Feasibility study of Scientific Information Visualization System of Agricultural Research, Education and Extention Organization

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor of Agricultural Center for Information Technology and Services. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO). Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is the feasibility study of illustrating the scientific information of the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization. Using the document study method, visual characteristics (mapping) of scientific information, effective fields (selection) in illustration of each of the scientific information systems and practical diagrams in illustration of scientific information of the organization were identified and approved in the form of a questionnaire using Delphi method. Specialists were placed. Findings show that one of the most important visual features (mapping) of scientific information approved by experts are the characteristics of user-friendliness and transmission of the most concepts with an average of 4.85, representation of information, regular organization of information and maximum efficiency of information with an average of 4.80, and better retrieval. Information and purposefulness and reasonableness with an average of 4.60. Not all information fields in the organization's systems need to be illustrated, and for each system, the scientific information in these fields is variable. However, some fields, especially titles and keywords in all systems are more important in information visualization. The most confirmed is the tree map diagram for all information fields of scientific systems. The results indicate that in the field of agriculture, information imagery can have many effects on information retrieval, and finally a proposed model for illustrating the scientific information of the organization was proposed.

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