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SocNetV 1.2 Released with New GUI and Features

SocNetV version 1.2 has been released! This update brings a major GUI overhaul, new prominence measures, advanced visualization layouts, and numerous bug fixes.


Highlights

Redesigned Conceptualization of Prominence

SocNetV now distinguishes between Centrality indices and Prestige indices, following frameworks by Wasserman & Faust and Knoke & Burt:

  • Centrality Indices (for undirected graphs or outLinks in digraphs):

    • Degree Centrality (DC)
    • Closeness Centrality (CC)
    • Influence Range Closeness Centrality (IRCC)
    • Betweeness Centrality (BC)
    • Stress Centrality (SC)
    • Eccentricity Centrality (EC)
    • Power Centrality (PC)
    • Information Centrality (IC)
  • Prestige Indices (for directed graphs, focusing on inLinks):

    • Degree Prestige (DP)
    • Proximity Prestige (PP)