D3 3.x, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
https://sf.relsci.com/Visualizations/davos (done with Raphael)
http://visjs.org/examples/timeline/04_html_data.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23030063/appending-div-to-circle-in-d3-js
jQuery 1.10.1, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
http://visjs.org/
can be used for co-authors, pubs, etc.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20534883/d3-update-data-behind-the-visualization#22369507
No style but works fine.
http://bl.ocks.org/milroc/5553051
jQuery 1.7.1, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Render a tree, listen to click events and centre where clicked
jQuery 1.6.4, HTML, CSS, JavaScript