NodeXL is a powerful and easy-to-use interactive network visualisation and analysis tool that leverages the widely available MS Excel application as the platform for representing generic graph data, performing advanced network analysis and visual exploration of networks. The tool supports multiple social network data providers that import graph data (nodes and edge lists) into the Excel spreadsheet.
The tool includes an Excel template for easy manipulation of graph data:
NodeXL includes a number of features, summarized in the NodeXL Chart:

Research Overview
The NodeXL team is conducting interdisciplinary research in the following areas:
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Network Analysis Toolkit Tools to support the study of the social network structure, social media and other network structures | |||
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Sample networks generated with NodeXL:
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Project contributers:
More information about the project can be found at http://www.codeplex.com/NodeXL.
Clustered Graph using Harel-Koren layout in NodeXL


Microsoft Research Collaborators
- Tony Capone
- Dan Fay
- Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues
- Natasa Milic-Frayling
External Collaborators
- Vladimir Barash
- Cody Dunne
- Eric Gleave
- Adam Perer
- Ben Shneiderman
- Marc Smith
Related Links
- NodeXL at Codeplex
- External Research
- Integrated Systems


