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      Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping

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          We present VOSviewer, a freely available computer program that we have developed for constructing and viewing bibliometric maps. Unlike most computer programs that are used for bibliometric mapping, VOSviewer pays special attention to the graphical representation of bibliometric maps. The functionality of VOSviewer is especially useful for displaying large bibliometric maps in an easy-to-interpret way. The paper consists of three parts. In the first part, an overview of VOSviewer’s functionality for displaying bibliometric maps is provided. In the second part, the technical implementation of specific parts of the program is discussed. Finally, in the third part, VOSviewer’s ability to handle large maps is demonstrated by using the program to construct and display a co-citation map of 5,000 major scientific journals.

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                Contributors
                ecknjpvan@cwts.leidenuniv.nl
                waltmanlr@cwts.leidenuniv.nl
                Journal
                Scientometrics
                Scientometrics
                Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )
                0138-9130
                1588-2861
                31 December 2009
                31 December 2009
                August 2010
                : 84
                : 2
                : 523-538
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
                [2 ]Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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                146
                10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3
                2883932
                20585380
                22f6bfda-9478-44dd-9abc-73aef26b5e11
                © The Author(s) 2009
                History
                : 31 July 2009
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                © Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2010

                Computer science
                science mapping,vosviewer,journal co-citation analysis,bibliometric mapping,vos,visualization

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