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A curated list of awesome network analysis resources.
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Journals
- Topic-specific
Professional Groups
- Research Groups (USA)
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Center for Applied Network Analysis (CANA) - Research group based at the University of Southern California School of Medicine.
  - Channing Division of Network Medicine - Research division within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Network Interdependence in Social Systems - Led by Skyler J. Cranmer at Ohio State University.
  - Network Science Center at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) in West Point
  - Network Science IGERT at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Features an [NSF-funded](http://www.igert.org/) graduate programme.
  - Networks, Computation, and Social Dynamics Lab - Headed by Carter T. Butts. Part of the [Center for Networks and Relational Analysis](http://relationalanalysis.org/) (CNRA) at the University of California in Irvine.
  - Social Network Analysis Group at Stanford
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Duke Network Analysis Center
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Interdependence in Governance and Policy Research Group - Led by Bruce A. Desmarais at Penn State University.
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Complex Human Networks Reading Group (CoHN) - Reading list from a seminar held at MIT in 2001–2.
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab - Non-profit study group of ecological networks (“food webs”).
  - Peter J. Mucha’s Research Group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Yale Institute for Network Science (YINS)
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - Channing Division of Network Medicine - Research division within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
  - LINKS Center for Social Network Analysis at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky
- Topic-specific
  - APSA Political Networks - Organized Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Twitter: [@PolNetworks](https://twitter.com/PolNetworks).
  - ECPR Political Networks SG - Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research. Twitter: [@politicalnets](https://twitter.com/politicalnets).
  - INSNA - International Network for Social Network Analysis - list](https://www.insna.org/socnet)).
  - Mathematical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA)
  - 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/)).
- Research Groups (Other)
  - Centre for Business Network Analysis, University of Greenwich - Focused on economic/organisational network analysis.
  - 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.
  - GDR Analyse de réseaux en sciences humaines et sociales
  - 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
  - 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.
  - RES-HIST Conferences
  - SocioPatterns - Interdisciplinary research group that uses wireless sensors to study social network data.
  - 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.
  - Forschungscluster der Universitäten Trier und Mainz “Gesellschaftliche Abhängigkeiten und soziale Netzwerke”
  - ‘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.
Review Articles
- Bibliographic, Citation and Semantic Networks
- Archeological and Historical Networks
  - Analyse de réseaux et histoire
  - From Hermeneutics to Data to Networks: Data Extraction and Network Visualization of Historical Sources
  - Introduction à la visualisation de données : l’analyse de réseau en histoire
  - Networks and History
  - Networks in Historical Research
  - Netzwerkanalyse in den Geschichtswissenschaften. Historische Netzwerkanalyse als Methode für die Erforschung von historischen Prozessen
  - The Roots and Shoots of Archaeological Network Analysis: A Citation Analysis and Review of the Archaeological Use of Formal Network Methods
  - Thinking Through Networks: A Review of Formal Network Methods in Archaeology
  - Networks of Power in Archaeology
  - Analyser les réseaux du passé en archéologie et en histoire
  - Formale Methoden der Netzwerkanalyse in den Geschichtswissenschaften: Warum und Wie? [Formal Network Methods in History: Why and How? - ouvertes.fr/halshs-00521527); _Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften_, 2012).
  - Introduction : où en est l’analyse de réseaux en histoire ? [Introducción: ¿en qué punto se encuentra el análisis de redes en Historia? - bertran-guzziheeb-lemercier/298); _REDES_, 2011).
- Biological, Ecological and Disease Networks
  - Social Networks and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: the AIDS Example
  - 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
- Ethics of Network Analysis
  - A Cautionary Note on Data Inputs and Visual Outputs in Social Network Analysis (SNA)
  - Ethical and Strategic Issues in Organizational Social Network Analysis
- Network Modeling
  - Introduction to Stochastic Actor-Based Models for Network Dynamics
  - 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 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/)”).
- Network Visualization
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - A propos de la notion de rôle dans l’analyse des relations sociales
  - 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).
  - 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_
  - Brokerage
  - Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks
  - Network Analysis and Political Science
  - Social Networks and Crime: Pitfalls and Promises for Advancing the Field
  - 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).
  - 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).
  - Networks and Trade
Books
- General Overviews
  - Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining
  - Network Science: Theory and Practice
  - The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis
  - Sociologie des réseaux sociaux
  - Social Network Analysis with Applications
  - Understanding Social Networks. Theories, Concepts, and Findings
  - Encyclopedia of Social Networks - Covers all sorts of network-related themes (many of them not formal) as well as social network analysis (2011).
