awesome-network-analysis

A curated list of awesome network analysis resources.
https://github.com/briatte/awesome-network-analysis

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Conferences
- Topic-specific
  - ASONAM - IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining
  - ASONAM - IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining
  - SNAA - Workshop on Social Network Analysis in Applications
  - CNDay - Cambridge Networks Day - Convened by the Cambridge Networks Network.
  - CompleNet - International Workshop on Complex Networks
  - EUSN - European Conference on Social Networks
  - GD - International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
  - PolNet - Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference - Organized by the APSA Organized Section on Political Networks (PolNet).
  - Videos from the Political Networks 2009 Conference
  - Large-scale Structures in Networks: Hidden Communities and Latent Hierarchies - Talk by [Dan Larremore](http://danlarremore.com/) at NetSci 2019.
  - Sunbelt - Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis - Organized by the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
  - PolNet - Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference - Organized by the APSA Organized Section on Political Networks (PolNet).
Software
- R
  - Introducing graphlayouts with Game of Thrones
  - Network Centrality in R: An Introduction - Includes a review of relevant R packages.
  - Network Centrality in R: Neighborhood Inclusion
  - Network Centrality in R: New Ways of Measuring Centrality
  - Introduction to snahelper (Part 1)
  - Introduction to snahelper (Part 2)
  - Awesome R - bcXVl6QOTncwXjFBYp4u2WgE/edit?usp=sharing) by Ian McCulloh and others.
  - broom - project.org/package=texreg) package.
  - amen - Additive and multiplicative effects models for relational data.
  - backbone - Provides methods for binarizing a weighted network retaining only significant edges.
  - Introduction to the backbone package
  - Bergm - Tools to analyse Bayesian exponential random graph models (BERGM). Related Twitter: [@BayesianSNA](https://twitter.com/BayesianSNA).
  - bipartite - Functions to visualize bipartite (two-mode) networks and compute indices commonly used in ecological research. See also: `levelnet` R package.
  - blockmodeling - Implementats generalized blockmodeling for valued networks.
  - bnlearn - Tools for [Bayesian network learning and inference](http://www.bnlearn.com/) ([related Shiny app](https://paulgovan.github.io/RiskNetwork)).
  - brainGraph - Tools for performing graph theory analysis of brain MRI data.
  - btergm - Tools to fit temporal ERGMs by bootstrapped pseudolikelihood. Also provides MCMC maximum likelihood estimation, goodness of fit for ERGMs, TERGMs, and stochastic actor-oriented models (SAOMs), and tools for the micro-level interpretation of ERGMs and TERGMs.
  - dodgr - Computes distances on dual-weighted directed graphs, such as street networks, using priority-queue shortest paths.
  - egor - Tools for importing, analyzing and visualizing ego-centered network data, in various formats.
  - EpiModel - Tools for simulating mathematical models of infectious disease dynamics ([presentation paper](https://doi.org/10.18637%2Fjss.v084.i08)).
  - ergm - Estimation of Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs).
  - ERGM: edgecov and dyadcov Specifications
  - ergMargins - Process analysis for ERGMs.
  - ergmito - ERGMs for small networks.
  - fergm - Frailty ERGMs.
  - GERGM - Estimation and diagnosis of the convergence of Generalized Exponential Random Graph Models (GERGM).
  - geomnet - Single-geometry approach to network visualization with `ggplot2`.
  - ggnetwork - Multiple-geometries approach to plot network objects with `ggplot2`.
  - ggraph - Grammar of graph graphics built in the spirit of `ggplot2`. See also: `tidygraph` R package.
  - graphlayouts - Layout algorithms based on the concept of [stress majorization](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31843-9_25).
  - Introducing graphlayouts with Game of Thrones
  - Network Visualizations in R using ggraph and graphlayouts
  - hergm - Estimate and simulate hierarchical exponential-family random graph models (HERGM) with local dependence.
  - hierformR
  - igraph - A collection of network analysis tools.
  - Network Analysis and Visualization with R and igraph
  - influenceR - Compute various node centrality network measures by Burt, Borgatti and others.
  - keyplayer - Implements several network centrality measures.
  - latentnet - Latent position and cluster models for network objects.
  - lpNet - Linear programming model aimed at infering biological (signalling, gene) networks.
  - mlergm - Multilevel Exponential-Family Random Graph Models, to model nodes nested within known blocks.
  - multigraph - Functions to build and visualize all sorts of multigraphs.
  - multigraphr - Random multigraph models, statistics of multigraph properties, and goodness of fit tests.
  - multinet - Tools for multilayer social networks.
  - multinets - Package to handle multilevel networks in `igraph`.
  - ndtv - Tools to construct animated visualizations of dynamic network data in various formats.
  - migraph - A set of tools that extend common social network analysis packages for analysing multimodal and multilevel networks.
  - netdiffuseR - Tools to analyze the network diffusion of innovations.
  - netrankr - Up-to-date collection of network centrality indices, with lots of documentation.
  - Network Centrality in R: An Introduction - Includes a review of relevant R packages.
  - Network Centrality in R: Neighborhood Inclusion
  - Network Centrality in R: New Ways of Measuring Centrality
  - NetSim - Simulate and combine micro-models to research their impact on the macro-features of social networks.
  - network - Basic tools to manipulate relational data in R.
  - networkDynamic - Support for dynamic, (inter)temporal networks.
  - networksis - Tools to simulate bipartite networksgraphs with the degrees of the nodes fixed and specified.
  - PAFit - Nonparametric estimation of preferential attachment and node fitness in temporal complex networks.
  - PCIT - Implements Partial Correlation with Information Theory in order to identify meaningful correlations in weighted networks, such as gene co-expression networks.
  - RCy3 - Interface between R and recent versions of Cytoscape.
  - RCyjs - Interface between R and Cytoscape.js.
  - qgraph - Tools to model and visualize psychometric networks; also aimed at weighted graphical models).
  - Network Model Selection Using qgraph 1.3
  - qgraph Examples
  - qgraph: Network Visualizations of Relationships in Psychometric Data
  - relevent - Tools to fit relational event models (REM).
  - informR - Tools to create sequence statistics from event lists to be used in `relevent`.
  - rem - Estimate endogenous network effects in event sequences and fit relational event models (REM), which measure how networks form and evolve over time.
  - rgexf - Export network objects from R to GEXF for manipulation with software like Gephi or Sigma.
