Citation networks have long been known as useful tools of representation and data analysis in scientometric research.  A team of scholars coming from biology and physics have now set out to build a suite of citation mapping and recommendation services for everyday use.

Read the article in the Chronicle of Higher Education:

Citation by Citation, New Maps Chart Hot Research and Scholarship’s Hidden Terrain

On a related note: check out VOSviewer, one existing software for analysis & visualization of bibliometric networks. As of last week, the new version 1.4 is out, offering bug fixes and better support for Pajek files.