GD 2025: Call for Papers

The 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2025) will be held in Norrköping, Sweden, from September 24-26, 2025. A pre-conference PhD school will take place on September 22-23, 2025.

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About GD 2025

Graph Drawing is concerned with the geometric representation of graphs and constitutes the algorithmic core of Network Visualization. Graph Drawing and Network Visualization are motivated by applications for which it is crucial to visually analyze and interact with relational datasets. Application areas include data science, social sciences, web computing, information systems, life sciences, geography, business intelligence, information security, and software engineering.

GD 2025 is designed to be held on-site. It is expected that regular papers are presented on site by one of the authors. To address the global challenges and as an offer for authors who are unable to attend we allow for a limited number of remote presentations.

The code of conduct for the GD conference can be found at http://graphdrawing.org/safetoc.html

Submission Tracks

GD 2025 has two distinct tracks:

• Track 1: Combinatorial and algorithmic aspects
  • Design and analysis of graph drawing algorithms
  • Geometric and topological graph theory
  • Computational topology of graphs on surfaces
  • Graph representations
  • Geometric advances and computing in graph drawing
  • Combinatorics and optimization in graph drawing
• Track 2: Experimental, applied, and network visualization aspects
  • Engineering of graph drawing algorithms and network visualization systems
  • Interfaces, methods, and high-quality tools for interacting with graphs and networks
  • Benchmarks and experimental studies in the context of graph drawing and network visualization
  • Cognitive studies on network visualization aesthetics and user interaction
  • Visualization of networks in real world applications
  • Machine learning methods in graph drawing & network visualization
  • Graph drawing & network visualization for AI explainability

Other Submission Types

• Short Papers: Smaller and less elaborate contributions on relevant topics. Assigned a shorter time for presentation.
• Remote Presentation: For authors who cannot present in person. Authors have to register and submit a recording of their presentation two weeks after paper submission. Limited to six remote presentations.
• Posters: Late-breaking research results.
• Contest: Details at website.

Rules for Submission

Results that have been previously published (or are scheduled for publication) are not permitted, except for poster submissions. With the exception of remote presentations, each paper or poster must be presented at the conference by an author. ChatGPT and similar large language models may be used to improve the paper’s language, but its use should be mentioned as a footnote.

Submission Format

The proceedings will be published in the LIPIcs series. Submissions must be prepared in accordance with the LIPIcs author instructions.

• Use the LaTeX class file gd-lipics-v2.cls.
• Line limits:
  • Full papers: 500 lines
  • Short papers: 225 lines
  • Posters’ abstracts: 80 lines
• Page limits (excluding references):
  • Long papers: 15 pages
  • Short papers: 7 pages
  • Posters’ abstracts: 3 pages

The claims of full and short papers should be fully substantiated in the appendix.

Paper Submission, Proceedings and Special Issues

Submit via Easychair.

The proceedings will be published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series and are available open access. Selected papers will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications (JGAA). Two selected papers in Track 2 will be invited to submit a substantially extended version to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG).

Lightweight Double-Blind Review Process

The review process will be handled in a lightweight double-blind mode. Authors are not allowed to reveal their identity in the submitted paper. Poster submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee in a single-blind mode.

Awards

• Best Paper Award for each track
• Best Presentation Award
• Best Poster Award

voted on by the GD 2025 attendees.

Important Dates

Event	Date
Abstract submission deadline	June 3, 2025
Paper submission deadline	June 10, 2025
Notification of acceptance	July 23, 2025
Poster submission deadline	August 22, 2025
Notification of acceptance	September 1, 2025
Final versions due	TBA
PhD school	Sept 22–23, 2025
Symposium	Sept 24–26, 2025

All deadlines are 23:59 AoE.