  - Rgraphviz - Support for using the Graphviz library and its DOT graph drawing language from within R.
  - RSiena - Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis; fits models to longitudinal network data.
  - sna - Basic network constructors, measures and visualization tools.
  - snahelper - RStudio addin which provides a GUI to visualize and analyse networks
  - Introduction to snahelper (Part 1)
  - Introduction to snahelper (Part 2)
  - SocialMediaLab - Tools for collecting social media data and generating networks from it ([companion website](http://vosonlab.net/SocialMediaLab), [github repo](https://github.com/voson-labSocialMediaLab)).
  - spectralGOF - Computes the spectral goodness of fit (SGOF), a measure of how well a network model explains the structure of an observed network.
  - spnet - Methods for visualizing spatial networks on maps in the `sp` class.
  - spNetwork - Methods for spatial network analysis, including e.g. kernel density estimation, distances and point pattern analysis.
  - statnet - The project behind many R network analysis packages ([mailing-list](https://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/statnet_help), [tutorials/workshops](https://statnet.org/workshops/)).
  - Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) Using statnet
  - Guides for Using the statnet Package
  - Modeling Valued Networks with statnet
  - tergm - Fit, simulate and diagnose models for temporal exponential-family random graph models (TERGM).
  - tidygraph - ‘Tidy’ approach to building graph structures. See also: `ggraph` R package.
  - Introducing tidygraph
  - Tidying up your network analysis with tidygraph and ggraph
  - tnam - Tools to fit temporal and cross-sectional network autocorrelation models (TNAM).
  - tnet - Network measures for weighted, two-mode and longitudinal networks.
  - tsna - Tools for temporal social network analysis.
  - visNetwork - Using vis.js library for network visualization.
  - xergm - Extensions of exponential random graph models (ERGM, GERGM, TERGM, TNAM and REM).
  - igraph - A collection of network analysis tools.
  - Related book and data
  - Guides for Using the statnet Package
- Syntaxes
  - PGF/TikZ - [Tandem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGF/TikZ) of vector graphics languages that can be used to draw graphs in the [LaTeX](https://latex-project.org/) typesetting environment.
  - DOT - Graph drawing syntax used by the Graphviz software.
  - GEXF - File format used by the Gephi software.
  - GraphML - Comprehensive and easy-to-use file format for graphs ([handbook chapter](https://www.uni-konstanz.de/mmsp/pubsys/publishedFiles/BrEiLe10.pdf)).
  - JGraphT - Java graph library for graph data structures and algorithms ([example algorithms](https://github.com/agouge/Java-Network-Analyzer)).
  - JUNG - Java Universal Network/Graph Framework - Extensible library to represent network objects.
  - Awesome LaTeX: TiKZ
  - How to Draw Graphs in LaTeX?
  - TikZ Graph Examples
  - TikZ & PGF Manual
  - TKZ - Packages based on TikZ.
  - TLP - Tulip Software Graph Format - Graph syntax used by the Tulip software framework.
  - Cypher - Graph query language used by [Neo4j](http://neo4j.com/).
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - Mark Round’s Map of Data Formats and Software Tools
  - NetWiki Shared Code - 0-08-097086-8.43121-1) entry of the _International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences_, 2nd edition (2015).
  - Social Network Analysis Project Survey - survey.html)), an earlier attempt to chart social network analysis tools that links to many commercial platforms not included in this list, such as [Detective.io](http://www.detective.io/). The Wikipedia English entry on [Social Network Analysis Software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_analysis_software) also links to many commercial that are often very expensive, outdated, and far from being awesome by any reasonable standard.
  - ArcGIS Network Analyst - Network-based spatial analysis software for solving complex routing problems.
  - CFinder - Cross-platform Java program to identify clusters and communities through the Clique Percolation Method (CPM).
  - Circos - Cross-platform program to produce circular layouts of network data, written in Perl.
  - Cytoscape - Cross-platform Java program to build, analyze and visualize networks. Also a JavaScript library.
  - Network Analysis with Cytoscape Tutorial - Illustrated through an archaeological and geographical case study (2013).
  - Discourse Network Analyzer (DNA) - Qualitative content analysis tool with network export facilities, written in Java with R integration.
  - E-Net - Windows program for ego network analysis.
  - EgoNet - Cross-platform Java program for ego network analysis.
  - EgoWeb - Server-side software for social network data collection and processing.
  - easyN - Online tool aimed at representing and sharing gene interaction networks as well as Petri net models.
  - Gephi - Cross-platform, free and open source tool for network visualization.
  - Geographische Netzwerkvisualisierung mit dem Programm ‘Gephi’
  - Introduction to Network Analysis and Visualization with Gephi
  - Practical Social Network Analysis With Gephi
  - GLEAMviz Simulator - Cross-platform tool intended for the prediction of human epidemics.
  - Graph Commons - Collaborative platform for mapping, analyzing and publishing data-networks.
  - Graphia - Cross-platform tool to visualize large and complex networks ([announcement](https://www.cnn.group.cam.ac.uk/news/Graphia-April19)).
  - Graphviz - Cross-platform software to draw graphs in the DOT graph drawing language.
  - GraphX - [Apache Spark](https://spark.apache.org/) module to perform graph-related parallel computation.
  - Linkage - Online tool to visualize and model networks with textual edges.
  - Lynks - Web-based tool for simple network analysis and visualization.
  - Mathematica - Cross-platform program with graph theory and network analysis functionalities.
  - Metamaps - Free, open-source platform to draw networks, currently in beta.
  - MuxViz - Cross-platform, free and open source tool to study multilayer networks, based on R and GNU Octave.
  - Neo4j - Open source, scalable graph database, used by companies like [Linkurious](http://linkurio.us/).
  - Network Canvas - A free and open-source set of survey tools for ego-centric and personal network studies, including [documentation](https://documentation.networkcanvas.com) and a [user community](https://community.networkcanvas.com).
  - Node Overlap and Segregation Software - Web-based tool to compute [Strona and Veech](https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12395)’s node overlap and segregation measures.
  - Nodegoat - Web-based data management, network analysis and visualisation environment ([blog](http://nodegoat.net/blog)).
  - NodeXL - Free, open-source template to explore network graphs with Microsoft Excel.
  - The NodeXL Series - Series of blog posts on using NodeXL (2013).
  - ORA-LITE - Windows program for dynamic meta-network assessment and analysis.
