Data visualisation tools assist in creating colorful and professional charts, maps and graphs based on your research data. The following online tools are freely available.

Note: Ensure you de-identify sensitive data before uploading to online sites.

Datawrapper

• Free online platform for creating charts,maps, and tables.
• Can upload data from via copy & paste, XLS/CSV file or Google Sheet.

D3js & Observable Plot

• Can be used for any type of data in a variety of formats.
• Provide data visualisations in web browsers.
• D3 helps bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS.  
• Combines powerful visualisation components and a data-driven approach to Document Object Model manipulation.

Gephi

• Open Source and free tool for Windows and Mac.
• Supports visualisation of co-author networks.
• Interact with the representation, manipulate the structure, shapes and colours to reveal hidden properties.
• Make hypotheses, intuitively discover patterns, isolate structure singularities or faults during data sourcing.

Microsoft Suite

• Create Charts or Smart Art directly to your microsoft documents.
• Available in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word.
• On desktop version under the Insert tab.

PSPP

• Free version of SPSS
• Compatible with data from spreadsheets (.csv) and text files (.txt)
• Tutorial: PSPP for Beginners provides instructions for getting started in PSPP.

Sci2

• For Science of Science research and practice.
• Provides advanced algorithms, effective visualisations, and many standard workflows.
• Supports micro-level documentation and replication of studies.
• Use to visualise co-author networks.

Tableau Public

• Free version of the Tableau data visualisation platform.
• Compatible with data in Excel, CSV, PDF and Google Sheets formats.
• Recommended for public and open data.
• Beware -  visualisations will be saved and shared on your public profile.

Design platforms such as Canva also have options for creating charts and graphs.

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