This visualization displays sociology thesis records as circles positioned by publication year along a shared x- and y-axis, using a CSV dataset from GitHub. It uses D3 v7 to load and parse the data, apply linear scales for position, and render SVG circles with transitions on enter and update. The circles are uniformly sized and styled in steelblue, with axes generated via `d3.axisBottom` and `d3.axisLeft`. The example demonstrates a basic scatter plot with animated circle placement.