Since previous works have shown that the number of nodes in a network can dramatically impact the degree of synchrony in modular networks (Oh et al., 2005), we further study the effect of the subnetwork topology in a larger NoN consisting of 2,000 nodes. It is found that the advantage of the super-hub topology over random topology becomes more prominent when the network size is enlarged (Figure 4C). Note that the discrepancy between the synchrony alignment function and the numerical simulation, which is especially noticeable in the super-hub network is due to the extended relaxation time required for the networks to synchronize in the large networks.
