After you have imported an answer set, you can create multiple charts and a Research Landscape from document data.  These charts let you explore relationships or perform comparative analyses of the document data.

Creating visual charts from data in your documents

1. Click the Visualize (   ) button in the lower right corner of the screen. 
2. Select an option for the clustering fields to be used for the Research Landscape.  The default choice is Title/Abstract.
   
   
   
   
3.  Click Start.
   

Viewing charts in the visualization workspace

STN AnaVist offers views of the data from a variety of angles and interactively links the various views.  STN AnaVist automatically displays:

• Research Landscape (cluster/contour map) - the research fronts represented in your results set
• Key Organizations/Assignees chart - the top organizations doing the research 
• Key Researchers by Publication Year Trends - the key scientists doing the research and the years in which the work was done

You can use the Add Chart drop-down menu located on the toolbar to easily create additional bar or matrix charts, including:

Exploring relationships among data

STN AnaVist's visualization workspace lets you easily see relationships by highlighting data during your analysis.

Use the Highlight Color Selector (  ) located on the toolbar to select areas of interest within charts or the Research Landscape.  The corresponding docments become highlighted throughout all of the charts, and the Documents window populates with the titles of those documents.

The following sections illustrate the interactivity of the charts, Research Landscape, and Documents window.

Key Organizations/Assignees

In the Key Organizations/Assignees chart, highlight a company of interest by clicking on its bar.  The bar becomes highlighted in the currently active highlighting color (green in this example), which is shown on the Highlight Color Selector (  ).

Researchers by Publication Year Trends

In the Researchers by Publication Year Trends chart, the cells for the documents by researchers from the highlighted company also automatically become highlighted.

The Research Landscape

Areas in which the selected company has published are likewise highlighted on the Research Landscape.  Each dot on the Research Landscape represents one document.  The denser the peak, the more heavily the concept has been researched.

Documents window

Articles and patents associated with the selected company display in the Documents window.  Notice that green highlighting is applied to the boxes to the left of the titles.

To view a detailed record, click on a title (display fees apply).

Additional information

For more information, refer to the following topics available in the STN AnaVist Help:

• Visualize Document Information
• Visualize with Standard Clustering Options
• Use Bar Charts
• Use Matrix Charts
• Navigate Charts

Now, see how to comparative analyses or edit terms within charts.