CiteSpace: Visualizing Patterns and Trends in Scientific Literature

Chaomei Chen

 

Date

Version

Status

WebStart

Download

 

02/10/2012

  3.1 R1 (64 bit)

Current

  Launch

CiteSpaceII_64.zip

01/02/2012

  3.0 R5

Current

 

CiteSpaceII.zip

09/28/2011

  3.0 R2

Archive

 

dist.zip

08/24/2011

  3.0 R1

Archive

 

dist.zip

07/27/2011

  2.2 R12

Archive

dist.zip

02/08/2011

  2.2 R11

Archive

Launch

 

05/30/2010

  2.2 R9

Archive

Launch

 

03/22/2010

  2.2 R8

Archive

Launch

 

02/12/2010

  2.2 R7

Archive

Launch

 

02/01/2010

  2.2 R6

Archive

Launch

 

01/05/2010

  2.2 R5

Archive

Launch

 

11/21/2009

  2.2 R4*

Archive

Launch

 

11/16/2009

  2.2 R3b

Archive

Launch

 

 

  

System Requirements

Version 3.1 R1 (64 bit) requires Java 7 (64 bit).

Other versions (32 bit) require Java Runtime 1.6 or higher on your computer. Click here to test if you have the right version of Java installed on your computer. If necessary, click here to download the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to your computer.

 

WebStar

Version 3.1 R1 (64 bit) is available in both Java Webstart and a manual download.

 

An expired version of 2.2. R11 can be launched if the clock on your computer is set back to 7/31/2011. Once CiteSpace is launched, you can reset the time back.

 

Download

Option 1:

Download the zip file and unpack it to the top level of your C drive. Double click on the launch.jnlp file to start CiteSpace.

Option 2:

Unpack the zip file anywhere you like on your computer and modify the codebase in launch.jnlp such that it matches to the absolute path of the launch.jnlp file.

 

Data

CiteSpace requires data files in the ISI Export Format. Three sample datasets are provided in the table below. CiteSpace provides some functions to convert data in other format.

1.     Terrorism (1995-2000)

2.     Social Networks (1996-2002)

3.     JAMIA

  

Users

Geographical Distributions of CiteSpace Users

 

Contact

If you have problems, comments, and/or suggestions related to CiteSpace, please feel free to email me, or post them to the CiteSpace wiki.

  


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