Social Networks

Social Networks is a structured system of social relationships among individuals, groups, or organizations that facilitates the flow of information, resources, and support within and across communities, distinguished by patterns of interaction and connectivity that shape social behavior and opportunities in various institutional and cultural contexts.

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Publications

11.2K

Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks

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

Engineering, Organization Studies, Sociology +14

The Strength of Weak Ties

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

Social Sciences, Organization Studies, Sociology +17

Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks

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

Social Sciences, Social Psychology, Sociology +14

Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification

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

Social Sciences, Sociology, Network Visualization +10

Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship

danah boyd, Nicole B. Ellison · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2007 · 16.1K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Communication, Communication Theory +11

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Nicholas A. Christakis
Harvard University, United States
35 publications · 19.3K citations
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Jie Tang
Tsinghua University, China
40 publications · 5.6K citations
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Jon Kleinberg
Cornell University, United States
33 publications · 21.8K citations
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Ronald S. Burt
University of Chicago, United States
32 publications · 26.4K citations
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Barry Wellman
University of Toronto, Canada
30 publications · 10.8K citations
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Social Networks
268 publications · 58.7K citations
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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
202 publications · 15.2K citations
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PLoS ONE
170 publications · 12.9K citations
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Computers in Human Behavior
91 publications · 12.8K citations
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Scientometrics
148 publications · 7.3K citations
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