Software for social network analysis

Huisman, Mark and van Duijn, Marijtje A.J. (2011). A reader's guide to SNA software. In J. Scott and P.J. Carrington (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis (pp. 578-600). London: SAGE.

Website accompanying the chapter, listing software links and references.

General Software Packages Academic/Free Agna: Applied Graph and Network Analysis DyNet (SE and LS): Data-driven visualizations GUESS: The Graph Exploration System MultiNet: Exploratory analysis NetVis: Dynamic Visualization of Social Networks Network Workbench: Analysis, modeling, and visualization ORA: Dynamic network analysis Pajek: Program for large network analysis Sentinel Visualizer: Link analysis and visualization SocNetV: Social Networks Visualiser UCINET 6: Comprehensive social network analysis software visone: Analyis and visualization of social networks igraph (R, Python, C): Creating and manipulating graphs JUNG (Java): Java Universal Network/Graph framework libSNA (Python): Open-source library for social network analysis NetworkX (Python): Package for complex networks NodeXL (Excel): Viewing and analyzing network graphs SNA (R): Social Network Analysis tools Commercial/Non-free Blue Spider: Network analysis InFlow: Network mapping mdlogix solutions: VisuaLyzer, LinkAlyzer, EgoNet NetMiner 3: Exploratory analysis and visualization of network data SNAP (Gauss): Social Network Analysis Procedures yFiles (Java): Visualization of networks No longer updated (often DOS-based) GRADAP: Graph Definition and Analysis Package STRUCTURE: Structural analysis

Specialized Software Packages Academic/Free Blanche: Network dynamics CID-ABM: Competing Idea Diffusion Agent Based Model CFinder: Finding and visualizing dense groups C-IKNOW: Knowledge networks CiteSpace: Visualizing patterns and trends in scientific literature Commetrix: Dynamic network visualization and analysis E-Net: Ego-NETwork analysis EgoNet: Egocentric networks Financial Network Analyzer: Financial networks KeyPlayer: Identifying nodes KliqFinder: Cohesive subgroups Network Genie: Network surveys PGRAPH: Kinship networks PNet: Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) Puck: Kinship networks ReferralWeb: Referral chains SIENA: Statistical analysis SONIVIS: Analyzing and visualizing virtual information spaces StOCNET: Statistical Analysis UNISoN: Download messages VennMaker: Actor-centered interactive network mapping tool statnet suite (R): Statistical analysis tnet (R): Analysis of weighted and longitudinal networks UrlNet (Python): Web mining Commercial/Non-free MetaSight: Knowledge and e-mail networks Network Genie: Network surveys ONA surveys: Organizational Network Analysis survey tool MatMan (Excel): Structural analysis No longer updated (often DOS-based) FATCAT: Contextual analysis NEGOPY: Cohesive subgroups PermNet: Permutation tests Snowball: Hidden populations

Visualization Software Academic/Free aiSee: Graph visualization Apache Agora: Visualizing virtual communities Cytoscape: Visualizing molecular interaction networks Gephi: Visualization and exploration platform Graphviz: Graph visualization Jacob's Ladder: Multidimensional Data Animation, Visualization and Intonation KrackPlot: Social network visualization program Mage: 3D vector display program (showing kinemage graphics) NetDraw: Program associated with UCINET OGDF (successor of AGD): Open Graph Drawing Framework Otter: Tool for topology display SoNIA: Visualizing longitudinal network data Tulip: Visualization of large graphs uDraw(Graph) (successor of daVinci): Graph drawing Zoomgraph Visualizing zoomable data driven graphs Commercial/Non-free KeyHubs: Mapping informal networks TouchGraph: Information visualization

Other than Social Networks Academic/Free AutoMap: Network text analysis Ecosystem Network Analysis: Ecosystem trophic networks EveSim: Simulation of Evolutionary Environments WAND: Ecological network analysis

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Software References

• Handcock, M.S., Hunter, D.R., Butts, C.T., Goodreau, S.M., and Morris, M. (Eds.) (2008). Statistical Modeling of Social Networks with "statnet". Journal of Statistical Software, 24.
• Hanneman, R.A. and Riddle, M. (2005). Introduction to social network methods. Riverside, CA: University of California.
• Huisman, M. and van Duijn, M.A.J. (2005). Software for social network analysis. In P.J. Carrington, J. Scott, and S. Wasserman (Eds.) Models and methods in social network analysis (pp. 270-316). New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Kirschner, A. (2008). Overview of Common Social Network Analysis Software Platforms. San Fransisco: Monitor Group.
• Loscalzo, S. and Yu, L. (2008). Social network analysis: Tasks and tools. In H. Liu, J.J. Salerno, and M.J. Young (Eds.) Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction (pp. 151-159). New York: Springer.
• Xu, K., Tang, C., Ali, G., Li, C., Tang, R. and Zhu, J. (2010). A comparative study of six software packages for complex network research. Paper presented at the 2010 International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, Singapore.

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Software-Related Links

• CASOS: Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems
• INSNA: International Network for Social Network Analysis
• MelNet: Social network theory, method and analysis using exponential random graph models for social networks (university of Melbourne)
• NetWiki: collecting data and collaborating on research about complex networks and applications of network science.
• SNA Tools and formats diagram (Mark Round)
• SIENA homepage: Statistical analysis of network data
• Wikipedia: Social network analysis software

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