Everything about NetworkX

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: NetworkXA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: NetworkX-Temporal: Building, manipulating, and analyzing dynamic graph structuresInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Network Science with Python and NetworkX Quick Start GuideThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Visualizing chemical space networks with RDKit and NetworkXCited 102 times
5. Go sideways: CosegregationA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Graph drawingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Visualizing chemical space networks with RDKit and NetworkX

  Vincent F. Scalfani, Vishank D. Patel, Avery M. Fernandez · 2022 · Journal of Cheminformatics · 102 citations

• MeVer NetworkX: Network Analysis and Visualization for Tracing Disinformation

  Olga Papadopoulou , Themistoklis Makedas , Lazaros Apostolidis  · 2022 · Future Internet · 23 citations

• PocketFinderGNN: A manufacturing feature recognition software based on Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) using PyTorch Geometric and NetworkX

  Igor Betkier, Mateusz Oszczypała, Janusz Pobożniak · 2023 · SoftwareX · 18 citations

• The use of PLANS and NetworkX in modeling power grid system failures

  Piotr Hadaj, Dominik Strzałka, Marek Nowak · 2022 · Scientific Reports · 12 citations

• KNeXT: a NetworkX-based topologically relevant KEGG parser

  Everest Uriel Castaneda, Erich J. Baker · 2024 · Frontiers in Genetics · 7 citations

• A Network Science-Based Performance Improvement Model for the Airline Industry Using NetworkX

  Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Kollu, Shanmuk Srinivas Amiripalli, Mukkamala Siva Naga Ventaka Jitendra · 2021 · International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control · 6 citations

• A Contribution of Shortest Paths Algorithms to the NetworkX Python Library

  Miguel Cruz, Rui Carvalho, André Costa · 2025 · Applied Sciences · 5 citations

• The shortest-path and bee colony optimization algorithms for traffic control at single intersection with NetworkX application

  Aleksandar Jovanović, Ana Uzelac, Katarina Kukić · 2024 · Demonstratio Mathematica · 5 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• NetworkX-Temporal: Building, manipulating, and analyzing dynamic graph structures

  Nelson A.R.A. Passos, Emanuele Carlini, Salvatore Trani · 2025 · SoftwareX · 5 citations

• The Use of a Complex Network with NetworkX and Neplan Software for the Analysis of a Power Transmission System

  Arbër Perçuku, Daniela Minkovska, Nikolay Hinov · 2025 · Technologies · 1 citations

• Power grid failure simulations using PLANS and NetworkX combined with Monte Carlo algorithm

  Piotr Hadaj · 2023 · Advances in IT and Electrical Engineering · 0 citations

• Penerapan dan Analisis Metode Social Network Analysis untuk Menentukan Rekomendasi Diskon dengan Menggunakan Library NetworkX

  Ryan Agung Iskandar, Sri Winarso Martyas Edi · 2024 · Jurnal Indonesia : Manajemen Informatika dan Komunikasi · 0 citations

• Review of State-of-the-Art Tools for Network Analysis with NetworkX

  Edyta FRĄSZCZAK · 2026 · Communications of International Proceedings · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Network Science with Python and NetworkX Quick Start GuideEdward L. Platt · 2019
• 📕Handbook of Mathematical Models with PythonRanja Sarkar · 2023

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