Geospatial and Semantic Mapping Platform for Massive COVID-19 Scientific Publication Search
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2021
Abstract
Thousands of results of scientific publications on the topic of COVID-19 have emerged within a short time, raising significant challenges for scholars to organize the research, or even synthesize the knowledge in a timely or comprehensive manner. To facilitate this, we have developed a geospatial and semantic mapping platform to search and organize these large and unmapped digital collections. The semantic map visualizes research topics based on customized natural language processing algorithms, which helps users to identify their content of specific interest beyond keyword searches in web search engines. The resultant geospatial map extracts all the location names mentioned in the publications, illustrating where COVID-19 studies have been conducted and where neglected study areas might exist. The system has been deployed as a web service for public access.
Identifier
85104423423 (Scopus)
Publication Title
Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41651-021-00073-y
e-ISSN
25098829
Issue
1
Volume
5
Grant
1739491
Fund Ref
National Science Foundation
Recommended Citation
Ye, Xinyue; Du, Jiaxin; Gong, Xi; Na, Saiyang; Li, Weimin; and Kudva, Sonali, "Geospatial and Semantic Mapping Platform for Massive COVID-19 Scientific Publication Search" (2021). Faculty Publications. 4083.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/4083