Following in the footsteps of Alark Joshi’s ‘Seminal Information Visualization Papers‘ article, Enrico Bertini has published a nice list of 7 fondational Viz Papers.

Of course this doesn’t mean these are the only ones you should read if you want to dig into this matter. Some other papers are foundational as well. For sure a side effect of the maturation of this field is that some newer papers are more solid and deep and I had to refrain myself to not include them in the list. But this is a collection of classics. A list of papers you just cannot avoid to know unless you want to risk a bad impression at VisWeek (ok ok it’s a joke … but there’s a pinch of truth in it). A retrospective. Definitely a must read. Call me nostalgic.

He’s got the famous ‘How NOT to Lie with Visualization’ in there, and for each paper breaks down what’s in it, why it’s important, and what you can expect to learn.  He has PDF links as well, making it perfect for all us Evernote types.

via 7 Classic Foundational Vis Papers You Might not Want to Publicly Confess you Don’t Know — Fell in Love with Data.