The work shown here, by Antonio Perianes-Rodriguez, focuses on a specific facet of scientific communication networks, namely scientific co-authorship networks, based on the premise that scientific communication is the essence of research, and research is only known as such when it has been analyzed and accepted by the scientific community, which gives it the status of a social activity. As the author explains: "Our objective is to create specialized network-based visualizations, including diagrams of nodes and links that can be used as interfaces to retrieve information. These interfaces provide data on the element matrices and on the values of their attributes in a clear, easily understood, explanatory and interactive way. They facilitate an understanding of the structural context represented, transmitting detailed information to the user about a variety of aspects relating to scientific collaboration and its evolution over time, such as administrative position, gender, speciality areas of research and the internal and external association patterns among authors."

The visualization developed go beyond mere graphic representation to become knowledge instruments able to reflect the evolution of collaboration analyzed over time based on their own protagonists, emphasizing the often-expressed idea of science as a social system in which scientists exchange ideas, experiences, questions and solutions. Even though this evolution is static and historic, the observation of its trends over time is an invaluable tool for predictions and forecasts, in much the same way as weather maps are.