Authors:
Kostiantyn Kucher
1
and
Andreas Kerren
2
;
1
Affiliations:
1
Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
;
2
Department of Computer Science and Media Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
Keyword(s):
Bibliographic Data, Bibliometric Analysis, Data Curation, Co-Authorship Networks, Library, Information Science, Publication Data Visualization, Scholarly Data Visualization, Information Visualization.
Abstract:
Bibliographic data and bibliometric analyses play an important role in the professional life of academic researchers, and the quality of the respective publication records is essential for establishing the big picture of the relationships between particular publications, their authors and affiliations, or further data facets associated with publications. In this paper, we report on the design and outcomes of an interactive visual data exploration project conducted within the scope of a university with the goal of gaining overview of the university publication data. The project has been carried out by information visualization researchers in collaboration with several groups of stakeholders, including the university library and administration staff. We describe the design considerations, the resulting interactive visual interface, and the feedback received from the stakeholders with respect to the tool functionality and the insights discovered in the bibliographic data.