International Network for Social Network Analysis
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The International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) is a professional academic association of researchers and practitioners of social network analysis.{{cite book |title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design |date=2022 |publisher=Sage Publications |url=https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071812082.n267 |quote=The International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) is a professional, nonprofit, international association of scientists, practitioners, and students dedicated to social network analysis (SNA). Founded in 1977 by Barry Wellman, the association as of 2020 brings together more than 800 members from 65 countries.}}[http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=sosig1059997247-25098 Intute: Social Sciences], Intute website.
History
INSNA was founded in 1977 by Barry Wellman, a sociologist. A key function of the organization was to provide a sense of identity for a set of researchers who were widely dispersed geographically and across scientific disciplines.[http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/vita/index.html Barry Wellman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502012635/http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/vita/index.html |date=2010-05-02 }} biography: Netlab at the University of Toronto website.
Shortly after INSNA was founded, Linton C. Freeman founded the association's flagship journal, Social Networks, in 1978.[https://scapbot.com/ Worldwide Social Media Network for Businesses]
Early meetings were invitation-only, but in 1980 H. Russell Bernard and Alvin Wolfe inaugurated the series of annual "Sunbelt" meetings open to all.{{cite book |author1=Linton C. Freeman |author1-link=Linton Freeman |title=The Development of Social Network Analysis |date=2004 |publisher=Empirical Press |isbn=1-59457-714-5 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239228599_The_Development_of_Social_Network_Analysis |quote=In 1980 H. Russell Bernard and Alvin W. Wolfe came up with the idea of having regular annual meetings open to all interested parties...their proposed Annual Sunbelt Social Network Conference.}}
A full chronology of INSNA leadership is as follows:{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
| class="wikitable"
!Years !Leader |
| 1977–1988
|Barry Wellman |
| 1988–1993
|Al Wolfe |
| 1993–1999 |
| 2000–2005
|Martin Everett |
| 2005–2007
|Bill Richards |
| 2007–2010
|George Barnett |
| 2011–2017
|John Skvoretz |
| 2017–2019 |
| 2020–Present
|Laura M. Koehly |
As of 2018, INSNA has approximately 1,000 active members, while the SOCNET{{cite web|url=http://insna.org/socnet.html|title=INSNA: SOCNET|accessdate=29 June 2016}} listserv has about 3700 subscribers.{{cite web|url=https://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?INDEX|title=UFL LISTSERV Archives|accessdate=29 June 2016}}
As well as publishing a triannual journal Connections on the subject, INSNA also:
- Runs SOCNET, a listserv mailing-list for the subject.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
- Hosts the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference annually.Annual [http://www.insna.org/INSNA/sunbelt_inf.html International Sunbelt Social Network Conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522115911/http://www.insna.org/INSNA/sunbelt_inf.html |date=2007-05-22 }}: INSNA website.
- Facilitates regional and specialized conferences.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
- Publishes a quarterly journal, Social Networks.[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505596/description#description Social Networks], quarterly journal.
- Publishes the online Journal of Social Structure, irregular periodicity.[http://www.cmu.edu/joss/ Journal of Social Structure], online journal, irregular periodicity.
- Provides links to researchers around the world.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
- Provides raw data.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.insna.org/ INSNA] website.
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Category:Social network analysis