If you are publishing a paper that makes use of NodeXL we would be happy to feature it in our list! Please see:
https://nodexl.codeplex.com/documentation
for information about NodeXL in research and education.
To cite NodeXL in your papers please use the following:
Smith, M., Ceni A., Milic-Frayling, N., Shneiderman, B., Mendes Rodrigues, E., Leskovec, J., Dunne, C., (2010). NodeXL: a free and open network overview, discovery and exploration add-in for Excel 2007/2010/2013/2016,http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ from the Social Media Research Foundation, http://www.smrfoundation.org