Open Knowledge Maps

What is Open Knowledge Maps?

Open Knowledge Maps is a charitable, open-source platform designed to revolutionize how scientific knowledge is discovered and accessed. It uses an AI-driven pipeline to cluster and visualize the most relevant research documents based on user queries, providing instant topical overviews that highlight key areas and related literature. By integrating large academic databases like PubMed and BASE, it supports multidisciplinary exploration and emphasizes open access content. The platform aims to foster an open, collaborative research environment by enabling users to explore, share, and build upon scientific knowledge efficiently.

Key Features

• AI-Based Knowledge Mapping

  Automatically generates visual maps clustering the top 100 relevant research documents by topic similarity using natural language processing and machine learning.

• Multidisciplinary and Multilingual Support

  Supports research across all scientific disciplines and multiple languages, increasing visibility of non-English and diverse academic content.

• Open Access Highlighting

  Emphasizes open access documents within the maps, allowing users to directly access freely available full texts when possible.

• Integration with Major Academic Databases

  Connects with large-scale data sources like PubMed and BASE, covering over 300 million documents including articles, datasets, and multimedia.

• Community-Driven and Open Source

  Developed collaboratively with its user community under an open license, encouraging transparency, participation, and continuous improvement.

• Custom Embedding and API Access

  Offers services to embed knowledge maps into institutional repositories and discovery systems, enhancing the visibility of specific collections.

Use Cases

• Exploratory Research : Researchers and students can quickly gain an overview of unfamiliar topics and identify key research areas and terminology.
• Literature Review : Facilitates efficient identification of relevant papers by clustering similar documents and separating pertinent from irrelevant content.
• Open Science Advocacy : Supports discovery of open access research, promoting equitable access to scientific knowledge worldwide.
• Academic Libraries and Institutions : Enables libraries and research organizations to integrate visual search tools into their catalogs and repositories for enhanced user experience.
• Science Communication and Education : Helps educators, journalists, and practitioners visualize research landscapes to communicate complex scientific topics clearly.

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