Scientometric Analysis of Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Gender Trends in 30 Years of IEEE VIS Publications

Thirty-Two Years of IEEE VIS: Authors, Fields of Study and Citations

“…Self-reflection was not only done by the organizing body but also by researchers in the community. Publication metadata [18], subject matter [43], figures and tables [6], author genders [34,30], publication exploration systems [35,42], and keywords [19] have been the foci of these endeavors. We now have a dataset containing past VIS papers DOIs [18], and a repository of all figures and tables in past publications [6].…”

“…We now have a dataset containing past VIS papers DOIs [18], and a repository of all figures and tables in past publications [6]. We now know that female participation in VIS has been rising [34,30], that geospatial analysis is an important subject matter in recent VIS papers [43], and how keywords in VIS publications evolved and interacted [19].…”

“…Perhaps the most fundamental question facing VIS: where does it stand in the landscape of science overall? As of 2022, VIS officially positioned itself within the field of Data Science [16], and most VIS papers were contributed by Computer Scientists [30]. However, the remaining questions include: What fields is VIS drawing upon (e.g., Which papers do VIS papers cite?…”

“…), and where can we see its influences (e.g., Which papers cite VIS papers?)? Apart from the position of VIS in science, we also know little about our authors beyond their genders [34,30]. In the introduction to VIS 2022 and 2021, the official conference website mentioned that "The conference will convene an international community of researchers and practitioners from universities, government, and industry to exchange recent findings ...".…”

“…In sum, the contributions of our study are as follows. First, we offer insights into the role VIS is playing in today's scientific landscape and also analyze VIS authors from different perspectives than previous studies [34,30]. In addition, our dataset complements those of [18] and [34,30], helping make more complete data for future scientometric analyses of VIS publications.…”