Afzal M. T., Latif A., Us Saeed A., Sturm P., Aslam S., Andrews K., Maurer H.
2009
Discovery and Visualization of Expertise in a Scientific Community
Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2009)
In numerous contexts and environments, it is necessary to identify
and assign (potential) experts to subject fields. In the context of
an academic journal for computer science (J.UCS), papers and
reviewers are classified using the ACM classification scheme.
This paper describes a system to identify and present potential
reviewers for each category from the entire body of paper’s
authors. The topical classification hierarchy is visualized as a
hyperbolic tree and currently assigned reviewers are listed for a
selected node (computer science category). In addition, a spiral
visualization is used to overlay a ranked list of further potential
reviewers (high-profile authors) around the currently selected
category. This new interface eases the task of journal editors in
finding and assigning reviewers. The system is also useful for
users who want to find research collaborators in specific research
areas.