iAtlas is developed by Prof. Sotaro Shibayama (Lund University, Sweden) and his colleagues based on their investigation in the field of Science of Science. iAtlas draws on latest technologies in natural language processing and bibliometrics.
“Our society relies on knowledge workers' ability to conceive and develop new ideas. But, handling ‘ideas’ is tricky, and numerous valuable ideas are wasted. Being a researcher myself, I have been frustrated with forgetting ideas and losing track of ideas. So, I wanted to have a good tool, but nothing in the market satisfied me, so I decided to make one by myself.”