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NetMiner
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NetMiner is an all-in-one software platform for analyzing and visualizing complex network data, based on Social Network Analysis (SNA). Originally released in 2001, it supports research and education in a wide range of domains through interactive and visual data exploration. This tool allows researchers to explore their network data visually and interactively, and helps them to detect underlying patterns and structures of the network.[1] It has also been recognized for its comprehensive features and user-friendly interface in comparative reviews of SNA software packages.[2]

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Features

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Integrated Data Environment

NetMiner supports unified management of diverse data types—including network (nodes and links), tabular, and unstructured text data—within a single platform. This enables users to perform the entire analysis workflow seamlessly without switching between tools. NetMiner also supports a wide range of analytical methods, allowing users to derive new insights by combining multiple approaches. Analytical results can be saved and reused across workflows(Add to Dataset)

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Network visualization in dark mode
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Word Co-Occurrence Network

AI Assistant

NetMiner integrates with external large language models such as OpenAI GPT and Google Gemini to interpret complex analysis results in natural language, summarize key findings, and suggest next steps for exploration.

Workflow and Usability

Designed to follow the structure of real-world data analysis workflows, NetMiner adopts a hierarchical data organization (Project → Workspace → Dataset → Data Item). Its web-based user interface improves clarity and reduces complexity.

NetMiner 5 supports Windows 10 or higher. macOS support is currently under development. Both commercial and non-commercial academic licenses are available.[3]

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Extension

NetMiner Extension is small program to extend the functionality of NetMiner. In other words, it enables you to customize NetMiner according to your needs. By adding ‘NetMiner Extension’, you can expand your research.

Web Data Collection

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NetMiner allows users to collect data from services such as YouTube, OpenAlex, Springer, and KCI via Open APIs. Collected data is automatically preprocessed and transformed to fit NetMiner’s internal structure, requiring no additional coding or external tools.

  • SNS Data Collector: It collects social media data from YouTube, which has a large number of social media users worldwide.
  • Biblio Data Collector: It collects the bibliographic data from Springer, OpenAlex, and KCI essential for research trend analysis.
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File formats

NetMiner data file format

  • .NMF

Importable/exportable formats

※ NetMiner 4 only
  • NetMiner 2 data: .NTF
  • UCINet data: .DL, .DAT
  • Pajek data: .NET, .VEC, .CLU, .PER
  • StOCNET data file: .DAT
  • Graph Modelling Language data: .GML(importing only)
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Data structure

Hierarchy of NetMiner data structure

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Hierarchical structure of NetMiner data

NetMiner 5 supports not only graph data composed of nodes and links, but also tabular and unstructured data without fixed schema or identifiers. This enables users to easily import a wide variety of raw and unstructured data suitable for machine learning applications. Within a single workspace, users can manage node sets, link sets, and structured/unstructured data simultaneously. Multiple graph layers under a node set can be organized in a tree structure, allowing for intuitive understanding of the data currently being analyzed.

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Release history

The first version of NetMiner was released on Dec 21, 2001. There have been five major updates from 2001.

NetMiner 5

Released on June 9, 2025. NetMiner 5 retains the core features and no-code concept of NetMiner 4, but has evolved by integrating cutting-edge AI technologies.

  • AI Assistant, Personal Analytics Tutor
  • Support for Graph, Structured, and Unstructured Data
  • Graph Analytics / Social Network Analysis
  • Machine Learning(M/L)
  • Graph Machine Learning(GML): Graph Neural Network
  • Text Mining: Natural Language Processing(NLP), Text Network, Topic Modeling
  • Data Visualization

NetMiner 4 (2011)

Latest version is 4.5.1.

Introduced Python scripting, encrypted NMF format, semantic analysis tools (word cloud, topic modeling), and Extension - Data Collector.

NetMiner 3 (2007)

Enhanced scalability, integrated analysis-visualization modules, and DB import from Oracle, MS SQL.

NetMiner 2 (2003)

Improved statistical and network measures, visualization algorithms, and external data import modules.

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