The document discusses a research method to efficiently find related papers by analyzing citation patterns among them. It highlights the challenges researchers face in gathering relevant literature and proposes a system that utilizes citation similarities to identify papers with comparable subjects or goals. A database of 350 papers in the comic computing field is created, with a user interface facilitating the examination of citation relationships and author contributions.

1. Grasping Research Trends
Based on Similar Cited Papers
○Shun Gendo,
Hodooka Koichi,
Mitsunori Matsushita
Kansai University

2. • Researcher has to survey existing papers
• Many papers have been written in various fields.
• Resent research often spans multiple fields.
Researchers have to read many papers
The burden of the survey is increasing

3. • They find the papers using search engines.
How researchers collect papers
but…
They sometimes feel the difficulty
when they want to gather many papers as possible.
because
Verbalizing the appropriate keywords
could be difficult in some cases.

4. Researchers difficult to find papers accurately
Search methods other than search engine
•How to search by citation papers
•How to search by author name
it is difficult to estimate the reason why the paper is cited
This approach could be efficient only if the author writes papers
under one specific topic.
The author often write papers under different topics.

5. The idea to find the paper we want
You need a way to find a paper which is similar to what you want.
We hypothesize that if some two papers cite many same papers,
that two papers would be similar.
We focus on the similar ratio of citation
to find the related papers efficiently.

6. Paper Ⅰ Paper Ⅱ
Citation A
Citation B
Citation C
Citation D
Citation A
Citation B
Citation C
Citation E
Different
Same
Citation papers Citation papers
Possibility focusing on citation papers

7. • The Paper 1 and 2 which cite the same papers may focus on
similar problems and goals.
Possibility focusing on citation papers
For example…
Citation A
Citation B
Citation C
Citation D
Citation A
Citation B
Citation C
Citation E
Same
Citation papers Citation papers
Paper Ⅰ Paper Ⅱ

8. • The different papers may show the characteristics of the
PaperⅠand Ⅱ．
Possibility focusing on citation papers
For example…
Citation A
Citation B
Citation C
Citation D
Citation A
Citation B
Citation C
Citation E
Citation papers Citation papers
Paper Ⅰ Paper Ⅱ
Different

9. Possibility focusing on citation papers
Paper Ⅲ
Suppose if you find another paper, the PaperⅢ,
which relates to your research.
Citation F
Citation H
Citation J
Citation papers

10. Possibility focusing on citation papers
Paper Ⅲ Paper Ⅳ
Same author
Citation F
Citation H
Citation J
Citation papers
Citation G
Citation I
Citation K
Citation papers
The same author's papers are have similar
in background and purpose.
But…
The PaperⅢ and The Paper Ⅳ could have different
backgrounds and purposes.

11. Possibility focusing on citation papers
Paper Ⅲ Paper Ⅳ
Citation F
Citation H
Citation J
Citation papers
Citation G
Citation I
Citation K
Citation papers
Same author
The citation papers of these two papers are not same at all.
Not same at all

12. • If papers cite same papers, they could have similar problems and
goals.
• If papers cite different papers, they could have the different
characteristics for each papers.
• Even if the paper s author is the same, the papers could not be
necessary for you.
Possibility focusing on citation papers
We focused on the ratio of citation papers.

13. • Commonality of papers
• The characteristics of papers
• The necessity of the same author's papers
What researchers can infer from citation information

14. What researchers can infer from citation information
• Commonality of papers
• 1. A function to find the same citation paper
• The characteristics of papers
• 2. A function to find the different citation papers
• The necessity of the same author's papers
• 3. A function to show papers by the author

15. • We created a database which includes 350 papers in the
Comic Computing field.
• This database is comprised of paper titles, author names,
publication years, and citation papers.
• This interface is implemented in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and
jQuery.
Interface configuration

16. Interface configuration
A paper relations pane
A paper search pane

17. Interface configuration
Papers

18. Interface configuration
Big Node
Citation papers

19. Interface configuration
Starting paper
We call this big node as
red

20. Interface configuration
2013 year 2014 year 2015 year

21. Proposed Method :
Orange Nodes : Same Citation Papers
Gray Nodes : Not Same Citation Papers
1. A function to find the same citation papers

22. Proposed Method
Orange Nodes : Same Citation Papers
Gray Nodes : Not Same Citation Papers
1. A function to find the same citation papers
Same
Not
Same

23. Pale Yellow Nodes : Citation papers that are cited only by the paper being compared
Pink Nodes : Citation papers that are cited in the starting paper only
Proposed Method : Design Guidelines 2
2. A function to find different citation papers

24. Pale Yellow Nodes : Citation papers that are cited in the comparative paper only
Pink Nodes : Citation papers that are cited in the starting paper only
Proposed Method
2. A function to find different citation papers
Comparative paper
Difference

25. : By the first author A
: By another author B
: By both A and B
A
B
C
A
B
C
Proposed Method : Design Guidelines 3
3. A function to show papers by “the author”

26. •1. The function to find the same citation paper.
• It is shown by an orange node.
•2. The function to find the different citation paper.
• It is shown by pink node and pale yellow node.
•3. Provided the function to show the author.
Function implemented

27. • What does user understand from matching citation papers?
• Does user understand the characteristics of the cited papers?
In future
We will survey the user impressions
by asking those questions.

28. Summary
Purpose : Find a paper that is similar to the paper the user wants
A system for comparing citation papers
and understanding the relationships
Proposed Method :
In future : We have the user use this interface
and we hear the impression.