Unlock the Secrets: Become an Expert in Any Field with No Background Knowledge
[Scinapse Monday Series — “AI” Part 1.]
This is the first of the new Scinapse Monday Series starting from March.
Introducing various research features themed around Field, Authors, Papers, and Research Intelligence.
Without any need for embellishment, “AI” has reached a pace of development and commercialization that rivals any other field. It’s not only advancing rapidly from a technical standpoint but also making deep inroads into everyday life, while simultaneously offering endless research opportunities in the academic field.
This blog serves as a guide for those who are not well-versed in the field of research intelligence and want to understand more about the field and overall field trends.
How to find out more about the field of ‘Artificial Intelligence’?
Search for ‘artificial intelligence Scinapse’ on Google.
On Scinapse.io, you can find a brief summary of the research field, including the number of authors and publications, along with more detailed information available through WikiData links, as shown in the screenshot.
Moreover, what sets Scinapse Field apart is the ability to view the ‘Field Hierarchy.’ This allows you to see the hierarchy of fields grouped and ordered by coverage and concentration. At a glance, you can find the composition of the Parent Field, which is the higher-level category of the Current Field you are searching for, along with the Child Fields, which are the subfields below it.
If you click on each Hierarchy, you can navigate to the Field Hierarchy of the corresponding field.
“I found the Field Hierarchy very helpful because my understanding of the subfields was low as I wanted to understand more before starting my research.”
In user interviews, quite a few responses indicated that the Field Hierarchy was helpful when their understanding of the field was low, especially for entry-level researchers or when they needed to grasp adjacent fields and hierarchies related to their research topics.
What else does the Field Page offer?
If you scroll down, you can check research trends in the Trend tab, which shows Publication & Citation Count trends within the field. This information can help you grasp field growth and popularity over time., as well as general trends within the field.
In addition to the Trend tab, users can access detailed data on top researchers and the most influential papers in the field after purchasing the Pro version of Scinapse.
This includes a variety of sorting options such as recent publications, field h-index, field & citation publications, total citations, total h-index, and total publications, allowing users to find top papers in the field.
Follow this series for our next topic showing you how to find experts in a field.
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