About PubViz
PubViz is a tool for interactive visualization of publication data. Usually, publications are presented in textual form with some sorting and searching capabilities. The aim of PubViz is to display structured publication data using a set of interactive visual representations working together. PubViz shows amounts of publications along a timeline, uses bar charts for different publication types, wordclouds to show co-authors as well as keywords, and finally a groupable list view. Allowing for interactive exploration with complex query funcionalities that are easily accessible are the main aims of this tool. PubViz provides powerful query functionality while using intuitive representations that are easy to grasp and add to a playful user experience.
Modules
Overview
As the name suggests the top part was designed to provide an overview of the publication database. It consits of three elements: (1) a chronological bar chart, which lists the amount of published works per year, (2) a horizontal bar chart, which shows the quantity of published works by type of publication in detail, and finally (3) a simple textual overview of the filtered results to the total number of publications. Each year and publication type can be clicked to filter the publications.
Wordcloud
There are two wordclouds: (1) the wordcloud on the left contains authors and co-authors and (2) the wordcloud on the right shows recorded keywords of all publications in the database. The size of the words depends on how many times an author respectively a keyword appears in the database. Words are bigger if they occur more often. Each name or keyword is interactive and can be clicked to filter the publications.
List
The list view shows all details of the publications in a textual list. Individual items in the list can be expanded when clicking on them to reveal further publication details such as page numbers, publishers, or the publication’s abstract. Furthermore, the PDFs of the publications are made available via a download icon on the right. Initially, the list of publications is shown according to the default order in the provided data source. If publications are filtered in the other views, the list only shows the results according to the user selection(s). The list can also be grouped and sorted by publication year and type.
