Fitting the jigsaw of citation: Information visualization in domain analysis

Domain visualization is one of the new research fronts resulted from the proliferation of information visualization, aiming to reveal the essence of aknowledge domain. Information visualization plays an integral role in modeling and representing intellectual structures associated with scientific disciplines. In this article, the domainofcomputergraphicsisvisualizedbasedonauthor cocitation patterns derived from an 18-year span of the prestigious IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (1982–1999).Thisdomainvisualizationutilizesaseriesof visualizationandanimationtechniques,includingauthor cocitationmaps,citationtimelines,animationofahighdimensional specialty space, and institutional profiles. This approach not only augments traditional domain analysis and the understanding of scientific disciplines, but also produces apersistent and shared knowledge space for researchers to keep track the development of knowledge more effectively. The results of the domain visualizationarediscussedandtriangulatedinabroader context of the computer graphics field.