I am currently writing a literature review, and I'd like to be able to plot the evolution of some of the algorithms by plotting papers I've read, and their connections via citation as a horizontal tree, and have the x-axis correspond to publication date.
Here is an example of what I am looking for.
Questions
- What is this type of graph called?
- Are there existing tools to produce this type of graph?
Ideally, I'd like to achieve this in R, or using D3.js, but I am flexible.