Everything about Louvain method

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Louvain methodA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: A Knowledge Discovery Method for Landslide Monitoring Based on K-Core Decomposition and the Louvain AlgorithmInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Aristote et les problèmes de méthodeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: A Simple Acceleration Method for the Louvain AlgorithmCited 32 times
5. Go sideways: Leiden algorithmA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Community structureA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• A Simple Acceleration Method for the Louvain Algorithm

  the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan., Naoto Ozaki, Hiroshi Tezuka · 2016 · International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering · 32 citations

• Isolate sets partition benefits community detection of parallel Louvain method

  Hang Qie, Shijie Li, Yong Dou · 2022 · Scientific Reports · 19 citations

• A variance-aware multiobjective Louvain-like method for community detection in multiplex networks

  Sara Venturini, Andrea Cristofari, Francesco Rinaldi · 2022 · Journal of Complex Networks · 8 citations

• Discovering transition patterns among OpenStreetMap feature classes based on the Louvain method

  Yijiang Zhao, Wentao Yang, Yizhi Liu · 2021 · Transactions in GIS · 5 citations

• Study on Discovery Method of Cooperative Research Team Based on Improved Louvain Algorithm

  Dianting Liu, Kangzheng Huang, Chenguang Zhang · 2021 · Scientific Programming · 2 citations

• A modified method on improving power grid resilience based on the Louvain algorithm

  Li Ji, Hao Xie · 2025 · Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks · 2 citations

• Isolate Sets Based Parallel Louvain Method for Community Detection

  Hang Qie, Yong Dou, Zhen Huang · 2023 · Journal of Computer Science and Technology · 1 citations

• Community Structure Analysis using Fast Louvain Method in Real World Networks

  SC & SS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India., Laxmi Chaudhary*, Buddha Singh · 2019 · International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) · 1 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• A Knowledge Discovery Method for Landslide Monitoring Based on K-Core Decomposition and the Louvain Algorithm

  Ping Wang, Xingdong Deng, Yang Liu · 2022 · ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information · 10 citations

• An Anomaly Detection Method for Multiple Time Series Based on Similarity Measurement and Louvain Algorithm

  Shuya Li, Wenbin Song, Chao Zhao · 2022 · Procedia Computer Science · 6 citations

• A Graphical Approach for Botnet Detection in IoT Edge Environments Using a Lightweight Dynamic Louvain Method

  H. G. Mohan, Jalesh Kumar · 2025 · Internet Technology Letters · 5 citations

• A Probabilistic Linguistic Large-Group Emergency Decision-Making Method Based on the Louvain Algorithm and Group Pressure Model

  Zhiying Wang, Hanjie Liu, Ruohan Ma · 2025 · Mathematics · 3 citations

• Community Detection in Scientific Collaboration Networks using the Louvain Method

  Ghina Briliana Fatin Octariana, Heri Wijayanto, I Gede Darmawan Adi Pratama Putra · 2025 · Edumatic: Jurnal Pendidikan Informatika · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Aristote et les problèmes de méthodeSymposium Aristotelicum (1960 Louvain, Belgium) · 1961
• Questions disputées d'Ancien TestamentJournées bibliques de Louvain (23rd 1972) · 1989
• 📕Questions disputées d'Ancien TestamentJournées bibliques de Louvain (23rd 1972) · 1974
• 📕Methods of separation of subcellular structural componentsChristian De Duve, James Kerr Grant · 1963
• Le Livre de La Mithode Du Midecin de 'Alib. Ridwan (998-1067). Texte Iditi, Traduit Et Commenti. T. I: Introduction - Thirapeutique. (Publications de L'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain)'Ali, ʻAlī ibn Riḍwān · 1979
• 📕La peinture dans les pays-bas au 16e siècleColloque pour l'étude du dessin sous-jacent et de la technologie de la peinture (12th 1997 Louvain, Belgium) · 1999
• 📕NumismatiqueHubert Frère · 1982
• 📕Louvain UniversityBelgium · 1904

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