Modularity

Modularity is a design principle in software engineering and network science that decomposes a system into discrete, interdependent components or modules, distinguished by their high internal cohesion and loose coupling with other modules to enhance maintainability, scalability, and reuse.

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Publications per year

2017–2026

789

Parents

Battery Pack DesignModule SystemsNetwork AnalysisNetwork DynamicsNetwork RobustnessNetwork TheoryNetwork TopologyObject-oriented DesignSmall-world NetworksSoftware Design

Publications

2.7K

Fast unfolding of communities in large networks

Vincent D. Blondel, Jean‐Loup Guillaume, Renaud Lambiotte et al. · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2008 · 21.2K citations · Full text

Computing, Sociology, Community Assessment +14

Modularity and community structure in networks

M. E. J. Newman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 12.3K citations · Full text

Engineering, Bioinformatics, Complex Systems +14

Finding community structure in networks using the eigenvectors of matrices

M. E. J. Newman · Physical Review E · 2006 · 4.9K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Community Assessment +16

On the criteria to be used in decomposing systems into modules

David Lorge Parnas · Communications of the ACM · 1972 · 4.7K citations · Full text

Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering +16

Hierarchical Organization of Modularity in Metabolic Networks

A. L. Somera, D. A. Mongru, Zoltán N. Oltvai et al. · Science · 2002 · 4.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Systems Biology +15

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Authors

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Yuanfang Cai
Drexel University, United States
17 publications · 1.1K citations
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Carliss Y. Baldwin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
12 publications · 1.2K citations
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Fujin Deng
Southeast University, China
11 publications · 937 citations
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John Gershenson
Michigan Technological University, United States
11 publications · 1.2K citations
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Olaf Sporns
Indiana University Bloomington, United States
10 publications · 1K citations
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Physical Review E
PRE · 62 publications · 18.9K citations
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Scientific Reports
38 publications · 2.1K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
27 publications · 3.1K citations
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IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
25 publications · 3K citations
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PLoS ONE
27 publications · 1.5K citations
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