SCImago Graphicaa new tool for exploring and visually communicating data

  1. Hassan-Montero, Yusef 1
  2. De-Moya-Anegón, Félix 2
  3. Guerrero-Bote, Vicente P. 3
  1. 1 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

  2. 2 SCImago Research Group
  3. 3 Universidad de Extremadura
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    Universidad de Extremadura

    Badajoz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0174shg90

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Journal:
El profesional de la información

ISSN: 1386-6710,  1699-2407

Year of publication: 2022

Issue Title: Digital audio communication

Volume: 31

Issue: 5

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3145/EPI.2022.SEP.02 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

A pesar del creciente número de sistemas de creación de visualización de datos en los últimos años, sigue siendo un desafío combinar en un mismo sistema un alto poder expresivo y facilidad de uso. En este artículo presentamos SCImago Graphica, una aplicación no-code (el usuario no necesita programar) que permite la creación de visualizaciones complejas mediante interacciones simples de arrastrar y soltar. Los usuarios vinculan las variables de datos a los diferentes canales de codificación y definen las opciones específicas de cada vinculación, y el software genera la visualización gráfica interactiva a partir de esa información. Gracias a su eficiencia de uso, SCImago Graphica no solo es adecuada para la comunicación visual de datos, sino también para el análisis exploratorio de datos. Evaluamos la expresividad y facilidad de uso de SCImago Graphica a través de varios ejemplos de construcción de gráficos y un catálogo de visualizaciones. Los resultados muestran que SCImago Graphica permite crear una amplia variedad de visualizaciones de datos de forma rápida y sencilla.

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