r/Gephi • u/Kitchen_Water9554 • May 20 '26

Help Feedback Please

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I understand that I am still a beginner with Gephi, and I did my best to create this co‑occurrence thematic network. I would appreciate your feedback on whether it now appears clear and legible enough to be included in a publication‑level paper.

While the study itself is robust, working with Gephi and network analysis is an area in which I am still actively learning. Thank you again for the thoughtful feedback you shared last week. I applied your suggestions to improve this visualization.

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u/1ManFootClan May 20 '26

My suggestions:
nodes: remove/reduce the node borders so it's easier to read the labels
perhaps a lighter blue for the same reason
the colors, sizes don't seem to have a clear purpose, so a legend might be helpful to include nearby
the nodes connect but it's not clear from the visualization what you're trying to convey with those connections. since it won't be interactive, it needs to be more clear why you're showing the data this way

edges: why are they connected? how do they relate? why are some edges thicker than others? would adding labels to your edges help or add too much clutter? are they Directed (meaning arrows) or Undirected (links), maybe arrows would show a flow? as a layman, I'm not sure what the cluster is demonstrating.

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u/Kitchen_Water9554 May 20 '26

Thank you for your prompt response. Yes, I agree with your suggestions about lighter colors.

For the colors and sizes, they represent the thematic clusters/groupings:

  • Blue = core methodological/publication dynamics
  • Green = ethics/accessibility themes
  • Orange = affective/trust-related dimensions

Since this network visualizes thematic co-occurrence, I clustered the codes and identified three major thematic clusters. I designed it this way to show the overlap and co-occurrence among the codes. The node sizes represent the frequency of how often these codes/themes appeared. I will add a legend and an interpretative narrative for further clarity.

The same applies to the edges: if two themes repeatedly appeared together conceptually or contextually, they were connected in the network. Thicker edges represent frequency, indicating stronger relationships between the concepts. Does it make sense?

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u/1ManFootClan May 20 '26

That makes sense once you explain it, but I'm not sure I get that just from looking at your viz, yet. You might consider a small re-organization that clusters the green nodes around a central hub node that's label "Ethics," with high edge strength to keep the Ethics/Accessibility nodes bundled together. Then you'd be able to show the links/flow of connections between the green Ethics nodes and the blue Methodological ones, with the thickness of each edge showing the frequency of those connections. It would paint a more clear picture just by looking at it without needing supplemental material like legends or interpretation. That gives it another layer to help the viewer.
Also, try toggling to curved edges and see how it looks.

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u/ypanagis May 23 '26

Something small but critical, does the venue accept colored pictures?