Visual Studio Code, commonly referred to as VS Code, is a free and open-source code editor developed by Microsoft. Its simplicity, coupled with powerful features such as built-in Git support, debugging, and a marketplace full of extensions, makes it an attractive choice for programmers and developers of all levels. Installing Visual Studio Code Before you can use VS Code, you need to install it. Follow these steps to get started: Go to the Visual Studio Code website at...

Did you know it is possible to explore research metrics using R studio's bibliometrix package? Let's test out this tool by performing our own bibliometric analysis. To start, I enter an all fields search for the term SARS-CoV-2 which produces +50k results. According to Clarivate Analytics, who operate the WOS database, "Hot papers are papers that receive citations soon after publication relative to other papers of the same field and age." Now, let's perform our initial analys

I installed open-source R and found it to be surprisingly fun. Typing code, running the scripts through a console, and watching the output illuminate the screen is surprisingly thrilling. Installing R and R Studio Before you can use R Studio, you need to install R itself. Below are the steps to install R: Go to the R project website at https://cran.r-project.org/. Choose the version that corresponds to your operating system (Windows, Mac, or Linux). Follow the installation in

Most data visualizations are static, and while one can visualize a fair number of variables, however it can still be limited. Since we are in 2023, we can take advantage of our access to computer graphics and reveal more about the data by adding motion. To achieve this I used the Plotly package to add a frame aesthetic to the well-known Gapminder dataset. It contains historical (1952-2007) data on various indicators, such as life expectancy and GDP, for countries worldwide. S