A network of science: 150 years of Nature papers

Science is a network, each paper linking those that came before with those that followed. In an exclusive analysis, researchers have delved into Nature's part of that network. We explore their results, taking you on a tour of 150 years of interconnected, interdisciplinary research, as represented by Nature's publication record.

[nonemlinus]

That’s really great Nature. Perhaps sharing “your” papers publicly would benefit civilization more than the animation.

[doodelay]

Beautiful story and execution.
That said, remove the paywall now

[ksbyfdp]

Even After 150 years, the knowledge is not freely available. Make the papers free so that everyone can access it.

[iamdmc]

all well and good but it's also all behind a paywall
bad for science - and 20th century thinking
you need to change your business model to fit with open access

[lazerith]

I like the visualization of this. I’m a 3D animator so I was instantly drawn to the video by the visuals, but I feel like this can be used as a tool. Think about it, you can visualize wich papers are referenced most often, follow the chain and be able to form a better hypothesis of something quicker. Just by mapping certain lines of knowledge allows faster navigation.

[JackQuark]

It's like a small universe of knowledge, so inspiring.

[Rholfy]

happy 150 years Nature! the sciences are the most beautiful work of the human being.

[tayfunbaser]

I am a candidate phD, really this video so important motivation for me. I work on neuroscience and one day i hope publishing my paper in Nature.

[DrCK-mntb]

Wow... Visualization of Knowledge..Isaac Newton in 1675: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."

[sanchari.c]

This is why Science is Art for me. Science is beautiful. There is beauty underlying all scientific discoveries and hence in all these papers, and evidently, in the network interconnecting those papers. This is truly stunning. I imagine a live hologram in the their office where each time a paper gets published it gets integrated in this model. Every dot being equally significant in the larger scheme of things, which is metaphorical as well.

[profpaula]

Thank you for such a beautiful example of storytelling with data visualization, regarding one of the most beautiful stories that is the History of Science.

[yefeng]

What software is used to make this animation? I want to make a similar dynamic video of citation network.

[kadz]

I'm curious where in that are papers about antivax and flat earth.

[marmello]

Gorgeous data visualisation! The most stunning graph ever!

[Hussein_Nur]

Nature: Visualized by IBM research.
Me: Ofcourse!
Magnificent video. Did Nature justice.

[luizroberto]

This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. Congrats!

[hebakhaled]

Cried a little bit, this is beautiful ❤

[danielmcsween]

The song is shooting stars by Will cookson

[HemaSritaYarlagadda]

Hey which application/software did you use for the graph visualization

[biolution]

Great visualisation, kudos to Mauro Matino of IBM!