%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:4041910 %A Borgatti, Stephen P. %A Mehra, Ajay %A Brass, Daniel J. %A Labianca, Giuseppe %D 2009 %I American Association for the Advancement of Science %J Science %K social-network-analysis %N 5916 %P 892--895 %R 10.1126/science.1165821 %T Network Analysis in the Social Sciences %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1165821 %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.

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