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This page will list publications that illustrate our basic research, outcomes of collaborations, or work that we supported. For a start, here are two recent contributions exemplifying our expertise in method development and application.

Ulrik Brandes & Bobo Nick (2011) Asymmetric Relations in Longitudinal Social Networks IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 17(12):2283-2290

Abstract. In modeling and analysis of longitudinal social networks, visual exploration is used in particular to complement and inform other methods. The most common graphical representations for this purpose appear to be animations and small multiples of intermediate states, depending on the type of media available. We present an alternative approach based on matrix representation of gestaltlines (a combination of Tufte's sparklines with glyphs based on gestalt theory). As a result, we obtain static, compact, yet data-rich diagrams that support specifically the exploration of evolving dyadic relations and persistent group structure, although at the expense of cross-sectional network views and indirect linkages.

Ulrik Brandes & Christian Pich (2011) Explorative Visualization of Citation Patterns in Social Network Research Journal of Social Structure 12(8)

Abstract. We propose a visual representation of bibliographic data based on shared references. Our method employs a distance metric that is derived from bibliographic coupling and then subjected to fast approximate multidimensional scaling. Its utility is demonstrated by an explorative analysis of social network publications that, most notably, depicts the genesis of an area now commonly referred to as network science. However, the example also illustrates some common pitfalls in bibliometric analysis.

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