Impact in Complex Network Analysis Techniques Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Social Media and Politics Knowledge Management and Sharing Papers in Complex Network Analysis Techniques 20 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence 12 Social Media and Politics 3 show more fields Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science 2004 · 692 citations
692 1977 2026 1993 2009 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k Peers Linton C. Freeman
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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8.0k Communication 2.0k Strategy and Management 2.5k Transportation 1.1k Management of Technology and Innovation 877 Katherine Faust United States
Stanley Wasserman United States
Stephen P. Borgatti United States
Michael Newman United Kingdom
Kathleen M. Carley United States
Tom A. B. Snijders Netherlands
David M. Blei United States
Lynn Smith‐Lovin United States
Réka Albert United States
Miller McPherson United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 74) Load more (20 of 74) About Linton C. Freeman Linton C. Freeman is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics , Communication , Music , Statistics and Probability and Management Science and Operations Research , having authored 74 papers that have together received 23.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (20 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (12 papers), Data Visualization and Analytics (5 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 papers), Social Media and Politics (3 papers), Statistics Education and Methodologies (3 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (8.0k citations), Communication (2.0k citations), Strategy and Management (2.5k citations), Transportation (1.1k citations) and Management of Technology and Innovation (877 citations). Linton C. Freeman has collaborated with scholars based in United States , Ireland and Australia . Frequent co-authors include Dougľas R. White , Stephen P. Borgatti , A. Kimball Romney , Ulrik Brandes , Peter Kappelhoff , Cynthia Webster , Danching Ruan , Kimberly A. Jameson , Michael C. Appleby and Robert F. Winch . Their work appears in journals such as Social Networks , American Sociological Review , Journal of Mathematical Sociology , Social Forces and Animal Behaviour .
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