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Social Network Analysis

Social Network Analysis is an academic methodology within the broader field of network science that systematically examines the structure and dynamics of relational data by identifying patterns of connections among social entities to infer their roles, influence, and interactions within a network.

26.6K

Publications

2.3M

Citations

50.3K

Authors

7.7K

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2017–2026

9.7K

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Publications

26.6K

Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks

Duncan J. Watts, Steven H. Strogatz · Nature · 1998 · 43.2K citations

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The Strength of Weak Ties

Mark Granovetter · American Journal of Sociology · 1973 · 38.5K citations

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Fast unfolding of communities in large networks

Vincent D. Blondel, Jean‐Loup Guillaume, Renaud Lambiotte et al. · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 2008 · 21.2K citations · Full text

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The Structure and Function of Complex Networks

Michael Newman · SIAM Review · 2003 · 18.7K citations · Full text

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Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks

Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith‐Lovin, James M. Cook · Annual Review of Sociology · 2001 · 18.6K citations

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Authors

50.3K

  1. JL
    Jure Leskovec

    Stanford University, United States

    75 publications · 30.6K citations

    51

    h-index

  2. RS
    Ronald S. Burt

    University of Chicago, United States

    59 publications · 26.1K citations

    46

    h-index

  3. JK
    Jon Kleinberg

    Cornell University, United States

    56 publications · 27.7K citations

    43

    h-index

  4. PS
    Philip S. Yu

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    89 publications · 6K citations

    40

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  5. TA
    Tom A. B. Snijders

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    54 publications · 10.8K citations

    39

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Institutions

7.7K

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    102 h-index

    500 publications

    85K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    98 h-index

    460 publications

    200.8K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    96 h-index

    416 publications

    93.1K citations

  4. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    93 h-index

    575 publications

    76.3K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    93 h-index

    481 publications

    85.4K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    89 h-index

    432 publications

    44.4K citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    82 h-index

    507 publications

    53K citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    80 h-index

    509 publications

    44.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Social Networks

    485 publications · 79.3K citations

    125

    h-index

  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 137 publications · 43.5K citations

    87

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  3. PLoS ONE

    431 publications · 32.7K citations

    85

    h-index

  4. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

    472 publications · 27.1K citations

    73

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  5. Computers in Human Behavior

    173 publications · 17.6K citations

    70

    h-index

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