• 2006
• Domain Map
• Exhibit map

Dr. Kevin W. Boyack works in the Computation, Computers, and Mathematics Center at Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Richard Klavans works with SciTech Strategies, Inc. Both share an interest in the mapping of science as a platform for planning and evaluation on the national, corporate, and personal levels. Science can be thought of as containing themes and paradigms; themes are current areas of research, while paradigms comprise the dominant tool sets and existing knowledge that are used by current researchers. To generate this map, Boyack and Klavans used the VxOrd graph layout tool to recursively cluster the 820,000 most important papers referenced in 2003, resulting in 776 paradigms. The most dominant relationships between paradigms were also calculated and are shown as lines between paradigms. The map of scientific paradigms constitutes a reference system that can be used for multiple purposes. Countries, industries, companies, and individual researchers can all locate themselves within the map, either as a single point, or as a specific collection of paradigms. Science education and discovery can also be enhanced by linking to the map stories and facts that highlight content and relationships between scientific paradigms.