Varia

• Blog Series

  • Social Networks
  • Stochastic Block Models
  • Social Networks
  • Networks Demystified
  • 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
  • Blog Posts About Networks by Baptiste Coulmont
  • Blog Posts About Networks by Cosma R. Shalizi
  • Blog Posts About Networks on the Bad Hessian Blog
  • 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
  • Network Analysis
  • TNT: The Network Thinkers - Valdis Krebs’ blog.
  • Blog Posts About Networks by Pierre Mercklé
  • R-Bloggers

• 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_
  • 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
  • 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).
  • Lessons on Exponential Random Graph Modeling from _Grey’s Anatomy_ hook-ups
  • 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#.

• 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.
  • Social Network and Network Science Co-Citations Across Disciplines in 1996-2013
  • The Invasion of the Physicists - How “network _science_” came up.
  • Albert-László Barabási’s review articles
  • Taming Complexity
  • The Network Takeover
  • 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.

• Small Worlds

  • Stanley Milgram’s small-world experiment
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Erdös Number Project - Research project on the collaborative ties and network distance between mathematicians.

• 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.
  • (Psychological) Network Analysis Workshops - 3-day workshop on psychological network analysis using R.
  • Should I do Social Network Analysis?
  • SNA-DE Mailing-List
  • 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
  • Centrality Measures as a Signature of Roles in Rousseau’s _Les Confessions_ - Analysis of a real-world character network.
  • Awesome graph classification - Comprehensive list of graph embedding papers with title, authors, link to the paper and reference implementation.
  • Awesome community detection - Comprehensive list of community detection papers with title, authors, link to the paper and reference implementation.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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)).
  • 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.
  • Network Science PhDs - Twitter account. Goal: “broadcast research, opportunities, and insights among grad students studying #networkscience.”
  • +100 herramientas para el análisis de redes sociales - Long list of diverse applications of network analysis, with shorts descriptions in Spanish.
  • Computer Technologies for the Historical Research of Intellectual Networks - Series of videos by historians, featuring Marten Düring and Scott Weingart.
  • Mixed-Method Approaches to Social Network Analysis - Videos of a conference at the Middlesex University School of Law (2014).
  • Network Fact - Twitter account on networks, graph theory, and related topics.
  • Network Science - A thematic list of Twitter accounts, curated by [Katherine Ognyanova](https://twitter.com/Ognyanova).
  • Social Network Analysis in DBpedia - Highly didactic Master’s dissertation, showing how to use SPARQL and Pajek.

• 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
  • Fitting Large Signed Two-mode Blockmodels: Problems and Prospects
  • Partitioning Signed Two-Mode Networks
  • 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).
  • Generalized Blockmodeling of Two-mode Network Data - lj.si/pub/networks/doc/preprint/TwoMode.pdf)).
  • Generalized Two-Mode Cores