[AI Summary]: VOSviewer is a software tool developed by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks. The tool can create networks of journals, researchers, or publications based on citation, bibliographic coupling, co-citation, or co-authorship relations. It also offers text mining functionality to construct and visualize co-occurrence networks of important terms extracted from scientific literature. VOSviewer supports data from multiple sources including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Europe PMC, Dimensions, and Lens. The latest version (1.6.20) includes improved API features and a web-based version called VOSviewer Online for sharing interactive visualizations.
- Developer: Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University
- Platform: Desktop (Windows, Mac, Linux) and Web (VOSviewer Online)
- License: Free software
- Type: Bibliometric analysis and visualization tool