{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7136070721","doi":"https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09346","title":"PySGN: A Python package for constructing synthetic geospatial networks","display_name":"PySGN: A Python package for constructing synthetic geospatial networks","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-15","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7136070721","doi":"https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09346"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.21105/joss.09346","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09346","pdf_url":"https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.09346.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210214273","display_name":"The Journal of Open Source Software","issn_l":"2475-9066","issn":["2475-9066"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315853","host_organization_name":"Open Journals","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315853"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Open Journals"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Open Source Software","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.09346.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100383950","display_name":"Boyu Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-2138"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63190737","display_name":"University at Buffalo, State University of New York","ror":"https://ror.org/01y64my43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Boyu Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-2138","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049314735","display_name":"Andrew Crooks","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5034-6654"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63190737","display_name":"University at Buffalo, State University of New York","ror":"https://ror.org/01y64my43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrew Crooks","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5034-6654","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129419852","display_name":"Taylor Anderson","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162714631","display_name":"George Mason University","ror":"https://ror.org/02jqj7156","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162714631"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Taylor Anderson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Geography & Geoinformation Science Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-0608","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Geography & Geoinformation Science Department, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162714631"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129399940","display_name":"Andreas Z\u00fcfle","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I150468666","display_name":"Emory University","ror":"https://ror.org/03czfpz43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I150468666"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andreas Z\u00fcfle","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7001-4123","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I150468666"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.35318125,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"11","issue":"119","first_page":"9346","last_page":"9346"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":0.0502999983727932,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":0.0502999983727932,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10757","display_name":"Geographic Information Systems Studies","score":0.04610000178217888,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10080","display_name":"Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks","score":0.03790000081062317,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/python","display_name":"Python (programming language)","score":0.9057999849319458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geospatial-analysis","display_name":"Geospatial analysis","score":0.7652000188827515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/r-package","display_name":"R package","score":0.7121999859809875}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C519991488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28865","display_name":"Python (programming language)","level":2,"score":0.9057999849319458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7671999931335449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9770341","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1938983","display_name":"Geospatial analysis","level":2,"score":0.7652000188827515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984074130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73539779","display_name":"R package","level":2,"score":0.7121999859809875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.5103999972343445},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.33340001106262207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121684516","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600677","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","level":1,"score":0.3131999969482422},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.3089999854564667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C459310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117801","display_name":"Computational science","level":1,"score":0.27619999647140503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.2508000135421753}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.21105/joss.09346","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09346","pdf_url":"https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.09346.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210214273","display_name":"The Journal of Open Source Software","issn_l":"2475-9066","issn":["2475-9066"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315853","host_organization_name":"Open Journals","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315853"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Open Journals"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Open Source Software","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.21105/joss.09346","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09346","pdf_url":"https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.09346.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210214273","display_name":"The Journal of Open Source Software","issn_l":"2475-9066","issn":["2475-9066"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315853","host_organization_name":"Open Journals","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315853"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Open Journals"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Open Source Software","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.4104712903499603}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5379231435","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"140D0423C0025","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320333051","funder_display_name":"Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320333051","display_name":"Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity","ror":"https://ror.org/01v3fsc55"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320333452","display_name":"Interior Business Center","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7136070721.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7136070721.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2008620264","https://openalex.org/W2112090702","https://openalex.org/W2116173498","https://openalex.org/W2132022337","https://openalex.org/W2507391891","https://openalex.org/W3170341715","https://openalex.org/W4242888132","https://openalex.org/W4389080119","https://openalex.org/W4399782734","https://openalex.org/W4404141757","https://openalex.org/W4410059844","https://openalex.org/W6930223383","https://openalex.org/W7102596516"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Synthetic":[0],"networks":[1,33,65],"are":[2],"commonly":[3],"used":[4],"to":[5,55,109],"study":[6],"the":[7,25,38,48,60,85],"structure":[8],"and":[9,16,28,59],"dynamics":[10],"of":[11,88],"social":[12,97],"systems,":[13],"transportation":[14],"infrastructure":[15,102],"other":[17],"complex":[18],"phenomena.Classical":[19],"random":[20,44],"graph":[21],"models,":[22,30],"such":[23],"as":[24],"Erds-Rnyi,":[26],"Watts-Strogatz":[27,49],"Barabsi-Albert":[29,61],"generate":[31],"abstract":[32],"with":[34,45],"different":[35],"structural":[36],"characteristics:":[37],"Erds-Rnyi":[39],"model":[40,50,62],"connects":[41,108],"nodes":[42],"at":[43],"equal":[46],"probability,":[47],"rewires":[51],"a":[52],"ring":[53],"lattice":[54],"produce":[56],"small-world":[57],"networks,":[58,98],"yields":[63],"scale-free":[64],"through":[66],"preferential":[67],"attachment":[68],"(Barabsi":[69],"&":[70,73,76],"Albert,":[71],"1999;Erds":[72],"Rnyi,":[74],"1960;Watts":[75],"Strogatz,":[77],"1998).In":[78],"their":[79],"standard":[80],"form":[81],"these":[82],"models":[83],"ignore":[84],"spatial":[86],"positions":[87],"nodes;":[89],"yet":[90],"in":[91],"many":[92],"empirical":[93],"settings":[94],"(e.g.,":[95],"human":[96],"commuting":[99],"patterns":[100],"or":[101],"networks)":[103],"proximity":[104],"strongly":[105],"influences":[106],"who":[107],"whom.":[110]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2026-03-10T00:00:00"}