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Selected Publications


A literacy-based approach to learning visualization with R’s ggplot2 package

Chapter · 2022 This recipe describes the process for delivering a 2-hour workshop on visualization in R using ggplot2. The workshop is designed to promote literacy around ggplot2 and data visualization creation. Over the course of the workshop, participants learn about t ... Open Access Cite

Engaging Researchers in Data Dialogues: Designing Collaborative Programming to Promote Research Data Sharing

Journal Article Journal of eScience Librarianship · March 1, 2021 A range of regulatory pressures emanating from funding agencies and scholarly journals increasingly encourage researchers to engage in formal data sharing practices. As academic libraries continue to refine their role in supporting researchers in t ... Full text Open Access Cite

Network Visualization Literacy: Task, Context, and Layout

Thesis Dissertation · May 4, 2018 Information visualization as a practice is becoming increasingly global, being conducted by and distributed to increasingly diverse stakeholder groups. Visualizations are being viewed in casual contexts and for a variety of purposes. The use of network vis ... Link to item Cite

Challenges and Solutions for Short-Form Data Visualization Instruction

Conference http://vgl.cs.usfca.edu/pdvw/2016/abstracts.html · October 23, 2016 While data visualization is increasingly taught in semester-long courses and even in certificate and degree programs, there is also a growing market for short-form data visualization instruction. This paper outlines two major factors that influence the dev ... Link to item Cite

Mental Disorders Over Time: A Dictionary-Based Approach to the Analysis of Knowledge Domains

Conference https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/88873 · March 8, 2016 Every decade brings changes in the perceptions of normal in mental health, as well as in how abnormal is labeled, understood, and dealt with. Neurosis, hysteria, and homosexuality are just a few examples of such changes. The shifts in terminology and class ... Link to item Cite

Mapping the Impact of Transdisciplinary Research: A Visual Comparison of Investigator-Initiated and Team-Based Tobacco Use Research Publications

Journal Article Journal of Translational Medicine & Epidemiology · August 2, 2014 Science is increasingly being carried out in large cross-disciplinary research teams. However, currently little empirical research focused on understanding the outcomes and added-value associated with this type of research approach exists. This study utili ... Link to item Cite

Cognitive Processes and Traits Related to Graphic Comprehension

Chapter · 2013 The subject of how visualizations and graphics in general can be understood by their viewers draws on theories from many fields of research. Such theories might address the formal structure of the visualization, the style and graphic design skills of the c ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Mapping interactions within the evolving science of science and innovation policy community

Journal Article Scientometrics · May 1, 2012 The Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program was established at NSF in 2005 in response to a ... Full text Cite

Design and update of a classification system: the UCSD map of science.

Journal Article PloS one · January 2012 Global maps of science can be used as a reference system to chart career trajectories, the location of emerging research frontiers, or the expertise profiles of institutes or nations. This paper details data preparation, analysis, and layout performed when ... Full text Cite

MAPSustain: Visualising biomass and biofuel research

Conference http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/12775/ · March 10, 2011 This paper discusses the visual and interaction design of an online website that supports the interactive exploration of research on biomass and biofuel research. The dataset used covers 13,506 publication records from MEDLINE, the Department of Energy (DO ... Link to item Cite

Mapping interactions within the evolving science of science and innovation policy community

Conference Proceedings of ISSI 2011 - 13th Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics · January 1, 2011 The Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports research designed to advance the scientific basis of science and innovation policy. The program was established at NSF in 2005 in response to a ca ... Cite

Where Are the Academic Jobs? Interactive Exploration of Job Advertisements in Geospatial and Topical Space

Conference · April 1, 2010 This paper details a methodology for capturing, analyzing, and communicating one specific type of real time data: advertisements of currently available academic jobs. The work was inspired by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) [2] th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Rete-netzwerk-red: Analyzing and visualizing scholarly networks using the Network Workbench Tool

Journal Article Scientometrics · January 1, 2010 The enormous increase in digital scholarly data and computing power combined with recent advances in text mining, linguistics, network science, and scientometrics make it possible to scientifically study the structure and evolution of science on a large sc ... Full text Cite

Open data and open code for S&T assessment

Journal Article IEEE Intelligent Systems · July 1, 2009 The open data and open code that can be freely used for S&T assessment together with sample analyses has been discussed. The Scholarly Database (SDB) at Indiana University offers several advantages for S&T studies such as search queries for an author, inve ... Cite

Imprints of place: Creative expressions of the museum experience

Conference Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings · December 1, 2005 Personalization and social awareness, important aspects in the definition of a place, are traditionally overlooked in the design of technology for museums. We describe Imprints, a system to enhance the role of visitor participation beyond information recei ... Full text Cite