Historiograph

Chronological citation graph of the most locally-cited papers (HistCite-style).

Historiograph

The Historiograph widget.

Overview

Draws a historiograph — the key papers of a field arranged by year (x-axis) with arrows for direct citations among them, node size by local citation score (citations from within the corpus). It traces the historical lineage of ideas, à la HistCite / CiteNet Explorer.

Inputs

  • Data (Table) — data with references / OpenAlex referenced works.

Outputs

  • Node Data (Table) — the papers in the graph with their local citations.

  • Selected Documents (Table) — the selected node(s).

Controls

  • Min local citations — minimum within-corpus citations to include a paper.

  • Max documents — cap the graph size.

  • Node size — sizing metric (local citation score).

  • Labels — node label format.

  • Curved edges / Show labels — display options.

Actions: Build historiograph.