Social network analysis, a method for analyzing relationships between social entities, has
expanded over the last decade as new research has been done in this area. How can these …

Network analysis has been used extensively in sociology over the last twenty years. This
special issue of Sociological Methods & Research reviews the substantive contributions that …

Social network analysis is a large and growing body of research on the measurement and
analysis of relational structure. Here, we review the fundamental concepts of network …

The social network perspective emphasizes multiple levels of analysis: differences among
actors are traced to the constraints and opportunities that arise from how they are embedded …

Social network analysis is used widely in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as in
economics, marketing, and industrial engineering. The social network perspective focuses …

Is social network analysis just measures and methods with no theory? We attempt to clarify
some confusions, address some previous critiques and controversies surrounding the …

Since the publication of Herbert Spencer's Principles of Sociology in 1875, the use of social
structure as a defining concept has produced a large body of creative speculations, insights …

Abstract argue the advantages of social network analysis for describing systematically the
composition, structure, and content of interpersonal ties in naturally occurring settings and …

Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis, first published in 2005, presents the most
important developments in quantitative models and methods for analyzing social network …

Relationships and the pattern of relationships have a large and varied influence on both
individual and group action. The fundamental distinction of social network analysis research …