Source: https://blog.arxiv.org/2021/06/17/adding-interactive-citation-maps-to-arxiv
Adding interactive citation maps to arXiv
We’re pleased to announce a new arXivLabs collaboration with Litmaps. The new arXivLabs feature allows arXiv users to quickly generate a citation map of the top connected articles, and then explore the citation network using the Litmaps research platform.
A citation network is a visualization of the literature cited by a
research paper. The network shows how papers are related to each other
in terms of concepts, subject areas, and history — and they’re valuable
for analyzing the development
of research areas, making decisions on research directions, and
assessing the impacts of research, researchers, institutes, countries,
and individual papers.
Readers can now view a Litmap citation network for a specific paper, directly from the arXiv abstract page by clicking on the “Bibliographic Tools” tab at the bottom of an abstract page and activating “Litmaps.” Using this tool, arXiv readers can now easily jump from articles they are interested in and use Litmaps’ custom visualization and automated search tools to find other critical articles they may have missed.
An arXivLabs Collaboration
“We are excited to be able to offer arXiv readers new visual ways to explore scientific literature. Litmaps will enrich the arXiv reading experience and help readers find what they need,” said Eleonora Presani, executive director of arXiv.
This tool supports arXiv’s mission to provide an open platform where researchers can share and discover new, relevant, emerging science and establish their contribution to advancing research.
“We are arXiv users ourselves at Litmaps, so it’s great to be able to collaborate and integrate with arXiv, which is a key resource for the research community,” said Axton Pitt, cofounder of Litmaps. The company aims to make the process of literature discovery easy and fun, and welcomes feedback via Twitter, or email.
A version of this blog post appears here.
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