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The Use of Diagrams in Science

An Examination of Trends in Articles Published in Science between 1880 and 2010

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Scientists use inscriptions, such as tables, graphs, and illustrations to provide readers with a visual representation of data. A sample of articles from the journal, Science was collected and a random selection of eight articles was drawn from each decade from inception to the present decade (2008 - 2010). Overall, we found different trends in the use of graphs, tables, and non-graph illustrations.

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  1. Psychology Department, University of New Brunswick, Box 5050, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada

    Lillian P. Fanjoy, A. Luke MacNeill & Lisa A. Best

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 6050 University Avenue, B3H 1W4, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Philip Cox

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Private bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

    Beryl Plimmer

  3. School of Computing, Unviersity of Kent, CT2 7NF, Canterbury, UK

    Peter Rodgers

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Fanjoy, L.P., MacNeill, A.L., Best, L.A. (2012). The Use of Diagrams in Science . In: Cox, P., Plimmer, B., Rodgers, P. (eds) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Diagrams 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7352. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31223-6_33

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