theorywatch

When I think of citations in terms of information visualization, I generally think of Dr. Chaomei Chen’s work at Drexel, not things like this PubMed mashup, but I have to admit it’s a very clever and fun take on the “human side of science.” (Though they’ve apparently missed the opportunity to put a “face” to what Eugene Garfield calls “citation classics”: the most heavily-cited articles). What next, citations as avatars in “CitationLife”? (Oh, that’s actually an interesting idea…. maybe call it WorldThree as a tribute to Karl Popper?)

Found this link to new beta Precydent via the New York Times. Now, here’s a cool dissertation topic for someone!