VOSviewer

Publications

Technical information about VOSviewer and the VOS mapping and clustering techniques can be found in the following publications:

Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2011). Text mining and visualization using VOSviewer. ISSI Newsletter, 7(3), 50-54. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Dekker, R., & Van den Berg, J. (2010). A comparison of two techniques for bibliometric mapping: Multidimensional scaling and VOS. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(12), 2405-2416. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Waltman, L., Van Eck, N.J., & Noyons, E.C.M. (2010). A unified approach to mapping and clustering of bibliometric networks. Journal of Informetrics, 4(4), 629-635. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523-538. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2009). VOSviewer: A computer program for bibliometric mapping. In B. Larsen, & J. Leta (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics (pp. 886-897). (preprint)
Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2009). How to normalize cooccurrence data? An analysis of some well-known similarity measures. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60(8), 1635-1651. (paper, preprint)
Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2007). VOS: a new method for visualizing similarities between objects. In H.-J. Lenz, & R. Decker (Eds.), Advances in Data Analysis: Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society (pp. 299-306). Springer. (paper, preprint)

Applications of VOSviewer and the VOS mapping and clustering techniques can be found in the following publications:

Rotolo, D., Rafols, I., Hopkins, M., & Leydesdorff, L. (2013). Mapping the de facto governance of emerging science and technologies. (preprint)
Adams, J., Gurney, K., Hook, D., & Leydesdorff, L. (2013). International collaboration clusters in Africa. (preprint)
Mingers, J., & Leydesdorff, L. (2013). Identifying research fields within business and management: A journal cross-citation analysis. (preprint)
Romo-Fernández, L.M., Guerrero-Bote, V.P., & Moya-Anegón, F. (in press). Co-word based thematic analysis of renewable energy (1990-2010). Scientometrics. (paper)
Ma, F.-C., Lyu, P.-H., Yao, Q., Yao, L., & Zhang, S.-J. (in press). Publication trends and knowledge maps of global translational medicine research. Scientometrics. (paper)
Leydesdorff, L., Rafols, I., & Chen, C. (in press). Interactive overlays of journals and the measurement of interdisciplinarity on the basis of aggregated journal-journal citations. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (preprint)
Leydesdorff, L., & Goldstone, R.L. (in press). Interdisciplinarity at the journal and specialty level: The changing knowledge bases of the journal Cognitive Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (preprint)
Waaijer, C.J.F. (in press). Careers in science: Policy issues according to Nature and Science editorials. Scientometrics. (paper)
Leydesdorff, L., Kushnir, D., & Rafols, I. (in press). Interactive overlay maps for US patent (USPTO) data based on International Patent Classifications (IPC). Scientometrics. (paper, preprint)
Leydesdorff, L., & Opthof, T. (in press). Citation Analysis with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) using the Web of Knowledge: A new routine. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. (paper, preprint)
Wuehrer, G.A., & Smejkal, A.E. (2013). The knowledge domain of the academy of international business studies (AIB) conferences: A longitudinal scientometric perspective for the years 2006-2011. Scientometrics, 95(2), 541-561. (paper)
Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Van Raan, A.F.J., Klautz, R.J.M., & Peul, W.C. (2013). Citation analysis may severely underestimate the impact of clinical research as compared to basic research. PLoS ONE, 8(4), e62395. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Tseng, Y.-H., & Tsay, M.-Y. (2013). Journal clustering of library and information science for subfield delineation using the bibliometric analysis toolkit: CATAR. Scientometrics, 95(2), 503-528. (paper)
Leydesdorff, L., Wagner, C., Park, H.W., & Adams, J. (2013). International collaboration in science: The global map and the network. El Profesional de la Información, 22(1), 87-94. (paper, preprint)
Leydesdorff, L., Carley, S., & Rafols, I. (2013). Global maps of science based on the new Web-of-Science categories. Scientometrics, 94(2), 589-593. (paper, preprint)
Cantos-Mateos, G., Vargas-Quesada, B., Chinchilla-Rodriguez, Z., & Zulueta, M.A. (2012). Stem cell research: Bibliometric analysis of main research areas through KeyWords Plus. Aslib Proceedings, 64(6), 561-590. (paper)
Waltman, L., & Van Eck, N.J. (2012). A new methodology for constructing a publication-level classification system of science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(12), 2378-2392. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Leydesdorff, L., Rotolo, D., & Rafols, I. (2012). Bibliometric perspectives on medical innovation using the Medical Subject Headings of PubMed. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(11), 2239-2253. (paper, preprint)
Levallois, C., Clithero, J.A., Wouters, P., Smidts, A., & Huettel, S.A. (2012). Translating upwards: Linking the neural and social sciences via neuroeconomics. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 13, 789-797. (paper)
Gautam, P., & Yanagiya, R. (2012). Reflection of cross-disciplinary research at Creative Research Institution (Hokkaido University) in the Web of Science database: Appraisal and visualization using bibliometry. Scientometrics, 93(1), 101-111. (paper)
Liu, X., Zhan, F.B., Hong, S., Niu, B., & Liu, Y. (2012). A bibliometric study of earthquake research: 1900-2010. Scientometrics, 92(3), 747-765. (paper)
Zuccala, A. (2012). Quality and influence in literary work: Evaluating the 'educated imagination'. Research Evaluation, 21(3), 229-241. (paper)
Nassiri, I., Masoudi-Nejad, A., Jalili, M., & Moeini, A. (2012). Nonparametric simulation of signal transduction networks with semi-synchronized update. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e39643. (paper)
Yan, E., & Ding, Y. (2012). Scholarly network similarities: How bibliographic coupling networks, citation networks, cocitation networks, topical networks, coauthorship networks, and coword networks relate to each other. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(7), 1313-1326. (paper)
Rafols, I., Leydesdorff, L., O'Hare, A., Nightingale, P., & Stirling, A. (2012). How journal rankings can suppress interdisciplinary research: A comparison between Innovation Studies and Business & Management. Research Policy, 41(7), 1262-1282. (paper, preprint)
Su, H.-N., & Lee, P.-C. (2012). Framing the structure of global open innovation research. Journal of Informetrics, 6(2), 202-216. (paper)
Leydesdorff, L., & Rafols, I. (2012). Interactive overlays: A new method for generating global journal maps from Web-of-Science data. Journal of Informetrics, 6(2), 318-332. (paper, preprint)
Su, H.-N. (2012). Visualization of global science and technology policy research structure. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(2), 242-255. (paper)
Yan, E., Ding, Y., & Jacob, E.K. (2012). Overlaying communities and topics: An analysis on publication networks. Scientometrics, 90(2), 499-513. (paper)
Linton, J. (2011). What does journal fit and focus look like: A visual representation. Technovation, 31(12), 613-614. (paper)
Leydesdorff, L., Hammarfelt, B., & Akdag Salah, A.A. (2011). The structure of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index: A mapping on the basis of aggregated citations among 1,157 journals. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(12), 2414-2426. (paper, preprint)
Waltman, L., Yan, E., & Van Eck, N.J. (2011). A recursive field-normalized bibliometric performance indicator: An application to the field of library and information science. Scientometrics, 89(1), 301-314. (paper, preprint)
Heersmink, R., Van den Hoven, J., Van Eck, N.J., & Van den Berg, J. (2011). Bibliometric mapping of computer and information ethics. Ethics and Information Technology, 13(3), 241-249. (paper, preprint)
Cobo, M.J., López-Herrera, A.G., Herrera-Viedma, E., & Herrera, F. (2011). Science mapping software tools: Review, analysis, and cooperative study among tools. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(7), 1382-1402. (paper)
Zuccala, A., & Van Eck, N.J. (2011). Poverty research in a development policy context. Development Policy Review, 29(3), 311-330. (paper, preprint)
Lee, P.-C., & Su, H.-N. (2011). Quantitative mapping of scientific research - The case of electrical conducting polymer nanocomposite. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 78(1), 132-151. (paper)
Waaijer, C.J.F., Van Bochove, C.A., & Van Eck, N.J. (2011). On the map: Nature and Science editorials. Scientometrics, 86(1), 99-112. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Lu, K., & Wolfram, D. (2010). Geographic characteristics of the growth of informetrics literature 1987-2008. Journal of Informetrics, 4(4), 591-601. (paper)
Tijssen, R.J.W. (2010). Discarding the 'basic science/applied science' dichotomy: A knowledge utilization triangle classification system of research journals. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 61(9), 1842-1852. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Su, H.-N., & Lee, P.-C. (2010). Mapping knowledge structure by keyword co-occurrence: a first look at journal papers in Technology Foresight. Scientometrics, 85(1), 65-79. (paper)
Waaijer, C.J.F., Van Bochove, C.A., & Van Eck, N.J. (2010). Journal Editorials give indication of driving science issues. Nature, 463(7278), 157. Correspondence. (paper, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Noyons, E.C.M., & Buter, R.K. (2010). Automatic term identification for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 82(3), 581-596. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., & Waltman, L. (2007). Bibliometric mapping of the computational intelligence field. International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems, 15(5), 625-645. (paper, preprint, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Van den Berg, J., & Kaymak, U. (2006). Visualizing the computational intelligence field. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 1(4), 6-10. (paper, supplementary material)
Van Eck, N.J., Waltman, L., Van den Berg, J., & Kaymak, U. (2006). Visualizing the WCCI 2006 knowledge domain. In Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (pp. 7862-7869). IEEE Press. (paper, supplementary material)

