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The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science

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Title
The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science
Published in
Contemporary Sociology, May 2008
DOI 10.1177/009430610803700308
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
France 2 3%
Germany 2 3%
Chile 2 3%
Portugal 1 1%
Indonesia 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Brazil 1 1%
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 69 86%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 15%
Student > Master 12 15%
Researcher 12 15%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 9%
Lecturer 6 8%
Other 22 28%
Unknown 9 11%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 23 29%
Business, Management and Accounting 12 15%
Computer Science 12 15%
Psychology 3 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 4%
Other 18 23%
Unknown 9 11%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 October 2026.
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#12,432,301
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Outputs from Contemporary Sociology
#191
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Outputs of similar age
#53,427
of 130,583 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Contemporary Sociology
#1
of 4 outputs
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