Not really regarding <i>what</i>, but on the <i>how</i> front, I remember that one guy invented what he called &quot;hive plots&quot;, and he seems to be claiming they&#x27;re some kind of a panaceum to so called &quot;hairball&quot; plots:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hiveplot.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hiveplot.net&#x2F;</a><p>(His (?) earlier invention of a &quot;circular graph&quot; seems also to have gained some traction in sciency publications - see <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;circos.ca&#x2F;intro&#x2F;circular_approach&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;circos.ca&#x2F;intro&#x2F;circular_approach&#x2F;</a>)