Visualizing a Network Dataset Using Gephi

This tutorial will teach you the basic features in Gephi that will allow you to visualize network data. This tutorial is part of a longer workshop, “An Introduction to Network Visualization and Analysis.” You can download the workshop materials (alternate workshop materials download) and watch the recording (1:44:18) to learn more about network theory and see video demonstrations of working with Gephi.

For this tutorial, we are going to use Gephi to visualize a Romeo and Juliet network dataset. This dataset describes the strongest relationship between major characters in the play. We will learn how to import data into the tool, explore various icons and tools in the graph window, adjust the appearance of nodes and edges, use layout algorithms, add labels, and export final visualizations in various formats.

This tutorial was created using Gephi version 0.10.1.

Technique: Data Visualization | Tools: Gephi