# Name of this sort of graphic

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**Category:** graphics\
**Created:** [January 21, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/name-of-this-sort-of-graphic/6371 "2023-01-21T23:02:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![thalesdmp](https://discourse.datamethods.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@thalesdmp](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/thalesdmp)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/name-of-this-sort-of-graphic/6371/1 "2023-01-21T23:02:15Z")

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I was last month in a conference and I saw this sort of graph in a new study about myeloid Leukaemia.  
Would anyone know the name of this graph?

 ![IMG_3255](https://discourse.datamethods.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5d0170128b816cb44cacf9960e78a42cc5700c16.jpeg)  
Tks in advance!!!

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**Author:** ![daszlosek](https://discourse.datamethods.org/user_avatar/discourse.datamethods.org/daszlosek/32/850_2.png) [@daszlosek](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/daszlosek)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/name-of-this-sort-of-graphic/6371/2 "2023-01-22T01:16:10Z")

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It’s looks to be some type of [Sankey Diagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankey_diagram).

This can be recreated in R using the [network3d package](https://r-graph-gallery.com/sankey-diagram.html).

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**Author:** ![scboone](https://discourse.datamethods.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@scboone](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/scboone)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/name-of-this-sort-of-graphic/6371/3 "2023-01-22T08:57:15Z")

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This particular variant is also called an alluvial plot or diagram.

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**Author:** ![huifangliang](https://discourse.datamethods.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/977dab/32.png) [@huifangliang](https://discourse.datamethods.org/u/huifangliang)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.datamethods.org/t/name-of-this-sort-of-graphic/6371/4 "2023-01-22T14:14:42Z")

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It is called Sankey diagram.  
Huifang