Map of Science

Documentation

ETO's Map of Science collects and organizes the world’s research literature, revealing key trends, hotspots, and concepts in global science and technology.

Map of Science includes hundreds of millions of scholarly publications from around the world, organized into over 91,000 research clusters. Filter clusters by scientific discipline, emerging tech subject, predicted growth or other characteristics to pinpoint research trends and hotspots. The Map runs on bibliometric data from our merged academic corpus.

ETO is a project of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University. Map of Science is maintained by CSET’s data team.

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Last updated on 2026-10-15.

Quick guide

In the default map view, hovering over on a cluster will show basic information about the cluster in the right sidebar. Use the controls in the left-hand sidebar to filter visible clusters according to different variables. To view more information about a cluster, click on it to open its detail view.

Switch to list view to view the clusters in the Map in a table. You can add and remove columns, or click on individual rows to access the detail view. Summary view displays summary information for all clusters meeting the current set of filters.