Process for creating and displaying a publication historiograph

The invention is related to the field of information science. It is particularly pertinent to the creation of historical maps of scientific and scholarly publications and, through such maps, to illustrate histories of the development of the theories, ideas, hypotheses and discoveries that advance science and scholarly pursuits in the interest of mankind. An automated process adaptable to execution by computer for creating a comprehensive historiograph of bibliographic information for subjects, authors, journals and publications of several varieties. The process begins with seed information processed through a database of bibliographic information, which database can contain citation index data, full text publications, or other compilations of publication information. The process assembles a data store comprising publications citing and cited by other publications related to the seed information, then organizes that data store for dynamic display of the assembled historiograph information in various graphic forms either on screen or printed. The display includes hyperlinks to sorted tables of publication information that instantly display key elements of the historiograph to the user.