VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets

Scoping review is an iterative knowledge synthesis methodology concerned with broad questions about the nature of a research subject. The increasingly large number of published documents in scholarly domains poses challenges in conducting scoping reviews. Despite attempts to address these challenges...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amir Haghighati, Amir Reza Haghverdi, Kamran Sedig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
Series:Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/9/5/37
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849711872535691264
author Amir Haghighati
Amir Reza Haghverdi
Kamran Sedig
author_facet Amir Haghighati
Amir Reza Haghverdi
Kamran Sedig
author_sort Amir Haghighati
collection DOAJ
description Scoping review is an iterative knowledge synthesis methodology concerned with broad questions about the nature of a research subject. The increasingly large number of published documents in scholarly domains poses challenges in conducting scoping reviews. Despite attempts to address these challenges, the specific step of sensemaking in the context of scoping reviews is seldom addressed. We address sensemaking of a curated document collection by developing a VIsual analytiCs sysTem for scOping RevIew of dOcUment Sets (VICTORIOUS). Using known methods within the machine learning community, we propose and develop six modules within VICTORIOUS: Map, Summary, Skim, SemJump, BiblioNetwork, and Compare. To demonstrate the utility of VICTORIOUS, we describe three usage scenarios. We conclude by a qualitative comparison of VICTORIOUS and other available systems. While existing systems leave their users with singular information items regarding a document set and gaining an aggregated assessment in a scoping review is often a challenge, VICTORIOUS shows promise for making sense of documents in a scoping review process.
format Article
id doaj-art-8e8be61ac2da46efa799015e23f7bbbc
institution DOAJ
issn 2414-4088
language English
publishDate 2025-04-01
publisher MDPI AG
record_format Article
series Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
spelling doaj-art-8e8be61ac2da46efa799015e23f7bbbc2025-08-20T03:14:29ZengMDPI AGMultimodal Technologies and Interaction2414-40882025-04-01953710.3390/mti9050037VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document SetsAmir Haghighati0Amir Reza Haghverdi1Kamran Sedig2Department of Computer Science, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaDepartment of Computer Science, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaDepartment of Computer Science, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaScoping review is an iterative knowledge synthesis methodology concerned with broad questions about the nature of a research subject. The increasingly large number of published documents in scholarly domains poses challenges in conducting scoping reviews. Despite attempts to address these challenges, the specific step of sensemaking in the context of scoping reviews is seldom addressed. We address sensemaking of a curated document collection by developing a VIsual analytiCs sysTem for scOping RevIew of dOcUment Sets (VICTORIOUS). Using known methods within the machine learning community, we propose and develop six modules within VICTORIOUS: Map, Summary, Skim, SemJump, BiblioNetwork, and Compare. To demonstrate the utility of VICTORIOUS, we describe three usage scenarios. We conclude by a qualitative comparison of VICTORIOUS and other available systems. While existing systems leave their users with singular information items regarding a document set and gaining an aggregated assessment in a scoping review is often a challenge, VICTORIOUS shows promise for making sense of documents in a scoping review process.https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/9/5/37visual analyticssensemakingscoping reviewK-Meansdocument management systems
spellingShingle Amir Haghighati
Amir Reza Haghverdi
Kamran Sedig
VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
visual analytics
sensemaking
scoping review
K-Means
document management systems
title VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets
title_full VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets
title_fullStr VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets
title_full_unstemmed VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets
title_short VICTORIOUS: A Visual Analytics System for Scoping Review of Document Sets
title_sort victorious a visual analytics system for scoping review of document sets
topic visual analytics
sensemaking
scoping review
K-Means
document management systems
url https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/9/5/37
work_keys_str_mv AT amirhaghighati victoriousavisualanalyticssystemforscopingreviewofdocumentsets
AT amirrezahaghverdi victoriousavisualanalyticssystemforscopingreviewofdocumentsets
AT kamransedig victoriousavisualanalyticssystemforscopingreviewofdocumentsets