awesome-network-analysis

A curated list of awesome network analysis resources.
https://github.com/eric-erki/awesome-network-analysis

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Review Articles
- Bibliographic, Citation and Semantic Networks
- Biological, Ecological and Disease Networks
  - Social Networks and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: the AIDS Example
  - Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Networks: A Novel Paradigm of Drug Discovery. A Comprehensive Review - Also includes an impressive list of network analysis software (_Pharmacology & Therapeutics_, 2013).
  - Interactome Networks and Human Disease
  - Network Biology: Understanding the Cell’s Functional Organization - Accessible introduction to (cellular) network analysis (_Nature Reviews Genetics_, 2004).
  - Network Medicine: A Network-based Approach to Human Disease
  - Biological Networks
  - Network Analysis: An Integrative Approach to the Structure of Psychopathology
  - Social Networks and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: the AIDS Example
  - Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Networks: A Novel Paradigm of Drug Discovery. A Comprehensive Review - Also includes an impressive list of network analysis software (_Pharmacology & Therapeutics_, 2013).
  - Biological Networks
- Complex and Multilayer Networks
  - Complex Systems and Networks
  - Multilayer Networks in a Nutshell
  - The Structure and Function of Complex Networks
  - The Architecture of Complexity - From network theory to complexity theory (_IEEE Control Systems Magazine_, 2007).
  - Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks
  - Multilayer Networks in a Nutshell
- Ethics of Network Analysis
- Network Modeling
  - Introduction to Stochastic Actor-Based Models for Network Dynamics
  - Positional Analysis and Blockmodeling - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/chapters/Positional_Analysis_and_Blockmodeling.pdf); -->_Computational Complexity_, 2012).
  - Social Network Evolution and Actor Oriented Models
  - A Unified View of Generative Models for Networks: Models, Methods, Opportunities, and Challenges - day-workshops/15w5080/videos/watch/201504200944-Jacobs.html); [NIPS 2014 workshop](https://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/Schedule?type=Workshop) on “[Networks: From Graphs to Rich Data](https://410f84824e101297359cc81c78f45c7c079eb26c.googledrive.com/host/0Bz6WHrWac3FrWnA5MjZqb3lWa2c/)”).
  - Basic Models and Questions in Statistical Network Analysis
  - A Survey of Statistical Network Models - Book-length review ([preprint](http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5410); _Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning_, 2010).
  - Introduction to Stochastic Actor-Based Models for Network Dynamics
  - Statistical Models for Social Networks
- Network Visualization
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - by Eszter Hargittai - rseau---biblio-gnrale.pdf) and [by Pierre Mercklé](http://socio.ens-lyon.fr/merckle/merckle_communications_2008_cargese_reseaux_nuls_biblio.pdf).
  - A propos de la notion de rôle dans l’analyse des relations sociales
  - Network Analysis in the Social Sciences
  - Networks and Trade
  - Networks in Social Psychology, Beginning with Kurt Lewin - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/new_papers_4-13/Networks_in_Socia_Psychology_Lewin.docx); -->_[Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining](https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781461461692)_, 2014).
  - Social Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
  - Social Networks and Crime: Pitfalls and Promises for Advancing the Field
  - _The Small World_
  - Positions and Roles - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/new_papers_4-13/positions_and_roles.pdf); -->_[The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis](http://www.sagepub.in/books/Book232753/)_, 2011).
  - by Eszter Hargittai - rseau---biblio-gnrale.pdf) and [by Pierre Mercklé](http://socio.ens-lyon.fr/merckle/merckle_communications_2008_cargese_reseaux_nuls_biblio.pdf).
  - Mixed-Method Approaches to Social Network Analysis
  - The Social and the Sexual: Networks in Contemporary Demographic Research
  - Network Analysis for International Relations
  - Brokerage
  - Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks
  - Network Analysis and Political Science
  - Networks and Trade
  - Social Networks and Crime: Pitfalls and Promises for Advancing the Field
  - Networks in the Understanding of Economic Behaviors
Selected Papers
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - Aux sources des grands réseaux d’interactions. Retour sur quelques propriétés déterminantes des réseaux sociaux issus de corpus documentaires - Reviews the current state of relational sociology and network analysis in light of the large-scale and online data (_Réseaux_, 2008).
  - Birds of a Feather, Or Friend of a Friend? Using Exponential Random Graph Models to Investigate Adolescent Social Networks - Accessible introduction to the logic and application of exponential random graph modeling (_Demography_, 2001).
  - Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks - Classic example of topological network analysis applied to a network of affective and sexual ties (_American Journal of Sociology_, 2004).
  - The Convergence of Social and Technological Networks - Discusses small-world effects and social contagion within the context of the Internet and social media (_Communications of the ACM_, 2008).
  - Deux traditions d’analyse des reseaux sociaux
  - Homophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies - Makes a very important point for the analysis of network diffusion and influence (_Sociological Methods and Research_, 2011).
  - La notion de réseau complexe : du réseau comme abstraction et outil à la masse de données des réseaux sociaux en ligne - Accessible introduction to the study of complex networks (_Communication & Organisation_, 2013).
  - Network Theory, Plot Analysis - Example applications of (fictional) network analysis in literary studies (_New Left Review_, 2011).
  - Node Centrality in Weighted Networks: Generalizing Degree and Shortest Paths - Explores the generalization of network centrality and distance measures to (positively) valued graphs (_Social Networks_, 2010; [companion website](https://toreopsahl.com/tnet/)).
  - Social Networks and Causal Inference - Reviews the different ways in which network analysis can produce meaningful causal statements, as well as the inherent limits of network analysis for doing so (_[Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research](http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-6094-3)_, 2013).
  - Revisiting the Foundations of Network Analysis - On choosing the right network representation to frame a research problem.
  - Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434 - Classic analysis of power relations in the Renaissance Florentine state (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1993).
  - The Strength of Weak Ties - Arch-classic example of applying network analysis to a social issue: jobseeking (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1973).
  - Topics in Social Network Analysis and Network Science - Pekka Onnela - 50-page introduction to network analysis, with just the right amount of detail on all aspects of it (_The Handbook of Health Services Research_, forthcoming 2017).
