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The cultural construction of personal relationships 人际关系的文化建构

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.07.001

Oscar Stuhler

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In the network of the conclave: Social connections and the making of a pope 在秘密会议的网络中：社会关系和教皇的产生

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.07.003

Giuseppe Soda , Alessandro Iorio , Leonardo Rizzo

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The duality of network ties and attributes 网络关系和属性的二元性

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Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.07.002

Annabell Schüßler , Jan A. Fuhse

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Who’s in your extended network? Analysing the size and homogeneity of acquaintanceship networks in the Netherlands 谁在你的扩展网络中？分析荷兰熟人网络的规模和同质性

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.05.007

Beate Völker , Bas Hofstra , Rense Corten , Frank van Tubergen

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Modeling the duality of content niches and user interactions on online social media platforms 对在线社交媒体平台上的内容利基和用户交互的二元性进行建模

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.05.001

Alvaro Uzaheta , Viviana Amati , Christoph Stadtfeld

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The Correspondence Analysis of two-mode networks revisited 再论双模网络的对应分析

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Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.06.001

Omar Lizardo

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Urban environmental stewardship networks: How organizations collaborate, share resources, and exchange knowledge within Baltimore, Maryland 城市环境管理网络：组织如何在马里兰州巴尔的摩市合作、共享资源和交换知识

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.05.002

Selena M. Livas , Dexter H. Locke , Nancy F. Sonti

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Networks of inclusion: Using teams and technology to create diverse social capital 包容网络：利用团队和技术创造多样化的社会资本

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.05.003

Sarah J. Gordon , Wayne E. Baker , Jose Uribe , Cassandra R. Chambers , Bruce A. Desmarais

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Double agency and co-evolution for two-mode networks, with an application to corporate interlocks and firms’ environmental performance 双模式网络的双重代理和共同进化，以及对企业联锁和企业环境绩效的应用

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.05.008

Tom A.B. Snijders , Beata Łopaciuk-Gonczaryk

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Explaining contact patterns in acquaintanceship networks: A new covariate-based model 解释熟人网络中的联系模式：一个新的协变量模型

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Networks Pub Date : 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.05.005

Derick S. Baum

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