uRank: Visual analytics approach for search result exploration

uRank is a Web-based tool combining lightweight text analytics and visual methods for topic-wise exploration of document sets. It includes a view summarizing the content of the document set in meaningful terms, a dynamic document ranking view and a detailed view for further inspection of individual documents. Its major strength lies in how it supports users in reorganizing documents on-the-fly as their information interests change. We present a preliminary evaluation showing that uRank helps to reduce cognitive load compared to a traditional list-based representation.