  - Coauthorship and Citation Patterns in the _Physical Review_ - Highly typical study of scientific publishing productivity and collaboration through temporal network analysis ([preprint](http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0473); _Physical Review E_, 2013).
  - Network Analysis, Culture, and the Problem of Agency - 3-of-bourdieu), by Mustafa Emirbayer (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1997) - Sociological foundations for a science of social ties.
  - Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434 - Classic analysis of power relations in the Renaissance Florentine state (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1993).
  - Aux sources des grands réseaux d’interactions. Retour sur quelques propriétés déterminantes des réseaux sociaux issus de corpus documentaires - Reviews the current state of relational sociology and network analysis in light of the large-scale and online data (_Réseaux_, 2008).
  - Scale-Free Networks - László Barabási and Eric Bonabeau - Early, accessible formulation of the “networks are everywhere” argument (_Scientific American_, 2003).
  - Node Centrality in Weighted Networks: Generalizing Degree and Shortest Paths - Explores the generalization of network centrality and distance measures to (positively) valued graphs (_Social Networks_, 2010; [companion website](https://toreopsahl.com/tnet/)).
  - Network Analysis, Culture, and the Problem of Agency - 3-of-bourdieu), by Mustafa Emirbayer (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1997) - Sociological foundations for a science of social ties.
  - Birds of a Feather, Or Friend of a Friend? Using Exponential Random Graph Models to Investigate Adolescent Social Networks - Accessible introduction to the logic and application of exponential random graph modeling (_Demography_, 2001).
  - Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks - Classic example of topological network analysis applied to a network of affective and sexual ties (_American Journal of Sociology_, 2004).
  - Deux traditions d’analyse des reseaux sociaux
  - Homophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies - Makes a very important point for the analysis of network diffusion and influence (_Sociological Methods and Research_, 2011).
  - The Performativity of Networks - Network analysis meets science studies: social networks, like financial markets, are highly subject to performativity, i.e. the possibility that reality might be altered by its theoretical inquiry (_European Journal of Sociology_, 2015).
  - The Ties that Divide: A Network Analysis of the International Monetary System, 1890–1910 - 0297.2009.02219.x/abstract) (_The Economic Journal_, 2009), both by Marc Flandreau and Clemens Jobst - Network analysis of the foreign exchange system in the late 19th century ([data](http://eh.net/database/international-currencies-1890-1910/)).
Software
- Algorithms
  - Awesome Algorithms
  - ForceAtlas2 - Force-directed layout included in Gephi ([paper](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098679)).
  - OSLOM2 - Order Statistics Local Optimization Method - Clustering algorithm.
  - algo.graph - Basic graph theory algorithms written in Clojure.
  - Linkcomm - Link Communities in Complex Networks - Community detection algorithms, available in C++, Python [and R](https://cran.r-project.org/package=linkcomm).
  - OSLOM2 - Order Statistics Local Optimization Method - Clustering algorithm.
  - weighted-modularity-LPAwbPLUS - Julia, MATLAB and R implementations of two algorithms to find weighted modularity in bipartite networks.
  - CONGA and CONGO - Algorithms to detect overlapping communities in networks, written in Java.
  - MixNet - Erdös-Rényi Mixture Model for Networks - Community detection method, available in C++ and R.
  - vbmod: Variational Bayesian Inference for Network Modularity - MATLAB and Python implementations of a [Bayesian community detection algorithm](http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3512).
- C / C++
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - OpenOrd: Large-scale Graph Layout (formerly DrL) - C++ algorithm, also available as a [Gephi plugin](https://gephi.org/plugins/#/plugin/openord-layout).
  - Stanford Network Analysis Project - C++ general purpose network analysis and graph mining library. Available as a Python library and in Microsoft Excel via NodeXL.
  - Walktrap - C++ program that implements the [WalkTrap community detection algorithm](http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512106).
  - Awesome C - cpp) lists.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - OGDF - Open Graph Drawing Framework - Self-contained C++ class library for diagram, network and tree layouts.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - OGDF - Open Graph Drawing Framework - Self-contained C++ class library for diagram, network and tree layouts.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - MapEquation - C++ code for the Infomap method of multilevel community detection.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - BGL - Boost Graph Library - C++ library that provides a generic interface to access graph structures.
  - MapEquation - C++ code for the Infomap method of multilevel community detection.
  - networks.tb - C program designed for analyzing socio-semantic networks. Runs on Linux and Mac OS X.
- Java
  - Mixer - Prototype showing how to use [Apache Fluo](https://fluo.apache.org/) to continuously merge multiple large graphs into a single derived one.
  - GraphStream - Java library for the modeling and analysis of dynamic graphs.
- JavaScript
  - Awesome JavaScript
  - d3.js - JavaScript visualization library that can plot [force-directed graphs](http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4062045).
  - GENSI - JavaScript graphical tool to collect ego-centered network data ([paper](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873316300284)).
  - Graphology - Specification and reference implementation for a robust and multipurpose JavaScript `Graph` object.
  - viz.js - Use Graphviz in Web pages.
  - d3-force: Force-directed graph layout
  - d3-vector: Define connections between nodes as directional vectors
  - GENSI - JavaScript graphical tool to collect ego-centered network data ([paper](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873316300284)).
  - greuler - Visualization library to build and manipulate graphs through a simple API. Powered by d3.js and [WebCola](http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/).
  - jLouvain - Louvain community detection for Javascript ([example](http://bl.ocks.org/emeeks/125db75c9b55ddcbdeb5)).
  - VivaGraphJS - Graph drawing library ([ForceAtlas2 plugin](https://github.com/graphcommons/viva.forceatlas2)).
  - GoJS - Visualization library to draw diagrams and several types of network layouts.
  - Popoto.js - Library based on d3.js that provides a graph based search interface.
- Julia
  - Creating Network Diagrams in Plotly from Julia
  - JuliaGraphs - Suite of Julia packages for network analysis.
  - BayesNets.jl - Package to work with Bayesian networks.
  - Smile.jl - Julia wrapper for the [Smile C++ library](http://www.bayesfusion.com/smile-engine), which covers Bayesian networks and influence diagrams.
  - EcologicalNetwork.jl - Package to compute measures of ecological network structures.

