Gephi for local food system social network analysis
September 06, 2016

Gephi for local food system social network analysis

Catherine Brinkley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Gephi

I use Gephi in my research on social networks for the local food movement. Gephi allows me to write specific analysis programs and gather data on farm product movement through space in both distance and directionality while also analyzing the embeddedness of social networks.
  • Gephi enables me to create beautiful, publication-ready graphical images.
  • I can write programs to be incorporated in Gephi.
  • The open-source platform provides versatility and the GUI allows easy use.
  • I wish the geo layout function worked consistently, but I have learned to work around some of the quirks with the layout view.
Gephi is wonderfully suited for research and conducting follow-up social network analysis that GIS is too cumbersome for. It is less-well-suited for spatial statistical modeling, which is easier in programs like GeoDA, Stata, R, and GIS.

Gephi Feature Ratings

Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
Customizable dashboards
8
Report Formatting Templates
8
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
2
Report sharing and collaboration
Not Rated
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
2
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
9
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
3
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Responsive Design for Web Access
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Mobile Application
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