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Data Visualization with VOSviewer

What is VOSviewer?

VOSviewer is a software tool which can be used to conduct bibliometric analyses and create visualizations from selected databases, RIS files, and APIs. It was developed by Nees Jan van Eck and Ludo Waltman at Leiden University's Centre for Science and Technology Studies. It is also included as an analytical feature in the Dimensions database.

VOS is an acronym for Visualization of Similarities. 

VOSviewer tutorials