  - OSoMe - Web-based platform to analyze social media data, including through Twitter-based and co-occurrence networks.
  - Pajek - Windows program for large network analysis, free for noncommercial use.
  - Analyse des réseaux : une introduction à Pajek
  - La détection de communautés avec Pajek 3.6
  - Palladio - Web-based spatial network visualization tool by the [Humanities + Design research lab](http://hdlab.stanford.edu/) at Stanford University.
  - PARTNER - Program to Analyze, Record, and Track Networks to Enhance Relationships - Excel-based tool for building networks from surveys.
  - PIGALE - Public Implementation of a Graph Algorithm Library and Editor - Windows program and C++ library to analyze planar graphs.
  - PNet - Simulation and estimation of (one-mode and multilevel) exponential random graph models (ERGMs), written in Java for Windows.
  - Polinode - Web-based platform to both analyze network data as well as collect network data via relationship-based surveys.
  - PUCK - Program for the Use and Computation of Kinship data - Cross-platform Java program for genealogical network analysis.
  - Radatools - Set of tools intended for the analysis of complex networks, built on top of [Radalib](http://deim.urv.cat/~sergio.gomez/radalib.php), a library written in Ada.
  - Retina - Web application to share GEXF and GraphML network visualizations.
  - SageMath - Free open-source mathematics software with extensive [graph capabilities](http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/reference/graphs/index.html).
  - Segrada - Cross-platform tool to build and visualize semantic graph databases.
  - Siena - Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis. Formerly a Windows program, now developed as the RSiena R package.
  - SocNetV - Social Network Visualizer - Cross-platform program that includes a [simple Web crawler](https://socnetv.org/news/?post=socnetv-v16-released-with-a-working-web-crawler) to construct hyperlink networks.
  - SoNIA - Social Network Image Animator - Tool to visualize dynamic or longitudinal network data. Formerly a [Java program](https://sourceforge.net/projects/sonia/) ([example movies](http://www.soc.duke.edu/~jmoody77/NetMovies/index.htm)), now developed as the ndtv R package.
  - SparklingGraph - Cross-platform tool to perform large-scale, distributed network computations with Apache Spark’s GraphX module; written in Java and Scala.
  - SPaTo Visual Explorer - Cross-platform program for the visualization and exploration of complex networks.
  - StOCNET - Several Windows programs developed by the same team as Siena.
  - Tulip - Cross-platform network analysis and visualization framework built on top of a C++ library, with plugins dedicated to specific biological and physical networks. Also available through its [Python package](http://tulip.labri.fr/Documentation/current/tulip-python/html/index.html).
  - UCINET - Windows commercial software package for the analysis of social network data.
  - Uberlink - Software suite for online (hyperlink) network analysis, by the [VOSON](http://vosonlab.net/) research project.
  - Visone - Cross-platform Java network analysis and visualization program, free for noncommercial use.
  - vosonR - R client for the VOSON software (in development).
  - UNISoN - Cross-platform program to download and visualize Usenet data. [Developed for a Masters degree](https://github.com/leonarduk/unison/wiki/MSc-Report-Abstract).
  - VennMaker: An Actor-Centered Interactive Network Mapping Tool - Cross-platform Java program for ego network analysis.
  - VennMaker for Historians: Sources, Social Networks and Software
  - Visone Tutorials - Including one using an archaeological case study (2017).
  - Vizster - Cross-platform Java program to visualize online social networks.
  - VOSviewer - Cross-platform Java tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks.
  - Graphviz - Cross-platform software to draw graphs in the DOT graph drawing language.
  - VOSON Data Provider for NodeXL - state.edu/it-news/2013/04/09/the-nodexl-series-using-voson-for-hyperlink-network-analysis-part-9/); to be discontinued in 2016).
- Algorithms
  - Awesome Algorithms
  - CONGA and CONGO - Algorithms to detect overlapping communities in networks, written in Java.
  - ForceAtlas2 - Force-directed layout included in Gephi ([paper](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098679)).
  - MixNet - Erdös-Rényi Mixture Model for Networks - Community detection method, available in C++ and R.
  - OSLOM2 - Order Statistics Local Optimization Method - Clustering algorithm.
  - vbmod: Variational Bayesian Inference for Network Modularity - MATLAB and Python implementations of a [Bayesian community detection algorithm](https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.3512).
- Julia
  - Creating Network Diagrams in Plotly from Julia
  - EcologicalNetwork.jl - Package to compute measures of ecological network structures.
  - Dynamic Network Analysis in Julia
  - JuliaGraphs - Suite of Julia packages for network analysis.
  - LightGraphs.jl - Graph library with a focus on performance and simplicity.
  - Video presentation of the package
  - LightGraphs.jl - Graph library with a focus on performance and simplicity.
  - Video presentation of the package
- C / C++
  - Awesome C - cpp) lists.
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - BGL - Boost Graph Library - C++ library that provides a generic interface to access graph structures.
  - igraph - C library of network analysis tools; also exists as packages for Python and R.
  - MapEquation - C++ code for the Infomap method of multilevel community detection.
  - Louvain Method - C++ code for the [Louvain multi-level community detection algorithm](https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0476).
  - networks.tb - C program designed for analyzing socio-semantic networks. Runs on Linux and Mac OS X.
  - OGDF - Open Graph Drawing Framework - Self-contained C++ class library for diagram, network and tree layouts.
  - OpenOrd: Large-scale Graph Layout (formerly DrL) - C++ algorithm, also available as a [Gephi plugin](https://gephi.org/plugins/#/plugin/openord-layout).
  - Stanford Network Analysis Project - C++ general purpose network analysis and graph mining library. Available as a Python library and in Microsoft Excel via NodeXL.
  - Walktrap - C++ program that implements the [WalkTrap community detection algorithm](https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512106).
  - Awesome C - cpp) lists.
- Java
  - GraphStream - Java library for the modeling and analysis of dynamic graphs.
- JavaScript
  - Awesome JavaScript
  - Cytoscape.js - Network analysis and visualization library.
  - d3.js - JavaScript visualization library that can plot [force-directed graphs](http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4062045).
  - GENSI - JavaScript graphical tool to collect ego-centered network data ([paper](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2016.07.007)).
  - GoJS - Visualization library to draw diagrams and several types of network layouts.
  - Graphology - Specification and reference implementation for a robust and multipurpose JavaScript `Graph` object.
