Analysis of VINCI 2009-2017 Proceedings

Abstract

Both the metadata and the textual contents of scientific publications can provide us with insights about the development and the current state of the corresponding scientific community. In this short paper, we take a look at the proceedings of VINCI from the previous years and conduct several types of analyses. We summarize the yearly statistics about different types of publications, identify the overall authorship statistics and the most prominent contributors, and analyze the current community structure with a co-authorship network. We also apply topic modeling to identify the most prominent topics discussed in the publications. We hope that the results of our work will provide insights for the visualization community and will also be used as an overview for researchers previously unfamiliar with VINCI.