibliographic data processing and further visualization. There is a wide range of examples of these visualizations and their design. Although micro, an individual level is rather rarely considered by professionals and described in papers. The authors have demonstrated a web application — Scientific Visualizers to visualize an individual scientific output and use it for the purpose of wide range analysis. The software can help a researcher in the management of all steps of their scientific activity, effective communication and collaboration. Visual feedback can be considered as self-manager of scientific career. The authors also have presented their own approach towards visualizing thematic scope of publications with regard to knowledge domains space and drawn in a form of a ring wheel. The current research on software and implementation in academic environment is in progress.