VOSViewer is a tool for constructing and visualising bibliometric networks based on journals, researchers or individual publications. The text mining functionality allows you to visualise co-occurance of terms extracted from a body of literature and may be useful for developing concepts for a search strategy.
Availability: Download or web launch Data Source: File Import Tool Type: Visualisation Export Formats: .png (screenshot function) |
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Voyant Tools is a web-based text analysis tool with a variety of functions. Search results from databases can be uploaded to the tool to show word frequency, words in phrases and word trending.
Availability: Free online, download Data Source: User input Tool Type: Text analysis, visualisation, concordancing Features: Multiple panels and tools to explore the text Export Formats: Export or save URL only |
Write Words is phrase frequency counter that allows you to type or paste text into the search box to identify phrases. You are able to check for phrases with up to ten words. The results show the phrases that have been identified and the number of times they appear in the text.
Availability: Free online Data Source: User input Tool Type: Phrase identifier Features: Simple copy and paste of text Import Formats: Free text - type, copy and paste Export Formats: Results on screen Known Limitations: Unknown text limitation |