Network Analysis

Packages in R 

• ggraph plots network graphs using the conventions and power of ggplot2. 
• igraph is a collection of network analysis tools with the emphasis on efficiency, portability, and ease of use. igraph is open source and free, and can be used in R, Python, and C++. 
• network manages relational data in R. Networks can be created with any combination of undirected/directed, valued/unvalued, dyadic/hyper, and single/multiple edges. 
• networkD3 creates D3 JavaScript network, tree, dendrogram, aand Sankey graphs. 
• tidygraph conceptualizes a network graph as two tidy data frames consisting of node and edge data. 

Online courses and tutorials

• Alex Brey, Temporal Network Analysis with R (2018)
• Ryan Deschamps, Correspondence Analysis for Historical Research with R (2017)
• Daniel McFarland, Solomon Messing, Michael Nowak, and Sean J. Westwood, Social Network Analysis Labs in R and SONIA (2010)
• Lynda.com, Social Network Analysis Using R 
• Katherine Ognyanova, Network Analysis and Visualization with R and igraph (2016)
• Jesse Sadler, Introduction to Network Analysis with R: Creating Static and Interactive Network Graphs (2017)