Datasets:

DevLan
/

vispubs

license: cc-by-4.0
task_categories:
  - text-classification
  - feature-extraction
language:
  - en
tags:
  - visualization
  - academic-papers
  - IEEE-VIS
  - EuroVis
  - CHI
pretty_name: VisPubs
size_categories:
  - 1K<n<10K

VisPubs Dataset

A curated dataset of visualization research publications from IEEE VIS, EuroVis, and CHI conferences.

Website: vispubs.com Source: github.com/Dev-Lan/vispubs

Schema

Column	Type	Description
Conference	categorical	Conference venue (Vis, EuroVis, CHI)
Year	int	Publication year
Title	string	Paper title
DOI	string	Digital Object Identifier
Abstract	string	Paper abstract
AuthorNames-Deduped	list[string]	Author names (deduplicated)
Award	list[string]	Awards received (BP, HM, BCS, BA, TT)
Accessible	bool	Tagged for screen-reader accessibility
Early	bool	Early access publication
Resources	list[string]	Available resource types (P, V, C, PW, D, O)
ResourceLinks	list[struct]	Links for each resource: {name, url, icon}

Award Codes

BP — Best Paper
HM — Honorable Mention
BCS — Best Case Study
BA — Best Application
TT — Test of Time

Resource Codes

P — Paper (preprint)
V — Video
C — Code
PW — Project Website
D — Data
O — Other

Usage

pip install datasets

Load the most recent version:

from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("DevLan/vispubs")
print(ds["train"].to_pandas().head())

Load a specific tagged version:

from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("DevLan/vispubs", revision="v2026.0-alpha")
print(ds["train"].to_pandas().head())

Versioning

Versions follow v{year}.{minor} with optional prerelease suffixes:

alpha — Early testing, schema may change
beta — Near-stable, minor adjustments possible
No suffix — Stable release

Changelog

v2026.3-alpha (2026-02-25)

update readme, no change in data

v2026.2-alpha (2026-02-25)

update readme, no change in data

v2026.1-alpha (2026-02-25)

update readme, no change in data

v2026.0-alpha (2026-02-25)

update readme, no change in data

v2026.0-alpha (2026-02-25)

initial alpha upload