Paper Maps: Improving the Readability of Scientific Papers via Concept Maps

Lorenzo Amabili, Nicole Sultanum

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The image shows the title of the work, and a paper map for this publication -- i.e. a visual representations for knowledge composed of nodes and links to summarize an academic paper. The paper map has 8 nodes, and the links compose the following stories. "This work" investigates the use of "visualization" and is about "Research communication". This work also suggests "design principles" for creating "paper maps", which include "concept maps" and can be used for "presenting, schematizing, summarizing" "scientific papers".
Abstract

Given the wealth of scientific publications, perusing papers is becoming a larger and more complex burden, especially for junior researchers. In this work, we suggest a visualization-based method to mitigate this problem via the use of paper maps, i.e., concept maps for the summarization of scientific papers. We provide design principles of paper maps and discuss design considerations based on exploratory design studies. We also conducted an initial evaluation for assessing the effectiveness of paper maps in summarizing scientific papers, suggesting that paper maps can improve the readability of scientific papers.