  - Networks. An Introduction
  - Réseaux sociaux et structures relationnelles
- Method-specific
  - Handbuch Historische Netzwerkforschung. Grundlagen und Anwendungen
  - Multilevel Network Analysis for the Social Sciences
  - Multivariate Network Visualization
  - Network Analysis in Archaeology
  - 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
  - An Introduction to Exponential Random Graph Modeling
  - Knoten und Kanten. Soziale Netzwerkanalyse in Wirtschafts- und Migrationsforschung
  - 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
  - Knoten und Kanten. Soziale Netzwerkanalyse in Wirtschafts- und Migrationsforschung
- 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).
- Dissemination
  - Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
  - 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
- Graph Theory
  - Combinatorics and Graph Theory
  - Graph Theory
  - Graph Theory - Full book online (1969).
  - Introduction to Combinatorics and Graph Theory - Full book online (2016).
  - Modern Graph Theory
- Software-specific
  - 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)).
  - Graph Drawing Software
  - Introduction to Social Network Methods - Full book online (2001).
  - Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R
  - Network Graph Analysis and Visualization with Gephi
- Topic-specific
Courses
- Topic-specific
  - Social Network Analysis - Workshop notes and slides (2014–5).
  - Social Network Analysis with Pajek
  - Social Networks
  - Complex Networks
  - Tarot Cards for Principles of Complex Systems and Complex Networks
  - Graph Theory (Mathematics) - Full lecture notes (Penn State University, 2012).
  - Network Analysis and Modeling (Computer Science) - Full lecture slides and readings (University of Colorado, 2014).
  - Networks (Economics)
  - Network Science (Physics) - László Barabási, Sean Cornelius and Roberta Sinatra (Northeastern University, 2015).
  - Political Networks: Methods and Applications
Datasets
- Topic-specific
  - Connectome - Comprehensive maps of neural connections.
  - Enron Email Dataset
  - Eric D. Kolaczyk’s Network Datasets
  - Gephi Datasets
  - 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](http://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.
  - Mark E.J. Newman’s Network Data - personal.umich.edu/~mejn/networks/)).
  - 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 databse of movie characters interaction graphs.
  - Pajek Datasets
  - SocioPatterns Datasets - Network data obtained through the [SocioPatterns](http://www.sociopatterns.org/) sensing platform.
  - Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection
  - tnet Datasets - Weighted network data.
  - UCI Network Data Repository
  - UCINET Datasets - Network data in UCINET format.
  - International Currencies 1890-1910 - Historical data on the international connections between 45 currencies.
  - Colorado Index of Complex Networks (ICON) - Large collection of networks described and indexed by Aaron Clauset’s research group.
  - Manlio De Domenico’s Complex Multilayer 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.
  - Philosophers Networks from Randall Collins’s _The Sociology of Philosophies_
Software
- Python
  - metaknowledge - Python package to turn bibliometrics data into authorship and citation networks.
  - Implementing an ERGM from Scratch in Python
  - 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.
  - webweb - MATLAB/Python library to produce interactive network visualizations with d3.js.
  - 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.
  - metaknowledge - Python package to turn bibliometrics data into authorship and citation networks.
- R
  - Awesome R - bcXVl6QOTncwXjFBYp4u2WgE/edit?usp=sharing) by Ian McCulloh and others.
  - Introduction to the backbone package
  - RCy3 - Interface between R and recent versions of Cytoscape.
  - RCyjs - Interface between R and Cytoscape.js.
  - Network Model Selection Using qgraph 1.3
  - qgraph Examples
  - qgraph: Network Visualizations of Relationships in Psychometric Data
  - ERGM: edgecov and dyadcov Specifications
  - Introducing graphlayouts with Game of Thrones
  - lpNet - Linear programming model aimed at infering biological (signalling, gene) networks.
  - 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.
  - Rgraphviz - Support for using the Graphviz library and its DOT graph drawing language from within R.
  - Introduction to snahelper (Part 1)
  - Introduction to snahelper (Part 2)
  - spectralGOF - Computes the spectral goodness of fit (SGOF), a measure of how well a network model explains the structure of an observed network.
  - Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) Using statnet
  - Modeling Valued Networks with statnet
  - Introducing tidygraph
  - Tidying up your network analysis with tidygraph and ggraph
  - Guides for Using the statnet Package
- Social, Economic and Political Networks
  - Uberlink - Software suite for online (hyperlink) network analysis, by the [VOSON](http://vosonlab.net/) research project.
  - 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 for Historians: Sources, Social Networks and Software
  - Vizster - Cross-platform Java program to visualize online social networks.
  - 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.
  - Pajek - Windows program for large network analysis, free for noncommercial use.
  - Palladio - Web-based spatial network visualization tool by the [Humanities + Design research lab at Stanford University](http://hdlab.stanford.edu/projects/palladio/).
