Global maps of science based on the new Web-of-Science categories

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 94; no. 2; pp. 589 - 593
• Main Authors: Leydesdorff, Loet, Carley, Stephen, Rafols, Ismael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2013; Springer
• Subjects: Bibliometrics. Scientometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation; Categories; Citation indexes; Computer Science; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Science; Science; Sciences and techniques of general use; Subject fields; Visualization; Subject categories; Interdisciplinarity; Web of Science; Overlay; Map; Scientometrics; Periodical; Scientific research; Database; Interdisciplinary field
• ISSN: 0138-9130; 1588-2861
• DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0784-8

In August 2011, Thomson Reuters launched version 5 of the Science and Social Science Citation Index in the Web of Science (WoS). Among other things, the 222 ISI Subject Categories (SCs) for these two databases in version 4 of WoS were renamed and extended to 225 WoS Categories (WCs). A new set of 15...