The Role of Visualization in the Shaping and Exploration of the Individual Information Space: Part 1

Veslava Osinska; Malgorzata Kowalska; Zbigniew Osinski

doi:10.5771/0943-7444-2018-7-547

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  - 547–558 The Role of Visualization in the Shaping and Exploration of the Individual Information Space: Part 1 Veslava Osinska, Malgorzata Kowalska, Zbigniew Osinski Veslava Osinska, Malgorzata Kowalska, Zbigniew Osinski 547–558
  - 559–573 Revision of the National Classification System through Cooperative Efforts: A Case of Korean Decimal Classification 6th Edition (KDC 6) Dong-Geun Oh Dong-Geun Oh 559–573
  - 574–585 Folksonomy Indexing From the Assignment of Free Tags to Setup Subject: A Search Analysis into the Domain of Legal History José-Antonio Moreiro-González, Carmen Bolaños-Mejías José-Antonio Moreiro-González, Carmen Bolaños-Mejías 574–585
- 586–639 Reviews of Concepts in Knowledge Organization 586–639
  - 586–608 Ideal Language Steven Laporte Steven Laporte 586–608
  - 609–639 Indexing: Concepts and Theory Birger Hjørland Birger Hjørland 609–639
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The Role of Visualization in the Shaping and Exploration of the Individual Information Space: Part 1

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Veslava Osinska Malgorzata Kowalska Zbigniew Osinski

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2018-7-547
- ISSN: 0943-7444
- ISSN online: 2942-3309
Abstract

Studies on the state and structure of digital knowledge concerning science generally relate to macro and meso scales. Supported by visualizations, these studies can deliver knowledge about emerging scientific fields or collaboration between countries, scientific centers, or groups of researchers. Analyses of individual activities or single scientific career paths are rarely presented and discussed. The authors decided to fill this gap and developed a web application for visualizing the scientific output of particular researchers. This free software based on bibliographic data from local databases, provides six layouts for analysis. Researchers can see the dynamic characteristics of their own writing activity, the time and place of publication, and the thematic scope of research problems. They can also identify cooperation networks, and consequently, study the dependencies and regularities in their own scientific activity. The current article presents the results of a study of the application’s usability and functionality as well as attempts to define different user groups. A survey about the interface was sent to select researchers employed at Nicolaus Copernicus University. The results were used to answer the question as to whether such a specialized visualization tool can significantly augment the individual information space of the contemporary researcher.
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