Presentations

The following presentations have been given about VOSviewer and the VOS mapping and clustering techniques:

September 14, 2011. Text mining and visualization using VOSviewer. Presentation at the 1st Global TechMining Conference in Atlanta, USA. (slides)
March 17, 2011 and September 23, 2010. Visualization of bibliometric networks using VOSviewer. Lecture at the CWTS Course 'Measuring Science' in Leiden, The Netherlands. (slides)
September 9, 2010. A unified approach to mapping and clustering of bibliometric networks. Presentation at the 11th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators in Leiden, The Netherlands. (slides)
October 8, 2009. VOSviewer: A computer program for bibliometric mapping. Presentation at the workshop Modelling Science: Understanding, Forecasting, and Communicating the Science System in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (slides)
July 17, 2009. VOSviewer: A computer program for bibliometric mapping. Presentation at the 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (slides)
September 18, 2008. An experimental comparison of bibliometric mapping techniques. Presentation at the 10th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators in Vienna, Austria. (slides)
June 26, 2007. Applying ideas from homogeneity analysis to visualize similarity data. Presentation at the conference Correspondence Analysis and Related Methods in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (slides)
June 10, 2006. A comparison of knowledge domain visualization approaches. Poster presentation at the conference 50 Years of Econometrics in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (poster)
June 10, 2006. VOS: A new method for visualizing similarities between objects. Poster presentation at the conference 50 Years of Econometrics in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (poster)
March 9, 2006. A new method for visualizing associations between concepts. Presentation at the 30th Annual Conference of the German Classification Society in Berlin, Germany. (slides)