Social Networks (journal)

{{redirect|Social Networks|the concept|Social network}} {{hatnote|Not to be confused with ''Social Networking'' (journal), published by Scientific Research Publishing.}} {{Infobox journal | title = Social Networks | cover = | editor = Ulrik Brandes, Tom Valente | discipline = Sociology, Social network theory | former_names = | abbreviation = Soc. Netw. | publisher = Elsevier for the International Network for Social Network Analysis | country = | frequency = Quarterly | history = 1979–present | openaccess = | license = | impact = 3.1 | impact-year = 2022 | website = http://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-networks | link1 = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03788733 | link1-name = Online access | link2 = | link2-name = | ISSN = 0378-8733 | eISSN = | OCLC = 473324852 | LCCN = 82643204 }}

'''''Social Networks''''' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on social network theory. The editors-in-chief are Thomas Valente (University of Southern California) and Ulrik Brandes (ETH Zurich). It was established in 1979 and is currently published by Elsevier.

== Abstracting and indexing == ''Social Networks'' is abstracted and indexed in: * Anthropological Index * Anthropological Literature * Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences * Scopus * Social Sciences Citation Index * Sociological Abstracts According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', its 2011 impact factor was 2.931, ranking it 6th out of 137 journals in the category "Sociology".<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2011 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology |title=2011 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-networks}}

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Category:Academic journals established in 1979 Category:Sociology journals Category:Social networks Category:Elsevier academic journals Category:English-language journals Category:Quarterly journals