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Mapping
Scientific Frontiers: The
Quest for Knowledge Visualization Chaomei Chen Springer 256 pages hardcover REVIEWS Broad-ranging historical review, integrative,
inspirational, and visionary. Thoughtfully demonstrates the value of
appropriate visualizations in understanding patterns, exploring knowledge
sources, and discovering important trends in science. - Ben Shneiderman, Pictures are worth a thousand words but as Humpty Dumpy
said they mean what we choose them to mean. I forecast that Chen's systematic
review of the rich and ambiguous world of science mapping and visualization
will become a Citation Classic. - Gene Garfield, Institute for Scientific Information, ¾«¾ Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge
Visualization is an excellent book and
is highly recommended. The book convincingly outlines general theories
concerning cartography, visual communication, and science mapping –especially
how metaphors can make a big picture simple and useful. The author likewise
shows how the GSA framework is based not only on technical possibilities but
indeed also on the visualization principles presented in the beginning
chapters. Also, the author does a fine job of explaining why the mapping of
scientific frontiers needs a combined effort from a diverse range of
underlying disciplines, such as philosophy of science, sociology of science, scientometrics, domain analyses, information
visualization, knowledge discovery, and data mining. Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology - Jesper
W. Schneider, Royal ¾«¾ Visualization of scientific
frontiers is a relatively new field, yet it has a long history and many
predecessors. The application of science to science itself has been
undertaken for decades with notable early contributions by Derek Price,
Thomas Kuhn, Diana Crane, Eugene Garfield, and many others. What is new is
the field of information visualization and application of its techniques to
help us understand the process of science in the making. In his new book,
Chaomei Chen takes us on a journey through this history, touching on
predecessors, and then leading us firmly into the new world of Mapping
Scientific Frontiers. D-Lib Magazine, 9(9)(September 2003) [Full Review] - Kevin Boyack, Sandia
National Laboratories, ¾«¾ This excellent book, suggesting as it does new methods
for studying science and containing many illustrations in colour,
will be of great interest both to visualisation
students and to all those interested in studying the sociology of science. Journal of Documentation, 59(3)(2003), 364-369 - Tony Cawkell, Citech Ltd, ¾«¾ - Spoerri P. |