Higher-order structure based node importance evaluation in directed networks

Meng Li, Zhigang Wang, An Zeng, Zengru Di

Abstract: Highlights•Considered the impact of higher-order structures in the network on node importance.•Developed two nodes importance evaluation algorithms based on feedforward loop motifs in directed networks.•Performance of the two proposed methods is better than the classic PageRank algorithm.•Revealed the impact of higher-order structures on the robustness of the network.