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
• The Structure and Dynamics of Networks - László Barabási and Duncan J. Watts - 600 pages of classic network analysis articles (2006).
• The Structure and Dynamics of Networks - László Barabási and Duncan J. Watts - 600 pages of classic network analysis articles (2006).

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).
• Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
• Nexus. Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks
• Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
• Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

General Overviews

• A First Course in Network Science - Tutorials, datasets and other resouces on GitHub (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; 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
• A First Course in Network Science - Tutorials, datasets and other resouces on GitHub (2020).
• Encyclopedia of Social Networks - Covers all sorts of network-related themes (many of them not formal) as well as social network analysis (2011).
• Network Science - László Barabási - Full book online (2016).
• Social Networks. An Introduction - free to read online (2023).
• The Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist
• Network Science - Full book online (2005).
• Networks. An Introduction
• Sociologie des réseaux sociaux

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
• The Fascinating World of Graph Theory
• Graphs & Digraphs

Method-specific

• Bayesian Networks in R with Applications in Systems Biology - useR/); 2013).
• Bayesian Networks with Examples in R - Baptiste Denis (website; 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
• Knoten und Kanten III. Soziale Netzwerkanalyse in Geschichts- und Politikforschung
• Multilayer Social Networks

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).
• 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
• Social Network Analysis for Startups. Finding Connections on the Social Web
• Gephi Cookbook
• Mastering Gephi Network Visualization
• Network Graph Analysis and Visualization with Gephi
• R for Social Network Analysis

Topic-specific

• Communities and Networks: Using Social Network Analysis to Rethink Urban and Community Studies
• Comparing Policy Networks. Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan
• Conducting Personal Network Research: A Practical Guide
• The Connected Past. Challenges to Network Studies in Archaeology and History
• The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science - up paper, 2011](http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/91.pdf)).
• Dynamical Networks in Psychology: More Than A Pretty Picture?
• Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks
• Economic Networks: Theory and Computation
• Fundamentals of Brain Network Analysis
• Inside Criminal Networks
• Neighbor Networks. Competitive Advantage Local and Personal
• Network Analysis Literacy. A Practical Approach to the Analysis of Networks
• Networks in Social Policy Problems
• The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Networks
• Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks: German Pension Politics and Privatization Discourse
• Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness
• Theories of Communication Networks
• The Chessboard and the Web. Strategies of Connection in a Networked World - Marie Slaughter (2017); applies network science to world politics.
• Towards Relational Sociology
• Die Verbundenheit der Dinge. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Netze und Netzwerke [The Connectedness of Things. A Cultural History of Nets and Networks
• Visualisierung komplexer Strukturen. Grundlagen der Darstellung mehrdimensionaler Netzwerke
• Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks
• Egocentric Network Analysis with R - An online book/tutorial that covers a lot of similar ground.
• Towards Relational Sociology
• Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks: German Pension Politics and Privatization Discourse
• Visualisierung komplexer Strukturen. Grundlagen der Darstellung mehrdimensionaler Netzwerke
• Policy Debates as Dynamic Networks: German Pension Politics and Privatization Discourse
• Visualisierung komplexer Strukturen. Grundlagen der Darstellung mehrdimensionaler Netzwerke
• Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness

Conferences

Topic-specific

• 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 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).
• ASONAM - IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining
• PolNet - Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference - Organized by the APSA Organized Section on Political Networks (PolNet).
• ASONAM - IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining
• CompleNet - International Workshop on Complex Networks
• EUSN - European Conference on Social Networks
• Large-scale Structures in Networks: Hidden Communities and Latent Hierarchies - Talk by Dan Larremore at NetSci 2019.
• 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
• CNDay - Cambridge Networks Day - Convened by the Cambridge Networks Network.
• Large-scale Structures in Networks: Hidden Communities and Latent Hierarchies - Talk by Dan Larremore 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).
• CNDay - Cambridge Networks Day - Convened by the Cambridge Networks Network.
• NetSci - International School and Conference on Social Networks - Organized by the Network Science Society (NetSci).

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 - 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
• Complex Networks
• Network Science CheatSheets
• Graph Theory and Applications - Full lecture slides (Hamilton Institute, Dublin, 2009).
• Graph Theory (Mathematics) - Full lecture notes (Penn State University, 2012).
• Graphs and Networks
• Networks (Economics)
• Social Network Analysis - Workshop notes and slides (2014–5).
• Social Network Analysis with Pajek
• Social Networks
• Network Science (Computer Science) - Mostly open access readings (Georgia Tech, 2015).
• Graphs and Networks
• Graphs and Networks
• Graphs and Networks
• Graphs and Networks
• 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).
• 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, Python package, R package).
• Manlio De Domenico’s Complex Multilayer Networks
• Mark E.J. Newman’s Network Data - personal.umich.edu/~mejn/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 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.