1. Large-scale visualization of science
Nees Jan van Eck
Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University
Wuhan University
Wuhan, China, April 15, 2019

2. Bibliographic data sources
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PATSTAT

3. Bibliographic data sources
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Web of Science Scopus
Journals 20,000 24,000
Publications 55 million 45 million
Citations 1.2 billion 1.2 billion

4. Bibliometric networks
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WoS
Scopus
Dimensions
PubMed
Crossref
Citation network
of pubs / journals / authors / orgs / countries
Co-authorship network
of authors / orgs / countries
Co-citation network
of pubs / journals / authors / orgs / countries
Co-occurrence network
of keywords / terms
Bibliographic coupling network
of pubs / journals / authors
Bibliographic
data source

5. Outline
• Software tools
• Network analysis techniques
• Algorithmically constructed classification system of science
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6. Software tools
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7. VOSviewer
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8. Users of VOSviewer
• Researchers
• Research institutions
• Research funders
• Scientific publishers
• Industry
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11. Development
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12. Data access
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13. Interactive querying
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16. CitNetExplorer
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17. Network analysis
techniques
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18. Network analysis techniques
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Layout:
• AKA mapping
• Visualization of similarities (VOS)
Clustering:
• AKA community detection
• Leiden algorithm

19. VOS
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20. Leiden algorithm
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21. Algorithmic
classification systems
of science
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22. CWTS publication-level classification system of
science
• Based on all articles in reviews in Web of Science between 2000 and 2017
• 21.2 million publications
• 374.1 million citation links
• Classification system of 3 hierarchical levels:
– 22 broad disciplines
– 868 fields
– 4,047 subfields
• Computational performance using the Leiden algorithm: less than 2hrs
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Structure of science based on 4,000 micro-level fields
Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering
Size of a field is
proportional to the
number of publications in
the field

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Structure of science based on 4,000 micro-level fields
Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering
Size of a field is
proportional to the
number of publications in
the field
Scientometrics

25. Summary of scientometrics subfield
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Cluster: 145
No. publications: 16,312
Top 5 terms No. pubs
bibliometric analysis 852
impact factor 495
h index 264
peer review 515
citation 642
Top 5 publications No. cits
hirsch, je (2005). an index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. p natl acad sci usa, 102(46), 16569-16572. 2,635
wuchty, s; et al. (2007). the increasing dominance of teams in production of knowledge. science, 316(5827), 1036-1039. 699
egghe, l (2006). theory and practise of the g-index. scientometrics, 69(1), 131-152. 609
king, da (2004). the scientific impact of nations. nature, 430(6997), 311-316. 496
newman, mej (2004). coauthorship networks and patterns of scientific collaboration. p natl acad sci usa, 101, 5200-5205. 488
Top 5 authors No. pubs Top 5 journals No. pubs
bornmann, l 221 scientometrics 2,865
thelwall, m 202 journal of informetrics 700
leydesdorff, l 175 journal of the american society for information science and technology 613
rousseau, r 161 plos one 339
egghe, l 133 research evaluation 324
Top 5 institutes No. pubs Top 5 departments No. pubs
univ granada 316 sch lib & informat sci (indiana univ) 106
kathol univ leuven 256 amsterdam sch commun res ascor (univ amsterdam) 97
leiden univ 249 ctr sci & technol studies (leiden univ) 90
indiana univ 246 sch publ policy (georgia inst technol - atlanta) 88
univ wolverhampton 216 trend res ctr (asia univ) 84
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26. Publications in scientometrics subfield
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27. Term map of scientometrics field
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Peer review,
OA, careers,
and gender
Collaboration
Scientometric
indicators and
networks
Medical research
Country-level
analyses

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Time-line map of highly cited scientometrics
publications

29. Overlay visualizations
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

30. Time trend
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MicroRNA Graphene

31. Summary of graphene subfield
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Cluster: 9
No. publications: 27,771
Top 5 terms No. pubs
bilayer graphene 836
epitaxial graphene 491
silicene 401
graphene nanoribbon 1,035
graphene field effect transistor 207
Top 5 publications No. cits
novoselov, ks; et al. (2004). electric field effect in atomically thin carbon films. science, 306(5696), 666-669. 27,743
geim, ak; et al. (2007). the rise of graphene. nat mater, 6(3), 183-191. 20,073
novoselov, ks; et al. (2005). two-dimensional gas of massless dirac fermions in graphene. nature, 438(7065), 197-200. 11,359
castro neto, ah; et al. (2009). the electronic properties of graphene. rev mod phys, 81(1), 109-162. 11,368
zhang, yb; et al. (2005). experimental observation of the quantum hall effect and berry's phase in graphene. nature, 438(7065), 201-204. 8,110
Top 5 authors No. pubs Top 5 journals No. pubs
watanabe, k 249 physical review b 4,013
taniguchi, t 240 applied physics letters 1,834
peeters, fm 233 carbon 994
lin, mf 178 nano letters 906
katsnelson, mi 177 journal of applied physics 841
Top 5 institutes No. pubs Top 5 departments No. pubs
chinese acad sci 1,394 dept phys (natl univ singapore) 257
russian acad sci 778 inst phys (chinese acad sci) 226
peking univ 557 inst mol & mat (radboud univ nijmegen) 216
natl univ singapore 482 dept phys (mit) 209
tsing hua univ 458 dept phys (univ calif berkeley and berkeley national lab) 206
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2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
No.publications

32. Open access
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

33. Collaboration with industry
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

34. Collaboration with hospitals
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

35. Citations from patents
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

36. China’s publication output
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

37. China’s publication output and time trend
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

38. Wuhan University’s publication output
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Social sciences
and humanities
Biomedical and
health sciences Life and earth
sciences
Mathematics and
computer science
Physical
sciences and
engineering

39. Wuhan University’s research strengths
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Share of an area’s
highly cited
publications
authored by Wuhan
University
Nano carriers drug
delivery Sodium-ion
batteries
Remote sensing
GPS precise point
positioning
Dye-sensitized solar
cells
Catalysis
Image restoration
super resolution

40. Do it yourself!
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www.vosviewer.com www.citnetexplorer.nl

41. Thank you for your attention!
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