  - Sigma - JavaScript library dedicated to graph drawing.
  - vis.js - JavaScript library with network visualization capabilities.
  - viz.js - Use Graphviz in Web pages.
- MATLAB
  - Brain Connectivity Toolbox - Toolbox for complex-network analysis of structural and functional brain-connectivity data, with links to many related projects.
  - Complex Networks Package for MatLab
  - CONTEST - Random network toolbox that implements nine network models.
  - Generalized Louvain - Variant of the Louvain community detection algorithm.
  - MATLAB RBN Toolbox - Simulation und visualization of Random Boolean Networks.
- Python
  - a Google spreadsheet
  - Social Network Analysis with Python - hour tutorial by Maksim Tsvetovat and Alex Kouznetsov given at PyCon US 2012 ([code](https://github.com/maksim2042/PyCon2012)).
  - Awesome Python - python-books) lists.
  - bokeh - Python library for interactive data visualization in the browser, with support for networks.
  - graph-tool - Python module for network manipulation and analysis, written mostly in C++ for speed.
  - graphviz - Python renderer for the DOT graph drawing language.
  - Tutorials on algorithms and models
  - hiveplot - Python utility for drawing networks as hive plots on matplotlib, a more comprehensive network visualization.
  - metaknowledge - Python package to turn bibliometrics data into authorship and citation networks.
  - networkx - Python package for the creation, manipulation, and study of the structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networks.
  - Implementing an ERGM from Scratch in Python
  - nngt - Library-agnostic graph generation and analysis that wraps around `networkx`, `igraph` and `graph-tool`). Includes normalized graph measures, advanced visualizations, (geo)spatial tools, and interfaces for neuroscience simulators.
  - python-igraph - Python version of the igraph network analysis package.
  - python-louvain - A solid implementation of Louvain community detection algorithm.
  - Raphtory - A platform for building and analysing temporal networks.
  - scipy.sparse.csgraph - Fast graph algorithms based on sparse matrix representations.
  - Snap.py - A Python interface for SNAP (a general purpose, high performance system for analysis and manipulation of large networks).
  - TQ (Temporal Quantities) - Python 3 library for temporal network analysis.
  - uunet - Tools for multilayer social networks.
  - webweb - MATLAB/Python library to produce interactive network visualizations with d3.js.
  - metaknowledge - Python package to turn bibliometrics data into authorship and citation networks.
- Stata
  - nwcommands: Network Analysis Using Stata - stata-discussion/general/1290963-network-analysis-which-command-to-use), [tutorials and slides](https://nwcommands.wordpress.com/tutorials-and-slides/)).
  - SNA with Stata - Blog documenting the use of the netplot Stata package.
- Tutorials
  - Basic and Advanced Network Visualization with Gephi and R
  - Basic Network Analysis in R using igraph and related packages
  - Interactive and Dynamic Network Visualization in R
  - Nodegoat and Palladio: Introductory Workshop - Aimed at humanists (2015).
  - Static and Dynamic Network Visualization with R - Covers the igraph, network, ggraph, network, networkD3, ndtv, threejs and visNetwork packages (2019).
  - Tidy Network Analysis in R using the tidygraph package
Journals
- Topic-specific
Varia
- Fictional Networks
- Tutorials
  - +100 herramientas para el análisis de redes sociales - Long list of diverse applications of network analysis, with shorts descriptions in Spanish.
  - Centrality Measures as a Signature of Roles in Rousseau’s _Les Confessions_ - Analysis of a real-world character network.
  - Cheat Sheet: Social Network Analysis for Humanists - Basic notions to remember when assembling and manipulating network data.
  - Computer Technologies for the Historical Research of Intellectual Networks - Series of videos by historians, featuring Marten Düring and Scott Weingart.
  - Convert Between Graph Formats - Online service to convert from/to many different common graph formats.
  - David Knoke on Network Analysis - 20-minute interview that discusses the uses and benefits of network analysis, drawing upon Knoke’s research on terrorist networks.
  - Glossary of Terms for Statistical Network Models
  - Linton C. Freeman’s Social Network Research Publications
  - Mapping the Republic of Letters - Research project on early-modern scholarship ([underlying software](http://www.densitydesign.org/research/knot/)).
  - Mixed-Method Approaches to Social Network Analysis - Videos of a conference at the Middlesex University School of Law (2014).
  - Modeling Complex Social Networks: Challenges and Opportunities for Statistical Learning and Inference - Video of a seminar talk by Jennifer Neville at Purdue University (2011).
  - NetSciEd - Network Science in Education - International initiative aimed at improving network literacy.
  - Network Fact - Twitter account on networks, graph theory, and related topics.
  - Network Map of Knowledge and Art - DBPedia-derived networks of who-was-influenced-by-whom directed ties, using SPARQL and Gephi.
  - Network Science - A thematic list of Twitter accounts, curated by [Katherine Ognyanova](https://twitter.com/Ognyanova).
  - The Networks Network - Mailing-list (mostly historians from the HNR network).
  - New Perspectives for Relational Learning - Videos (and more) from a workshop at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) (2015).
  - Open Graph protocol - A proposed standard to turn any Web page into a “social graph object.”
  - Periodic Table of Network Centrality - Interactive periodic table of centrality indices.
  - Picking Sides - Community detection in the political network of Middle Eastern alliances between various state and nonstate powers ([updated version](https://gist.github.com/briatte/c6df2f855afb4eb142e6)).
  - Plan interactif du métro - Interactive visualization of the Paris metro network, drawn with d3.js, in French. -->
  - Psych Networks - Website with news, references and [tutorials](https://psych-networks.com/tutorials/) about network modeling for psychological data.
  - Tutorial Paper on New Methods for Estimating Psychological Networks
  - (Psychological) Network Analysis Workshops - 3-day workshop on psychological network analysis using R (2019).
  - Should I do Social Network Analysis?
  - The Small World of Psychopathology - Paper on how psychiatric symptoms connec to each other ([code, data and graphs](https://sites.google.com/site/dsmgraphs/Home/files)).
  - Social Network Analysis in DBpedia - Highly didactic Master’s dissertation, showing how to use SPARQL and Pajek.
  - SNA-DE Mailing-List
  - SPARQL for R Tutorial - Hollywood Social Network Analysis - Also uses Gephi.
  - Using Metadata to Find Paul Revere - Network analysis applied to American revolutionaries.
  - Visual Complexity. An Exploration on Mapping Complex Networks - Tons of beautiful network and tree visualizations ([book](http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/book/), also in Chinese and French).
