Everything about Visual analytics

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Visual analyticsA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Visual Analytics for Human-Centered Machine LearningInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Graphical Data Analysis with RThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: A visual analytics agendaCited 419 times
5. Go sideways: Visualization (graphics)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Daniel A. KeimA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• A visual analytics agenda

  J.J. Thomas, K.A. Cook · 2006 · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications · 419 citations

• Space, time and visual analytics

  Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Urska Demsar · 2010 · International Journal of Geographical Information Science · 353 citations

• Characterizing Guidance in Visual Analytics

  Davide Ceneda, Theresia Gschwandtner, Thorsten May · 2017 · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 219 citations

• Visual Analytics

  Pak Chung Wong, J. Thomas · 2004 · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications · 181 citations

• Progressive Visual Analytics: User-Driven Visual Exploration of In-Progress Analytics

  Charles D. Stolper, Adam Perer, David Gotz · 2014 · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 177 citations

• Visual analytics

  Daniel A. Keim, Florian Mansmann, Jim Thomas · 2010 · ACM SIGKDD Explorations Newsletter · 120 citations

• Visual Analytics: A Comprehensive Overview

  Wenqiang Cui · 2019 · IEEE Access · 118 citations

• Solving Problems with Visual Analytics

  Jörn Kohlhammer, Daniel Keim, Margit Pohl · 2011 · Procedia Computer Science · 112 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Visual Analytics for Human-Centered Machine Learning

  Natalia Andrienko, Gennady Andrienko, Linara Adilova · 2022 · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications · 40 citations

• Analyzing Health Data Breaches: A Visual Analytics Approach

  Wullianallur Raghupathi, Viju Raghupathi, Aditya Saharia · 2023 · AppliedMath · 30 citations

• Cyberattack Graph Modeling for Visual Analytics

  Matej Rabzelj, Ciril Bohak, Leon Štefanič Južnič · 2023 · IEEE Access · 23 citations

• Visual Cascade Analytics of Large-Scale Spatiotemporal Data

  Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Yuxuan Liang · 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 23 citations

• Towards Multi-Faceted Visual Process Analytics

  Stef van den Elzen, Mieke Jans, Niels Martin · 2025 · Information Systems · 16 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Graphical Data Analysis with RAntony Unwin · 2015
• Tableau your data!Daniel G. Murray · 2013
• An Illustrated Book of Bad ArgumentsAli Almossawi, Alejandro Giraldo · 2013
• Supercharge Power BIMatt Allington · 2018
• Data Analytics and Visualization in Quality Analysis Using TableauJaejin Hwang, Youngjin Yoon · 2021
• Collect, Combine, and Transform Data Using Power Query in Excel and Power BIGil Raviv · 2018
• Data VisualizationKieran Healy · 2018
• Visual Data Storytelling with TableauLindy Ryan · 2018

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