diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md index 32ea327..fc30f1b 100644 --- a/paper/paper.md +++ b/paper/paper.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ affiliations: # Summary -First introduced in 2012, the **rgexf** package for the R programming language was the first effort to make the Graph Exchange XML Format [@heymann2009gexf] specification available to the R world. With more than 500,000 downloads[^cranlogs], it is one of the most popular ways to incorporate GEXF files into the R programming language environment. +First introduced in 2012, the **rgexf** package for the R programming language was the first effort to make the Graph Exchange XML Format (GEXF) [@heymann2009gexf] specification available to the **R** world. With more than 500,000 downloads[^cranlogs], it is one of the most popular ways to incorporate GEXF files into the R programming language environment. [^cranlogs]: According to the [https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/) website, as of June 14, 2021. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Besides the **rgexf** package, other R packages provide functions that interact - **netCoin**: Interactive Analytic Networks [@netCoin] -Nevertheless, the **rgexf** package continues to be the de-facto tool to interact with GEXF files in R. +Nevertheless, the **rgexf** package continues to be the de-facto tool to interact with GEXF files in **R**. # Statement of Need @@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ This R package has been serving the scientific community for many years now. Sci # Features Beyond reading and writing GEXF files from within R, the **rgexf** R package has various other features that can help to create beautiful network visualizations, in particular: -Using gexf objects--the main class implemented in rgexf--users can create GEXF objects from scratch, adding and removing nodes and edges--including features--as needed. -Users of the **igraph** package can directly convert objects between `gexf` and `igraph` classes. -Thanks to the **gexf-js** javascript library, users can immediately visualize their network objects in the web browser. +- Using gexf objects--the main class implemented in rgexf--users can create GEXF objects from scratch, adding and removing nodes and edges--including features--as needed. + +- Users of the **igraph** package can directly convert objects between `gexf` and `igraph` classes. + +- Thanks to the **gexf-js** javascript library, users can immediately visualize their network objects in the web browser. Because of these and other reasons, the **rgexf** package has been featured in many scientific papers, stating the great utility that this R package has provided to the community. The **rgexf** package is available in the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) and the project repository at [https://github.com/gvegayon/rgexf](https://github.com/gvegayon/rgexf).