Every once in a while, people e-mail me with questions about netplot, and probably the most frequently asked question is how to convert data from an adjacency matrix into an edgelist, which…
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About the network structure of Hyves
I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest paper in PLoS ONE, titled “Composition and Structure of a Large Online Social Network in the Netherlands.” The paper studies the network…
On unsolved sociological questions
Harvard’s Ethan Fosse blogs about his top five unsolved sociological questions. Regardless of whether I agree that these particular ones are the “top five” (although I think all of them are interesting…
Misc. links, March 2012
Cambridge University Press launches a new journal called Network Science. The editorial board looks impressive, with prominent names from various disciplines that deal with networks, including sociology, economics, physics, and computer science….
Golder and Macy on Social Science with Social Media
A recent issue of Footnotes, the newsletter of the American Sociological Association, includes an article by Scott Golder and Michael Macy on the use of data generated by social media for social…
New working paper online: Online Social Networks in the Netherlands
I just uploaded a new working paper on SSRN, titled “Composition and Structure of a Large Online Social Network in the Netherlands.” The paper describes an exploratory analysis of a unique dataset…
10th Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology in Utrecht
For the tenth time, we organize our Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology at Utrecht University, as a co-production of the department of Sociology and the Utrecht School of Economics. To…
Social Networks switches to single blind peer review
I just got the following message from Elsevier: I would like to inform you that the Editors of Social Network have decided to change the current reviewing policy from ‘Double Blind’ (…
Misc links
I’m in the process of moving back to the Netherlands, so I only have time to post a few links: Some Swiss researchers show through network analysis how the world of multinational…
Couchsurfing visualized
My collaborator Bogdan State of Stanford University created a video of the evolution of a local “Couchsurfing” network, as part of our research project on the evolution of trust within the Couchsurfing…