Extra:citation visualizations

Existing tools for visualizing and data-analytics of citation networks

• VOSviewer: Tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks. Offers text mining functionality that can be used to construct and visualize co-occurrence networks of important terms extracted from a body of scientific literature.

• CiteSpace: Java application for visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in scientific literature.
  • Official site.
  • Documentation.

• Relationships among scientific paradigms. Well-publicized "map of science", generated using bespoke software. (Was reprinted in Nature, Discovery Magazine, SEED, etc.)

General Visualization Tools (that could be used for citation networks)

• Python: General-purpose high-level programming language.
  • matplotlib for generalized plotting
  • [iPython network citation example]
  • NetworkX: Package for the creation, manipulation, and study of the structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networks.
  • Snap.py: Python interface to SNAP, providing high-performance node/network layout and visualization.
• D3.js: JavaScript libraries for visualization. Well-suited to interactive web-based analytic tools.
  • Gallery

Additional Information

• Potentially useful Google searches:
  • visualization of citation networks
  • visualization of citation networks (Image Search)
  • network of scientific collaboration (Image Search)
• Python data visualization: Comparing 7 tools
• Top 30 Social Network Analysis and Visualization Tools