When can we consider a node a HUB gene/protein?

Hub is a common characteristic of the scale-free networks (social network, PPI network, etc). Its threshold (if there is one) should be related to the whole network itself (such as average “hubness”), not defined independently.

Hub is closely associated with centrality measure. There are many different centrality measures (see here for an excellent intro). NetworkAnalyst offers degree and betweenness centrality at the moment.

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