Main Path Analysis for Citation and Directed Networks

Documentation for package ‘mpaR’ version 0.5.0

build_citation_network	Build a citation network from fetched bibliographic data
check_dag	Check DAG structure
check_scale_free	Test whether a network has a scale-free degree distribution
classify_nodes	Classify vertices by their role in the citation network
component_paths	Extract main paths from every component of a disconnected network
edge_weights	Tabulate edge-level traversal weights
fetch_openalex	Fetch works from OpenAlex
key_route_sweep	Sweep the key-route main path over multiple k values in one pass
main_path	Extract the main path(s) from a traversal-weighted DAG
mpa	Main Path Analysis
node_weights	Tabulate node-level traversal weights
plot_mpa	Plot a network with the main path highlighted
read_gephi_export	Read a Gephi export file (GEXF or GraphML)
read_pajek	Read a Pajek network file (.net)
traversal_weights	Compute traversal weights for edges in a citation DAG