Big changes to the Map of Science

Today, the Emerging Technology Observatory is launching a major update to our Map of Science. This tool offers policymakers and researchers an open, interactive way to pinpoint key trends, hotspots, and concepts in global science and technology. Previously, research clusters featured in the Map of Science were based on groups of articles that cited each other. In most cases, these groups included articles with shared topics, languages, or other connections, but in some cases a group might have..