  - 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.
  - NetWiki Shared Code
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - SparklingGraph - Cross-platform tool to perform large-scale, distributed network computations with Apache Spark’s GraphX module; written in Java and Scala.
  - Geographische Netzwerkvisualisierung mit dem Programm ‘Gephi’
  - Introduction to Network Analysis and Visualization with Gephi
  - Practical Social Network Analysis With Gephi
  - Graph Commons - Collaborative platform for mapping, analyzing and publishing data-networks.
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - 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).
  - Mark Round’s Map of Data Formats and Software Tools
  - 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.
- Algorithms
  - Awesome Algorithms
  - ForceAtlas2 - Force-directed layout included in Gephi ([paper](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098679)).
  - OSLOM2 - Order Statistics Local Optimization Method - Clustering algorithm.
- C / C++
  - Benchmark Graphs to Test Community Detection Algorithms - C++ code to generate weighted and unweighted graphs.
  - 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](http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0512106).
- JavaScript
  - Awesome JavaScript
  - 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](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873316300284)).
  - Graphology - Specification and reference implementation for a robust and multipurpose JavaScript `Graph` object.
  - viz.js - Use Graphviz in Web pages.
- Julia
  - Creating Network Diagrams in Plotly from Julia
  - JuliaGraphs - Suite of Julia packages for network analysis.
  - Video presentation of the package
- MATLAB
  - Complex Networks Package for MatLab
  - CONTEST - Random network toolbox that implements nine network models.
  - Generalized Louvain - Variant of the Louvain community detection algorithm.
- 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.
- Syntaxes
  - 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)).
  - Awesome LaTeX: TiKZ
  - How to Draw Graphs in LaTeX?
  - TikZ & PGF Manual
  - Cypher - Graph query language used by [Neo4j](http://neo4j.com/).
- Tutorials
  - Interactive and Dynamic Network Visualization in R
  - Nodegoat and Palladio: Introductory Workshop - Aimed at humanists (2015).
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).
  - 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).
  - 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).
  - 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/)).
  - 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).
  - 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).
  - 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).
  - Deux traditions d’analyse des reseaux sociaux
  - 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).
Conferences
- Topic-specific
  - EUSN - European Conference on Social Networks
  - GD - International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
  - Videos from the Political Networks 2009 Conference
  - PolNet - Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference - Organized by the APSA Organized Section on Political Networks (PolNet).
Varia
- Tutorials
  - Cheat Sheet: Social Network Analysis for Humanists - Basic notions to remember when assembling and manipulating network data.
  - 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/)).
  - 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).
  - Network Science PhDs - Twitter account. Goal: “broadcast research, opportunities, and insights among grad students studying #networkscience.”
  - 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).
  - 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.
  - Angoulême in 1764
  - SNA-DE Mailing-List
  - (Psychological) Network Analysis Workshops - 3-day workshop on psychological network analysis using R.
  - Should I do Social Network Analysis?
  - A Sociology Citation Network - citation Network for Philosophy](https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/18/a-co-citation-network-for-philosophy/) - Examples of scientific co-citation networks.
  - 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.
  - Economists in Cambridge
  - The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth Century History
  - SPARQL for R Tutorial - Hollywood Social Network Analysis - Also uses Gephi.
  - Centrality Measures as a Signature of Roles in Rousseau’s _Les Confessions_ - Analysis of a real-world character network.
- Blog Series
- Fictional Networks
  - Analyzing Networks of Characters in _Love Actually_ - Features a cluster analysis and a [Shiny app](https://dgrtwo.shinyapps.io/love-actually-network/) (using R + Shiny).
  - Character Co-Occurrences in Victor Hugo’s _Les Misérables_
  - Events in the _Game of Thrones_ - Networked chronologies of character alliances, kills and travels in the book series, drawn with d3.js.
  - Lessons on Exponential Random Graph Modeling from _Grey’s Anatomy_ hook-ups
  - Network Analysis of Shakespeare’s _Macbeth_
  - The Network and Trajectories of Transitions among Sentential Co-Occurrences of Characters of Arthur Conan Doyle’s _A Study in Scarlet_
  - Network Visualization: Mapping Shakespeare’s Tragedies
  - Social Network Analysis of _Alice in Wonderland_
  - _Star Wars_ Social Networks: The Force Awakens - Also an example of a social network analysis written in F#.
  - Universal Properties of Mythological Networks
- 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.
  - The Invasion of the Physicists - How “network _science_” came up.
  - 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.
- Small Worlds
  - Stanley Milgram’s small-world experiment
  - 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.
  - How Small is the World, Really? - Discussion of “_x_ degrees of separation” small-world experiments.
- 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

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