RefViz: Explore Research Literature...visually!

Data visualization and analysis software from the makers of EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager

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RefViz is an essential tool designed to help researchers evaluate references easily, plan future projects and publish their work.

• RefViz provides users with a powerful way to explore reference literature visually. It analyses large numbers of references by thematic content and presents an at-a-glance overview of the main topics discussed in the reference set.
• RefViz allows researchers to cast a wider net when searching the literature, broaden their understanding of a field, and easily focus on areas of interest.
• RefViz creates overviews of literature search results from popular databases such as ISI Web of Science, OCLC and PubMed; or bibliographic management software - EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager.
• Used together with EndNote, ProCite or Reference Manager, RefViz provides an additional level of analysis to existing reference collections and lets users find the most relevant citations for their papers.

How does it work?
RefViz processes each dataset with an unbiased review of all terms found in the title and abstract/notes fields. It essentially groups the literature the same way you would stack papers. Two visualisations are provided to review the literature: the galaxy and the matrix.

The Galaxy view RefViz analyses large numbers of references by thematic content and presents an at-a-glance overview of the main topics discussed in the reference set. The Galaxy view organises references into groups according to how they are related conceptually. The Galaxy view at the right shows the results of searching for a term throughout the dataset.

The Matrix view RefViz highlights associations between terms by presenting a review of which subjects tend to be discussed together in the literature (terms vs. terms), or an overview of the major concepts discussed across groups (terms vs. groups). Red cells at the intersection of the columns and rows indicate the corresponding terms are often discussed together in the reference set. Blue cells indicate few references contain both terms. White cells indicate no significant association in either direction.

New! Reference Retriever™ Search multiple online sources simultaneously and eliminate duplicates automatically. Select from the following online sources:Reference Retriever Web of Science PubMed OVID-MEDLINE, ERIC OCLC-MEDLINE, ERIC, PsycINFO Library of Congress Purdue University Or configure additional online sources easily.

Publish your results faster

• Create overviews of literature search results from popular databases such as ISI Web of Science, OCLC, and PubMed, or bibliographic management software?EndNote?, ProCite? and Reference Manager?.
• Used together with EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager, RefViz provides an additional level of analysis to existing reference collections and lets users find the most relevant citations for their papers.

See What's New in Version 2!

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