Producing the RF to ID terms or DE terms crossmap.

• ID terms crossmap. On the TFGUI window, select Terms > XMAP RF to ID terms The crossmap will appear as a separate window.
• DE terms crossmap. On the TFGUI window, select Terms > XMAP RF to DE terms The crossmap will appear as a separate window.
• Adjust the size of the circles by using the annotate menu on the crossmap figure. Selecting *2 will double the size of the circles, selecting /2 will have the size of the circles.

Below shows two crossmaps, top map is an ID terms crossmap, below that is a DE terms crossmap. Both maps are from the mad_cow example. The list below describes the elements of the research front to these crossmaps as numbered in the figures below:

1. Plot area The plot shows a matrix of circles. Given research front (RF) at position i on the y axis, and term j on the x position. The circle at position (i,j) on the map is proportional to the number of papers in RF i that are associated with term j. Large concentrations of circles indicate a group of research fronts associated with a group of terms, although there is typically a lot of overlap of these associations.
2. Research front dendrogram The dendrogram and horizontal placement of research fronts is identical to the research fronts in the timeline.
3. Research front labels Same placement as the reserarch fronts in the timeline.
4. Term coocurrence dendrogram This is the dendrogram from term cooccurrence clustering. General groups of related terms can be discerned as separate subtrees of the dendrogram.
5. Term labels The terms are printed as they are given in the WOS file.
6. crosshairs Clicking in the plot area will cause a horizonal line and vertical line to appear. These crosshairs can be used to find the labels associated with specific circles of interest on the map.
7. annotate menu This menu contains annotation tools for resizing circles, adjusting plot margins for most readable labels, and for zooming to interesting parts of the crossmap.
8. webpage menu This control can be used to generate a webpage containing the crossmap.

ID terms crossmap below.

DE terms crossmap below.