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Social Network Centrality

Social Network Centrality is a structural metric in network analysis that quantifies the relative importance or prominence of a node within a social network based on its position and connectivity patterns among other nodes.

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Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification

Linton C. Freeman · Social Networks · 1978 · 16.9K citations

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Social Network Analysis: A Handbook.

Franz Urban Pappi · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 6.1K citations

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The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years

Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 5.1K citations · Full text

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A faster algorithm for betweenness centrality*

Ulrik Brandes · Journal of Mathematical Sociology · 2001 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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Introduction to Social Network Methods

Robert Hanneman · 2001 · 4K citations

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  1. JH
    James H. Fowler

    University of California San Diego, United States

    15 publications · 9.3K citations

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  2. NA
    Nicholas A. Christakis

    Harvard University, United States

    13 publications · 9K citations

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  3. KM
    Kathleen M. Carley

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    10 publications · 836 citations

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  4. FM
    Filipe Manuel Clemente

    Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal

    8 publications · 430 citations

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  5. TW
    Thomas W. Farmer

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    8 publications · 1.6K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    34 publications

    14.7K citations

  2. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    16 h-index

    29 publications

    10.4K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    15 h-index

    37 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    1.9K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    4.5K citations

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  1. Social Networks

    27 publications · 19.8K citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    27 publications · 2K citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 22 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Social Network Analysis and Mining

    14 publications · 1.1K citations

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