Programming Languages

R 6 Python 6 JavaScript 5 HTML 1 Julia 1 Java 1 Clojure 1 Mathematica 1

Categories

Software 243 Varia 153 Professional Groups 135 Review Articles 127 Books 90 Journals 73 Datasets 40 Selected Papers 27 Courses 21 Conferences 19 License 2

Sub Categories

Topic-specific 185 Social, Economic and Political Networks 122 Research Groups (USA) 88 Bibliographic, Citation and Semantic Networks 58 Blog Series 58 Tutorials 48 R 43 Research Groups (Other) 39 C / C++ 36 Julia 20 Python 20 Method-specific 19 Archeological and Historical Networks 18 General Overviews 15 Two-Mode Networks 14 Fictional Networks 14 Software-specific 13 JavaScript 13 Network Science 13 Syntaxes 11 Small Worlds 10 Algorithms 10 Biological, Ecological and Disease Networks 10 Network Modeling 8 Graph Theory 8 Dissemination 7 MATLAB 7 Complex and Multilayer Networks 6 Ethics of Network Analysis 4 Classics 4 Network Visualization 4 Stata 3 Java 2

Keywords

network-analysis 6 network-visualization 3 igraph 3 visualization 3 network-graph 3 graph 3 data-science 3 awesome 3 awesome-list 2 list 2 r 2 graph-theory 2 graph-algorithms 2 python 2 deepwalk 2 networkx 2 webgl 2 node2vec 2 machine-learning 1 graph-kernels 1 matrix-factorization 1 network-clustering 1 network-science 1 social-network 1 graph-kernel 1 unsupervised-learning 1 graph-embedding 1 attention-mechanism 1 graph-convolutional-networks 1 classification-algorithm 1 deep-graph-kernels 1 graph-attention-model 1 graph-attention-networks 1 collections 1 python-frameworks 1 python-libraries 1 python-tools 1 data-analysis 1 rstats 1 dot 1 emscripten 1 graphviz 1 javascript 1 graph-functions 1 property-graph 1 bigclam 1 clustering 1 community-detection 1 deep-learning 1 dimensionality-reduction 1