CybergeoNetworks, an interactive application for the geographical and semantic analysis of scientific publications

TL;DR

CybergeoNetworks is an open-source web tool that enables multi-dimensional exploration of scientific publications, including geographical, semantic, and citation analysis, to help researchers navigate complex scholarly landscapes.

Contribution

This paper introduces CybergeoNetworks, a novel interactive application for analyzing and visualizing geographical, semantic, and citation networks in scientific literature.

Findings

Facilitates navigation of scientific landscapes

Supports multi-disciplinary analysis

Promotes open science and reflexivity

Abstract

The increase in the number of publications has made more difficult for authors to situate their work within previous literature, especially on subjects studied from different disciplinary viewpoints. Besides, new data analysis techniques and new bibliometrics data sources provide an opportunity to map and navigate scientific landscapes. We introduce here an open-source and open-access web application designed for the multi-dimensional exploration of a journal content, including the mapping of geographical, semantic and citations networks. The application is profiled and implemented for the geography journal Cybergeo, a generalist geography journal which receives contributions from multiple sub-disciplines. We suggest that such initiatives are crucial to promote open science and reflexivity.