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"Towards a frontier of spatial scientometric studies" by SONG Gao with Martin Vesely as coordinator

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The research field of spatial scientometrics is dedicated to measuring and analyzing science with spatial components (e.g., location, place, mapping). It involves the study of spatial patterns, impacts and trends of scientific activities (e.g., co-publication, citation, academic mobility) based on bibliographic databases. Because of the dynamic nature of this field, researchers from interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary domains constantly contribute qualitative, quantitative and computational approaches and technologies into scientometric analysis. This article aims to giving a brief overview about this field by analyzing the publications in (spatial) scientometrics collected from the Scopus database and introduces recent frontier researches which integrate advanced spatial analysis and geovisualization with Semantic Web technologies.

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        cover image ACM SIGWEB Newsletter
        ACM SIGWEB Newsletter  Volume 2015, Issue Spring
        Spring 2015
        33 pages
        ISSN:1931-1745
        EISSN:1931-1435
        DOI:10.1145/2749279
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