Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in network research across the physical and social sciences. For social scientists, the theory of networks has been a gold mine, yielding explanations for social phenomena in a wide variety of disciplines from psychology to economics. Here, we review the kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis and provide a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field. We hope to contribute to a dialogue among researchers from across the physical and social sciences who share a common interest in understanding the antecedents and consequences of network phenomena.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Borgatti2009
%A Borgatti, Stephen P.
%A Mehra, Ajay
%A Brass, Daniel J.
%A Labianca, Giuseppe
%D 2009
%J Science
%K graphs networks review social-networks social-science sociology
%N 5916
%P 892--895
%R 10.1126/science.1165821
%T Network Analysis in the Social Sciences
%V 323
%X Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in network research across the physical and social sciences. For social scientists, the theory of networks has been a gold mine, yielding explanations for social phenomena in a wide variety of disciplines from psychology to economics. Here, we review the kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis and provide a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field. We hope to contribute to a dialogue among researchers from across the physical and social sciences who share a common interest in understanding the antecedents and consequences of network phenomena.
@article{Borgatti2009,
abstract = {Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in network research across the physical and social sciences. For social scientists, the theory of networks has been a gold mine, yielding explanations for social phenomena in a wide variety of disciplines from psychology to economics. Here, we review the kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis and provide a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field. We hope to contribute to a dialogue among researchers from across the physical and social sciences who share a common interest in understanding the antecedents and consequences of network phenomena.},
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author = {Borgatti, Stephen P. and Mehra, Ajay and Brass, Daniel J. and Labianca, Giuseppe},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dca3e3d5c839abb44611b0cd3a0daede/rincedd},
doi = {10.1126/science.1165821},
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journal = {Science},
keywords = {graphs networks review social-networks social-science sociology},
number = 5916,
pages = {892--895},
timestamp = {2011-09-21T13:38:11.000+0200},
title = {Network Analysis in the Social Sciences},
volume = 323,
year = 2009
}