The workflow drew relevant approaches from these library papers:
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Reducing Snapshots to Points: A Visual Analytics Approach to Dynamic Network Exploration
Stef van den Elzen, Danny Holten, Jorik Blaas, and Jarke J. van Wijk, 2016.
Used for constructing and comparing temporal co-authorship-network snapshots, detecting stable states and transitions, and using projection-based exploration of network evolution. -
NodeTrix: A Hybrid Visualization of Social Networks
Nathalie Henry, Jean-Daniel Fekete, and Michael J. McGuffin, 2007.
Used for the proposed hybrid community-detail view: dense community membership and internal collaboration can be inspected as matrices, while inter-community ties and bridging authors remain visible as node-link connections. -
UTOPIAN: User-Driven Topic Modeling Based on Interactive Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
Jaegul Choo, Changhyun Lee, Chandan K. Reddy, and Haesun Park, 2013.
Used for the iterative topic-modelling component: analysts inspect topic coherence, refine topic definitions or parameters, and interpret topics as research foci for papers and communities. -
EventThread: Visual Summarization and Stage Analysis of Event Sequence Data
Shunan Guo, Ke Xu, Rongwen Zhao, David Gotz, Hongyuan Zha, and Nan Cao, 2018.
Used as inspiration for representing community evolution as temporal threads or lineages, particularly for visually identifying branching, convergence, splitting, merging, emergence, and disappearance. -
Cluster and Calendar Based Visualization of Time Series Data
Jarke J. van Wijk and Edward R. van Selow, 1999.
Used for the analyst-guided iterative refinement pattern: inspect clustering results, assess interpretability, adjust parameters, and repeat until the grouping is meaningful.
These sources informed the workflow structure and visual-analysis methods; the dynamic overlapping-community model, core/leader measures, and integration of collaboration structure with topical research foci were adapted specifically for the IEEE VIS scholarly-community task.