  - Visualizing Historical Networks - Historical network research projects at Harvard University.
  - Angoulême in 1764
  - Economists in Cambridge
  - The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth Century History
  - Open Graph protocol - A proposed standard to turn any Web page into a “social graph object.”
  - Centrality Measures as a Signature of Roles in Rousseau’s _Les Confessions_ - Analysis of a real-world character network.
- Blog Series
  - Archaeological Networks - Tom Brughmans’ blog, aimed at archaeologists and historians.
  - Blog Posts About Networks by Aaron Clauset
  - Blog Posts About Networks by Baptiste Coulmont
  - Blog Posts About Networks by Cosma R. Shalizi
  - Blog Posts About Networks by François Briatte
  - Blog Posts About Networks by Katya Ognyanova
  - Blog Posts About Networks by Pierre Mercklé
  - Blog Posts About Networks on the Bad Hessian Blog
  - R-Bloggers
  - Networks
  - Social Network Analysis
  - Cosma R. Shalizi’s Notebooks - related topics, definitely worth listing in (selective) detail:
  - Analysis of Network Data
  - Assortative Social Networks and Neutral Cultural Evolution
  - Biochemical Network Evolution
  - Citations and Citation Networks
  - Community Discovery Methods for Complex Networks
  - Complex Networks
  - Experiments on Social Networks
  - Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs)
  - Graph Sampling Algorithms
  - Graph Theory
  - Homophily and Influence in Social Networks
  - Inferring Networks from Non-Network Data
  - Joint Modeling of Texts and Networks
  - Network Comparison
  - Networks of Political Actors
  - Relational Learning
  - Social Contagion, Information Cascades, Diffusion of Innovations, Etc.
  - Social Networks
  - Stochastic Block Models
  - An Annotated Bibliography on Stochastic Blockmodels
  - Networks
  - Social Networks
  - Network Analysis
  - Social Networks
  - Networks Demystified
  - Netze und Netzwerke - Blog on the history of network analysis, by Sebastian Gießmann ([old blog](http://www.netzeundnetzwerke.de/old/)).
  - R / Notes: Networks - Blog posts focused on manipulating networks in R, by François Briatte.
  - TNT: The Network Thinkers - Valdis Krebs’ blog.
  - Under Roquentin’s Chestnut Tree - Moses Boudourides’ blog on analyzing (mostly) networks with Python.
  - Character Networks
  - Network Analysis
  - R-Bloggers
- Network Science
  - Editing a Normal Science Journal in Social Science - Reflections on the _Social Networks_ journal by its founding editor.
  - The Emergence of Network Science - Video documentary, featuring Steven H. Strogatz and many others.
  - Albert-László Barabási’s review articles
  - Taming Complexity
  - The Network Takeover
  - The Invasion of the Physicists - How “network _science_” came up.
  - Isolated Social Networkers - Disciplinary Politics of Interdisciplinary Research or, “Hey, That Was My Idea First.”](https://www.cs.unm.edu/~aaron/blog/archives/2005/05/the_interdiscip.htm) - Series of blog posts that predate the advent of “network science” as a buzzword, but that touch upon the same issues as those now being discussed under that heading.
  - The ‘New’ Science of Networks - Review of network science books published in 2002-2003.
  - Predicting Highly Cited Papers - Prediction of the next highly cited papers in network science.
  - Three Hard Questions about Network Science
  - A Twenty-First Century Science - Essay by Duncan J. Watts.
  - What is Network Science? - First editorial of the recent _Network Science_ journal.
- Small Worlds
  - Stanley Milgram’s small-world experiment
  - The Erdös Number Project - Research project on the collaborative ties and network distance between mathematicians.
  - How Small is the World, Really? - Discussion of “_x_ degrees of separation” small-world experiments.
  - The Oracle of Bacon - Based on an [online game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) that resulted in a [charity](http://www.sixdegrees.org/).
  - Panel: Six Degrees of Separation - Video of a conference at Cornell University, featuring Duncan J. Watts, Steven H. Strogatz, Jon Kleinberg and other speakers.
  - Patterns in the Ivy: The Small World of Metal - Example of a two-mode network analysis based on metal artists and bands.
  - Six Degrees of Francis Bacon - Interactive visualization of a well-documented early modern historical network.
  - Six Degrees of Separation - Wikipedia English entry.
- Two-Mode Networks
  - L’analyse des graphes bipartis
  - Basic Notions for the Analysis of Large Two-mode Networks - complexnetworks.lip6.fr/~latapy/Publis/socnet07.pdf), [related code](https://www-complexnetworks.lip6.fr/~latapy/Bip/); _Social Networks_, 2008).
  - Fitting Large Signed Two-mode Blockmodels: Problems and Prospects
  - Generalized Blockmodeling of Two-mode Network Data - lj.si/pub/networks/doc/preprint/TwoMode.pdf)).
  - Generalized Two-Mode Cores
  - Partitioning Signed Two-Mode Networks
  - Working with Bipartite/Affiliation Network Data in R
Professional Groups
- Research Groups (USA)
- Topic-specific
  - AFS RT 26 “Réseaux sociaux” - Thematic Network of the French Sociological Association (AFS), in French ([old website](https://web.archive.org/web/20160421164221/http://www.cmh.pro.ens.fr/reseaux-sociaux/)).
  - ECPR Political Networks SG - Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research. Twitter: [@politicalnets](https://twitter.com/politicalnets).
  - Groupe FMR - Flux, Matrices, Réseaux
  - INSNA - International Network for Social Network Analysis - list](https://www.insna.org/socnet)). Twitter: [@SocNetAnalysts](https://twitter.com/SocNetAnalysts).
  - Mathematical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)
  - Society of Young Network Scientists (SYNS) - career network scientists. Twitter: [@official_SYNS](https://twitter.com/official_SYNS).
  - NetSci - Network Science Society
- Research Groups (Other)
  - Cambridge Networks Network (CNN) - Research network on complex networks.
  - Centre for Business Network Analysis, University of Greenwich - Focused on economic/organisational network analysis.
  - Center for Network Science, Central European University, Budapest - Features a PhD in Network Science program.
  - Complex Networks - Research group based in Paris.
  - Cx-Nets - Virtual collaboration between four complex networks research groups.
  - Data Science Group - Wroclaw-based research group that studies, among many things, complex networks and other network-related topics.
  - Digital Humanities - Interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Marc Bloch Centre in Berlin, with many network science projects.
  - Forschungscluster der Universitäten Trier und Mainz “Gesellschaftliche Abhängigkeiten und soziale Netzwerke”
  - Historical Network Research (HNR) - Platform for scholars interested in network analysis for historical research.
  - HNR Conferences, Workshops and Other Events
  - HNR Talks - Videos, in German.
  - ANR-Lab - International Laboratory for Applied Network Research - Russian group based at the National Research University in Moscow.
  - Theory and Methods in Network Analysis (“TMSA”) Summer Schools
