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SoniMet - A tool for sonifying and visualizing the performance of single researchers — arXiv:2608.30274

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@misc{dc66e1bedc19ca,
  title = {SoniMet - A tool for sonifying and visualizing the performance of single researchers — arXiv:2608.30274},
  howpublished = {arXiv (en)},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.30274},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_66e1bedc19ca; sha256 8d85f528a5e662ae0e7510d849ca7fc4d40110c4c7e4979d06f50892320b8268},
  year = {2026}
}

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For centuries, the scientific community has predominantly relied on visual tools to communicate empirical results and complex datasets. While visual representations dominate bibliometric analyses, the human auditory system possesses sensitive capacities for processing complex temporal information, distinguishing intricate patterns, and tracking parallel data streams. Data sonification translates data relations into acoustic signals, offering an alternative method for data exploration, pattern recognition, and scientific communication. This paper applies this concept to the field of bibliometrics through metrics sonification-the auditory translation of bibliometric information-and introduces SoniMet (Sonifying Metrics), a web-based tool designed to visualize and sonify the publication and citation data of individual scientists (see this https URL ). SoniMet connects to the OpenAlex database to retrieve bibliometric records and displays them on an interactive chronological timeline. The tool employs direct parameter mapping to translate citation impact indicators into non-speech sound: field-weighted citation impact and citation counts determine the pitch and volume of a synthesized note and are mapped to the acoustic echo strength. Although SoniMet expands the methodological toolkit for research evaluation, current limitations include its restriction to individual scholar profiles and the challenge of integrating transient audio files into traditional, text-based scientific publishing workflows. Future empirical user studies are necessary to systematically evaluate the analytical utility and cognitive benefits of metrics sonification compared to established visual methods.

Tema degli esploratori: ricerca e scienza aperta (retro-catalogo arXiv: annunci del 2026-09-01 in cs.DL).
Categorie arXiv: Digital Libraries (cs.DL) ; Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph).
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