Dynamic Community in static social networks using the gray wolf optimizer algorithm by Fatemeh Besharatnia, Alireza Talebpur, Sadegh Aliakbari

“…Identifying communities in complex networks is an important issues in social network analysis, and it helps researchers understand the function and display of network structures. …”
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Sports Big Data: Management, Analysis, Applications, and Challenges by Zhongbo Bai, Xiaomei Bai

“…Thirdly, we show sports data analysis methods, including statistical analysis, sports social network analysis, and sports big data analysis service platform. …”
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Spatial Pattern and Evolution of Global Innovation Network from 2000 to 2019: Global Patent Dataset Perspective by Yuna Di, Yi Zhou, Lu Zhang, Galuh Syahbana Indraprahasta, Jinjin Cao

“…With the application of social network analysis and intellectual property application database, the global innovation network structure from 2000 to 2019 is explored. …”
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Research on Shelf-Life Extension Technologies for Food Sustainability: An Assessment of Scientific Activities and Networks by Jakkrit Thavorn, Veera Muangsin, Chupun Gowanit, Nongnuj Muangsin

“…The text mining software was utilized to analyze 3,131 Web of Science-indexed articles published between 2000 and 2020 as a means to glean the conceptual structure of current knowledge and conduct a social network analysis to explore scientific and publication activity. …”
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Theater of Triumph and Transgression: ­Religious Discourse on Hospitality/­Hostility in the Viral Communication during the Pandemic by Leonard Chrysostomos Epafras, Hendrikus Paulus Kaunang, Jekonia Tarigan, David Akbar Hasyemi Rafsanjani

“…The research employs Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Social Media Analysis to explore and visualize viral communication on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. …”
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A Data Mining-Based Model for Evaluating Tennis Players’ Training Movements by Hang Chen

“…This paper aims to conduct a systematic theoretical analysis of tennis players’ training movements based on theories and methods such as system science theory and social network analysis. On this basis, the characteristics of tennis training technology development are analyzed from a combination of qualitative and quantitative perspectives, while the development of tennis player training is explored based on tracking observations of tennis player movement training, and finally, the attack and service characteristics of tennis training are analyzed to better provide some reference for the sustainable development of tennis.…”
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Theorising unconventional climate advocates and their relationship to the environmental movement by R. M. Colvin, Robyn E. Gulliver, Xiongzhi Wang, Ajay Adhikari, Sarah J. Boddington, Kelly S. Fielding, Winnifred R. Louis

“…In this paper we theorise ‘unconventional climate advocates’ as those who combine advocacy for climate action with a social identity that departs from the prototypical environmentalist identity. Using social network analysis we show that unconventional climate advocates in Australia are peripheral to the main environmental movement, that is, the conventional advocates for climate action. …”
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Chemical signals and social structures strengthen sexual isolation in Drosophila pseudoobscura by Jacob A. Jezovit, Joel D. Levine

“…In Drosophila, behavioural and physiological traits discourage heterospecific mating between species. Recently, social network analysis revealed flies produce strain-specific and species-specific social structures. …”
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The Simultaneous Effects of Spatial and Social Networks on Cholera Transmission by Sophia Giebultowicz, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Yunus, Michael Emch

“…Simultaneous spatial and social network analysis may improve understanding of disease transmission.…”
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A bibliometric analysis of food security and urbanization: insights and implications by Yujun Wei, Yujun Wei, Xiaokun Wei, Zhonghua Ye, Jie Fan

“…Using statistical analysis, co-word analysis, and social network analysis, we map the intellectual landscape and global collaboration networks in FSU research. …”
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FedEx and UPS Network Structure and Accessibility Analysis Based on Complex Network Theory by Changsong Zhao, Chunliang Xiu, Guanyi Yu

“…In conjunction with the division of US regions from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), this paper refers to FedEx and UPS as FEPS and analyzes its topological structure, complexity properties, and air cargo accessibility by using social network analysis (SNA) and accessibility evaluation methods. …”
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Economic groups, corporate networks and think tanks. The case of the Centro de Estudios Públicos in Chile by Juan Jesús Morales-Martín, Martín Alfonso Videla-Rocha, Roberto Ibacache-Monasterio

“…Regarding the methodology, social network analysis has been used to identify how corporate networks are organized when companies share directors and advisors (interlocking directorates). …”
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Social communication networks and videoconferencing by Ian Saunderson, Gideon de Wet

“…The study utilised focus group research, social network analysis and descriptive statistics in the investigation of the manifestation of the above-mentioned variables in the Tertiary Education Linkages Project (TELP), which is a linkage project between the Eastern Cape Technikon and Texas Southern University. …”
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Co-authorship networks: Collaborative research structures at the journal level by José António C. Santos, Margarida Custódio Santos

“…To reach these goals, we used a combination of bibliometric analysis with social network analysis. The results demonstrate that geographic proximity and linguistic affinity play a substantial role in scientific collaboration between institutions. …”
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Towards Complexity and Dynamics: A Bibliometric-Qualitative Review of Network Research in Construction by Dongping Cao, Shiting Shao

“…Social network analysis (SNA) has gained increasing academic attention in the construction domain over the past two decades due to its capability to characterize the complexity and dynamics of interindividual and interorganizational interactions. …”
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Analysis of the state of sustainable development and key targets: A case study of China and “Belt and Road” countries by Shun Chen, Ping Jiang, Pin Zuo, Zolboo Dashnyam

“…By applying data from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Bertelsmann Stiftung, and utilizing social network analysis and principal component analysis, the study identifies key SDGs and explores their interlinkages across these countries. …”
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A Survey of Nature-Inspired Meta-Heuristic Algorithms in Network Alignment by Anagh Awal, Farsuram Pandit

“…Network alignment plays a pivotal role in fields such as network science, biology, and social network analysis by identifying common structures and relationships across different networks. …”
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‘Buzz-and-Pipeline’ Dynamics in AI Innovation Network: A Case Study of Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone, Shanghai by Yuanyuan Wan, Gang Zeng, Jiawei Wang, Lin Zou

“…We draw on Zhangjiang, China’s most advanced AI industry cluster, using social network analysis and qualitative methods, combining patent data with semi-structured interviews. …”
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Exploring the Driving Factors for Low-Carbon Development of the Construction Industry in China by Yiyu Geng, Youquan Xu, Ke Ma, Yuanyuan Li, Zhigang Zhang

“…Following this, Social Network Analysis was employed to evaluate the data collected from the surveys. …”
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Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera by Xenia Leontyeva, Olessia Koltsova, Deb Verhoeven

“…We also undertook a social network analysis (SNA) of the characters’ communications. …”
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