  - Large Graphs and Networks - Research group at the Catholic University of Louvain ([official page](https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/icteam/large-graphs-and-networks.html)).
  - MelNet Social Network Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology
  - Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis, University of Manchester - Currently studies [covert networks](http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/mitchell-centre/research/covert-networks/). Twitter: [@MitchellSNA](https://twitter.com/MitchellSNA).
  - Murata Laboratory - Tokyo-based research group, studying bi-, tri- and k-partite (hyper)networks.
  - NetLab - Research network at the University of Toronto, led by Barry Wellman.
  - Network Science Research Centre, Swansea University
  - Network Dynamics - Research Lab at McGill University, led by [Derek Ruths](http://www.derekruths.com/)
  - Netzwerkerei - Historical research project on the connections between Jewish intellectuals.
  - ORIO - Observatoire des Réseaux Intra- et Inter-Organisationnels - A research program on networks and regulation.
  - ‘Réseaux et Régulation’ Conference Cycle - Seminar based at Sciences Po in Paris, France.
  - Redes-Sociales - Information network based at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  - RES-HIST : Réseaux et histoire - Blog posts from a research group on historical networks.
  - RES-HIST Conferences
  - SocioPatterns - Interdisciplinary research group that uses wireless sensors to study social network data.
  - SoNAR-C - Social Network Analysis Research Center, University of Italian Switzerland (USi)
  - Topographies of Entanglements. Mapping Medieval Networks - Research platform based at the Austrian Academy of Sciences that focuses on applying network theory and visualisation to medieval history.
  - UCL Centre for Organisational Network Analysis (CONA)
  - Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) - Research and software development project located at the Australian National University.
  - MelNet Social Network Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology
  - GDR Analyse de réseaux en sciences humaines et sociales
  - NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS) - Research group at IT University of Copenhagen.
Books
- Classics
  - A Novitiate in a Period of Change: An Experimental and Case Study of Social Relationships
  - Social Network Analysis
  - Social Network Analysis. Methods and Applications
  - The Structure and Dynamics of Networks - László Barabási and Duncan J. Watts - 600 pages of classic network analysis articles (2006).
  - Social Network Analysis. Methods and Applications
- Dissemination
  - Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
  - Linked: The New Science of Networks - László Barabási (2002).
  - Network Literacy: Essential Concepts and Core ideas - Available in several languages ([paper](https://academic.oup.com/comnet/article-abstract/4/3/457/1745356)).
  - Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
  - Nexus. Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks
- General Overviews
  - A First Course in Network Science - Tutorials, datasets and other resouces [on GitHub](https://github.com/CambridgeUniversityPress/FirstCourseNetworkScience) (2020).
  - Encyclopedia of Social Networks - Covers all sorts of network-related themes (many of them not formal) as well as social network analysis (2011).
  - Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining
  - L'analyse de réseau en sciences sociales. Petit guide pratique - de-reseau-en-shs/).
  - Network Science - László Barabási - Full book online (2016).
  - Network Science - Full book online (2005).
  - Network Science: Theory and Practice
  - Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World - Full pre-publication draft ([review](http://bactra.org/reviews/networks-crowds-markets.html); 2010).
  - Réseaux sociaux et structures relationnelles
  - The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis
  - Sociologie des réseaux sociaux
  - Social and Economic Networks
  - Social Network Analysis with Applications
  - Social Networks: An Introduction
  - Studying Social Networks. A Guide to Empirical Research
  - Understanding Social Networks. Theories, Concepts, and Findings
  - Network Science - László Barabási - Full book online (2016).
  - Social Networks. An Introduction - free to read online (2023).
  - Encyclopedia of Social Networks - Covers all sorts of network-related themes (many of them not formal) as well as social network analysis (2011).
  - A First Course in Network Science - Tutorials, datasets and other resouces [on GitHub](https://github.com/CambridgeUniversityPress/FirstCourseNetworkScience) (2020).
- Graph Theory
  - Combinatorics and Graph Theory
  - The Fascinating World of Graph Theory
  - Graph Theory
  - Graph Theory - Full book online, also in Chinese and German (2016).
  - Graph Theory - Full book online (1969).
  - Graphs & Digraphs
  - Introduction to Combinatorics and Graph Theory - Full book online (2016).
  - Modern Graph Theory
- Method-specific
  - Bayesian Networks in R with Applications in Systems Biology - useR/); 2013).
  - Bayesian Networks with Examples in R - Baptiste Denis ([website](http://www.bnlearn.com/book-crc/); 2014).
  - The Book of Trees. Visualizing Branches of Knowledge - Hundreds of beautiful tree diagrams, from all periods of history (2014).
  - Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks
  - Generalized Blockmodeling. Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
  - Handbook of Graph Drawing and Visualization
  - Handbuch Historische Netzwerkforschung. Grundlagen und Anwendungen
  - An Introduction to Exponential Random Graph Modeling
  - Knoten und Kanten. Soziale Netzwerkanalyse in Wirtschafts- und Migrationsforschung
  - Knoten und Kanten 2.0. Soziale Netzwerkanalyse in Medienforschung und Kulturanthropologie
  - Inferential Network Analysis
  - Multilayer Social Networks
  - Multilevel Network Analysis for the Social Sciences
  - Multimodal Political Networks
  - Multivariate Network Visualization
  - Network Analysis in Archaeology
  - Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations - Covers network centrality, clustering, blockmodels, spatial networks and more (2005).
  - Political Networks. The Structural Perspective
  - Social Network Analysis for Ego-Nets: Social Network Analysis for Actor-Centred Networks
  - Understanding Large Temporal Networks and Spatial Networks
  - Generalized Blockmodeling. Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
  - Handbuch Historische Netzwerkforschung. Grundlagen und Anwendungen
- Software-specific
  - Algorithmic Graph Theory and Sage - Full book online (2013).
  - Analyzing Social Networks
  - A User’s Guide to Network Analysis in R
  - Data Science and Complex Networks: Real Case Studies with Python
  - Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek - 4-501-54710-3.html) and [in Chinese](http://product.dangdang.com/22927985.html)).
  - Gephi Cookbook
  - Graph Drawing Software
  - Introduction to Social Network Methods - Full book online (2001).
