Download VOSviewer version 1.4.1

To run VOSviewer, version 6 of Java needs to be installed on your system. If you do not have version 6 of Java, you can download it here.

If you are using a Windows operating system, you can download and run VOSviewer version 1.4.1 by taking the following steps:

  1. Download this ZIP file.
  2. Unpack the downloaded ZIP file.
  3. Run the VOSviewer executable file.

If you are not using a Windows operating system, you need to take the following steps:

  1. Download this ZIP file.
  2. Unpack the downloaded ZIP file.
  3. Run the VOSviewer JAR file.

VOSviewer version 1.4.1 uses different file formats than some earlier versions of VOSviewer. If you need to work with the old file formats of VOSviewer, please download VOSviewer version 1.2.1.

Run VOSviewer directly

Instead of downloading VOSviewer, you can also run VOSviewer directly from this web page. This should work on any operating system, provided that version 6 of Java has been installed. To run VOSviewer directly from this web page, click the Launch button below. (You may get a security warning, but this warning can safely be ignored.)