Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University...

6
Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta 3 Amsterdam School of Comm. Res. (ASCoR), Univ. Amsterdam

Transcript of Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University...

Page 1: Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia.

Overlay Maps of Science

Ismael Rafols1,2, Alan Porter2 and Loet Leydesdorff3

2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton2 School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta

3 Amsterdam School of Comm. Res. (ASCoR), Univ. Amsterdam

Page 2: Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia.

Global Map of Science, 2006175 SCI Subject Categories

Leydesdorff and Rafols (2009)

Neurosciences

Agriculture

Biomed Sci

Chemistry

Physics

Engineering

Environ Sci

Matls Sci

Infectious Diseases

Clinical Med

Computer Sci.

Geosciences

Ecology

General Med

Page 3: Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia.

Global Map of Science, 2006175 SCI Subject Categories

Neurosciences

Agriculture

Biomed Sci

Chemistry

Physics

Engineering

Environ Sci

Matls Sci

Infectious Diseases

Clinical Med

Computer Sci.

Geosciences

Ecology

General Med

Page 4: Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia.

Rafols, Porter and Leydesdorff (2009)

Cognitive Sci.

Agri Sci

Biomed Sci

Chemistry

Physics

Engineering

Env Sci & Tech

Matls Sci

Infectious Diseases

Psychology

Social Studies

Clinical Med

Computer Sci.Business & MGT

Geosciences

Ecol Sci

Econ. Polit. & Geography

Health & Social Issues

Global Map of Science, 2007221 SCI-SSCI Subject Categories

Page 5: Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia.

Cognitive Sci.

Agri Sci

Biomed Sci

Chemistry

Physics

Engineering

Env Sci & Tech

Matls Sci

Infectious Diseases

Psychology

Social Studies

Clinical Med

Computer Sci.Business & MGT

GeosciencesEcol Sci

Econ. Polit. & Geography

Health & Social Issues

Global Map of Science, SCI-SSCI 2007

Page 6: Overlay Maps of Science Ismael Rafols 1,2, Alan Porter 2 and Loet Leydesdorff 3 2 SPRU, University of Sussex, Brighton 2 School of Public Policy, Georgia.

References

Maps• Leydesdorff, L. and Rafols, I. (2009) A Global Map of Science Based on the

ISI Subject Categories. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 60(2), 348-362.

• Rafols, I. and Leydesdorff, L. (2009). Content-based and Algorithmic Classifications of Journals: Perspectives on the Dynamics of Scientific Communication and Indexer Effects. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1002/asi.21086.

Overlay• Rafols, I., Porter, A. L. and Leydesdorff, L. (in preparation) Overlay science

maps: a new tool for research evaluation.

• Rafols, I. and Meyer, M. (2009) Diversity and Network Coherence as indicators of interdisciplinarity: case studies in bionanoscience. Scientometrics, DOI 10.1007/s11192-009-0041-y.