  - Mastering Gephi Network Visualization
  - Network Graph Analysis and Visualization with Gephi
  - Social Network Analysis for Startups. Finding Connections on the Social Web
  - Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R
- Topic-specific
Courses
- Topic-specific
  - Complex Networks
  - Complex Networks
  - Tarot Cards for Principles of Complex Systems and Complex Networks
  - Graph Theory and Applications - Full lecture slides (Hamilton Institute, Dublin, 2009).
  - Graph Theory (Mathematics) - Full lecture notes (Penn State University, 2012).
  - Graphs and Networks
  - Network Analysis and Modeling (Computer Science) - Full lecture slides and readings (University of Colorado, 2022).
  - Networks, Complexity and Its Applications (Media Arts and Sciences)
  - Networks, Crowds and Markets - networks-crowds-and-markets); Cornell University via edX, 2016).
  - Networks (Economics)
  - Networks (Economics)
  - Network Science (Computer Science) - Mostly open access readings (Georgia Tech, 2015).
  - Network Science (Physics) - László Barabási, Sean Cornelius and Roberta Sinatra (Northeastern University, 2015). -->
  - Political Networks: Methods and Applications
  - Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis
  - Social Network Analysis
  - Social Network Analysis - Workshop notes and slides (2014–5).
  - Social Network Analysis with Pajek
  - Social Networks
  - The Structure of Information Networks - Links to many diverse readings (Cornell University, 2008).
  - Graphs and Networks
Datasets
- Topic-specific
  - Bayesian Network Repository
  - Colorado Index of Complex Networks (ICON) - Large collection of networks described and indexed by Aaron Clauset’s research group.
  - Connectome - Comprehensive maps of neural connections.
  - Enron Email Dataset
  - Eric D. Kolaczyk’s Network Datasets
  - Gephi Datasets
  - igraphdata - R data-centric package.
  - Interaction Web Database - Ecological species interactions.
  - KONECT - The Koblenz Network Collection - Includes, among other things, networks of collaboration in DBpedia and Wikipedia, GitHub ([companion handbook](https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.5500)).
  - James H. Fowler’s Cosponsorship Network Data Page - ->
  - Linton Freeman’s Network Data - Over 300 datasets of all sorts, in UCINET format.
  - Mangal - Online platform to analyze, archive and share ecological network data ([preprint](https://doi.org/10.1101/002634), [Python package](https://github.com/mangal-wg/pymangal), [R package](https://github.com/mangal-wg/rmangal)).
  - Manlio De Domenico’s Complex Multilayer Networks
  - Mark E.J. Newman’s Network Data - personal.umich.edu/~mejn/networks/)).
  - Network Repository - Fully searchable database containing hundreds of real-world networks.
  - Network Science Book - Network Datasets - Network data sets from Albert-László Barabási’s _Network Science_ book. Includes data on IMDB actors, arXiv scientific collaboration, network of routers, the US power grid, protein-protein interactions, cell phone users, citation networks, metabolic reactions, e-mail networks, and nd.edu Web pages.
  - Nexus - Repository of network datasets in GraphML and igraph formats. -->
  - Norwegian Interlocking Directorate, 2002-2011 - Two-mode and one-mode data on gender representation in Norwegian firms.
  - Movie galaxies - A database of movie characters interaction graphs.
  - Pajek Datasets
  - Siena Datasets
  - SocioPatterns Datasets - Network data obtained through the [SocioPatterns](http://www.sociopatterns.org/) sensing platform.
  - Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection
  - State Networks - US state-to-state relational variables, including borders, travel, trade and more.
  - tnet Datasets - Weighted network data.
  - UC Berkeley Social Networks Study (UCNets) - Ego-centric data (personal networks) from a five-year panel study.
  - UCI Network Data Repository
  - UCINET Datasets - Network data in UCINET format.
  - igraphwalshdata - Another R data-centric package.
  - Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection
Review Articles
- Archeological and Historical Networks
- Bibliographic, Citation and Semantic Networks
  - Assessing Impact and Quality from Local Dynamics of Citation Networks
  - Atypical Combinations and Scientific Impact
  - On Bibliographic Networks
  - Dynamic Scientific Co-Authorship Networks
  - Extracting Citation Networks from Publications in Classics
  - Self-Citations, Co-Authorships and Keywords: A New Approach to Scientists’ Field Mobility?
  - Socio-Semantic Frameworks - -sociosemantic-systems-acs-proofs.pdf); _Advances in Complex Systems_, 2013).
  - Socio-Semantic Modeling of Epistemic Communities
  - Tradition and Innovation in Scientists’ Research Strategies
  - Socio-Semantic Modeling of Epistemic Communities
- Biological, Ecological and Disease Networks
  - Biological Networks
  - Interactome Networks and Human Disease
  - Network Analysis: An Integrative Approach to the Structure of Psychopathology
  - Network Biology: Understanding the Cell’s Functional Organization - Accessible introduction to (cellular) network analysis (_Nature Reviews Genetics_, 2004).
  - Network Medicine: A Network-based Approach to Human Disease
  - Social Networks and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: the AIDS Example - 2) (_Social Networks_, 1985).
  - Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Networks: A Novel Paradigm of Drug Discovery. A Comprehensive Review - Also includes an impressive list of network analysis software (_Pharmacology & Therapeutics_, 2013).
  - Network Analysis: An Integrative Approach to the Structure of Psychopathology
- Complex and Multilayer Networks
  - The Architecture of Complexity - From network theory to complexity theory (_IEEE Control Systems Magazine_, 2007).
  - Complex Systems and Networks
  - Multilayer Networks in a Nutshell
  - Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks
  - The Structure and Function of Complex Networks
  - Multilayer Networks in a Nutshell
- Ethics of Network Analysis
- Network Modeling
  - Basic Models and Questions in Statistical Network Analysis
  - Introduction to Stochastic Actor-Based Models for Network Dynamics
  - Navigating the Range of Statistical Tools for Inferential Network Analysis
  - Positional Analysis and Blockmodeling - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/chapters/Positional_Analysis_and_Blockmodeling.pdf); -->_Computational Complexity_, 2012).
  - Social Network Evolution and Actor Oriented Models
  - Statistical Models for Social Networks
  - A Survey of Statistical Network Models - Book-length review ([preprint](https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.5410); _Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning_, 2010).
  - A Unified View of Generative Models for Networks: Models, Methods, Opportunities, and Challenges - day-workshops/15w5080/videos/watch/201504200944-Jacobs.html); [NIPS 2014 workshop](https://nips.cc/Conferences/2014/Schedule?type=Workshop) on “[Networks: From Graphs to Rich Data](https://410f84824e101297359cc81c78f45c7c079eb26c.googledrive.com/host/0Bz6WHrWac3FrWnA5MjZqb3lWa2c/)”).
