3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the statistics module is further configured to populate a statistics display region of the visual representation with a graphical representation of the trend indicating that the number of scientific papers assigned to the individual node in recent years is decreasing.
1. A system, comprising: a processor; and a taxonomy editor configured to execute on the processor to generate a visual representation of a taxonomy associated with a set of scientific papers, the taxonomy editor comprising: a properties module configured to identify one or more properties relating to an individual node of the taxonomy, the one or more properties reflecting a number of scientific papers assigned to the individual node in recent years; a statistics module configured to determine a trend relating to the number of scientific papers assigned to the individual node in recent years; and a suggestion module configured to utilize the one or more properties and the trend to, in at least one instance when the individual node is not a leaf node and the trend indicates that the number of scientific papers assigned to the individual node in recent years is decreasing, provide a suggested modification to a user to collapse at least two children leaf nodes of the individual node into the individual node and cause the individual node to become a leaf node of the taxonomy.