  - Statistical Models for Social Networks
- Network Visualization
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - by Eszter Hargittai - rseau---biblio-gnrale.pdf) and [by Pierre Mercklé](http://socio.ens-lyon.fr/merckle/merckle_communications_2008_cargese_reseaux_nuls_biblio.pdf).
  - A propos de la notion de rôle dans l’analyse des relations sociales
  - Brokerage
  - Mixed-Method Approaches to Social Network Analysis
  - Network Analysis and Political Science
  - Network Analysis for International Relations
  - Network Analysis in the Social Sciences
  - Networks and Trade
  - Networks in Social Psychology, Beginning with Kurt Lewin - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/new_papers_4-13/Networks_in_Socia_Psychology_Lewin.docx); -->_[Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining](https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781461461692)_, 2014).
  - Networks in the Understanding of Economic Behaviors
  - Positions and Roles - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/new_papers_4-13/positions_and_roles.pdf); -->_[The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis](http://www.sagepub.in/books/Book232753/)_, 2011).
  - The Social and the Sexual: Networks in Contemporary Demographic Research
  - Social Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
  - Social Networks and Crime: Pitfalls and Promises for Advancing the Field
  - _The Small World_
  - Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks
  - Network Analysis and Political Science
  - Networks and Trade
  - Social Networks and Crime: Pitfalls and Promises for Advancing the Field
  - Brokerage
  - Positions and Roles - - [preprint](http://patrickdoreian.com/NEW/wp-content/papers_resources/new_papers_4-13/positions_and_roles.pdf); -->_[The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis](http://www.sagepub.in/books/Book232753/)_, 2011).
Selected Papers
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - Aux sources des grands réseaux d’interactions. Retour sur quelques propriétés déterminantes des réseaux sociaux issus de corpus documentaires - Reviews the current state of relational sociology and network analysis in light of the large-scale and online data (_Réseaux_, 2008).
  - Birds of a Feather, Or Friend of a Friend? Using Exponential Random Graph Models to Investigate Adolescent Social Networks - Accessible introduction to the logic and application of exponential random graph modeling (_Demography_, 2001).
  - Chains of Affection: The Structure of Adolescent Romantic and Sexual Networks - Classic example of topological network analysis applied to a network of affective and sexual ties (_American Journal of Sociology_, 2004).
  - Coauthorship and Citation Patterns in the _Physical Review_ - Highly typical study of scientific publishing productivity and collaboration through temporal network analysis ([preprint](https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0473); _Physical Review E_, 2013).
  - The Convergence of Social and Technological Networks - Discusses small-world effects and social contagion within the context of the Internet and social media (_Communications of the ACM_, 2008).
  - Deux traditions d’analyse des reseaux sociaux
  - Homophily and Contagion Are Generically Confounded in Observational Social Network Studies - Makes a very important point for the analysis of network diffusion and influence (_Sociological Methods and Research_, 2011).
  - La notion de réseau complexe : du réseau comme abstraction et outil à la masse de données des réseaux sociaux en ligne - Accessible introduction to the study of complex networks (_Communication & Organisation_, 2013).
  - Network Analysis, Culture, and the Problem of Agency - 3-of-bourdieu), by Mustafa Emirbayer (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1997) - Sociological foundations for a science of social ties.
  - Network Theory, Plot Analysis - Example applications of (fictional) network analysis in literary studies (_New Left Review_, 2011).
  - Node Centrality in Weighted Networks: Generalizing Degree and Shortest Paths - Explores the generalization of network centrality and distance measures to (positively) valued graphs (_Social Networks_, 2010; [companion website](https://toreopsahl.com/tnet/)).
  - Scale-Free Networks - László Barabási and Eric Bonabeau - Early, accessible formulation of the “networks are everywhere” argument (_Scientific American_, 2003).
  - Social Networks and Causal Inference - Reviews the different ways in which network analysis can produce meaningful causal statements, as well as the inherent limits of network analysis for doing so (_[Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research](http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-6094-3)_, 2013).
  - The Performativity of Networks - Network analysis meets science studies: social networks, like financial markets, are highly subject to performativity, i.e. the possibility that reality might be altered by its theoretical inquiry (_European Journal of Sociology_, 2015).
  - Revisiting the Foundations of Network Analysis - On choosing the right network representation to frame a research problem.
  - Robust Action and the Rise of the Medici, 1400-1434 - Classic analysis of power relations in the Renaissance Florentine state (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1993).
  - The Strength of Weak Ties - Arch-classic example of applying network analysis to a social issue: jobseeking (_American Journal of Sociology_, 1973).
  - The Ties that Divide: A Network Analysis of the International Monetary System, 1890–1910 - 0297.2009.02219.x) (_The Economic Journal_, 2009), both by Marc Flandreau and Clemens Jobst - Network analysis of the foreign exchange system in the late 19th century ([data](http://eh.net/database/international-currencies-1890-1910/)).
  - Topics in Social Network Analysis and Network Science - Pekka Onnela - 50-page introduction to network analysis, with just the right amount of detail on all aspects of it (_The Handbook of Health Services Research_, forthcoming 2017).

Programming Languages

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Conferences

Topic-specific

Software

R

Syntaxes

Social, Economic and Political Networks

Algorithms

Julia

C / C++

Java

JavaScript

MATLAB

Python

Stata

Tutorials

Journals

Topic-specific

Varia

Fictional Networks

Tutorials

Blog Series

Network Science

Small Worlds

Two-Mode Networks

Professional Groups

Research Groups (USA)

Topic-specific

Research Groups (Other)

Books

Classics

Dissemination

General Overviews

Graph Theory

Method-specific

Software-specific

Topic-specific

Courses

Topic-specific

Datasets

Topic-specific

Review Articles

Archeological and Historical Networks

Bibliographic, Citation and Semantic Networks

Biological, Ecological and Disease Networks

Complex and Multilayer Networks

Ethics of Network Analysis

Network Modeling

Network Visualization

Social, Economic and Political Networks

Selected Papers

Social, Economic and Political Networks