Recent Advances in Social Networks and Social Media (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Computers (ISSN 2073-431X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026 | Viewed by 433
Special Issue Editor
Interests: combinatorics of networks; algorithmic graph theory; parallel and distributed algorithms
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Dear Colleagues,
Studies of social networks have been conducted for a century in various disciplines such as sociology, psychology, economics, and anthropology. Recent advances in the Internet, social webs, and other large-scale social and technological infrastructure have triggered a growing interest and significant methodological advancements in social network analysis and mining. Inspired by these research problems, new methods from graph theory, machine learning and data mining, statistics, and statistical mechanics have been developed, which in turn have opened up further possibilities for more interesting applications, leading to a rising prominence of analysis of social networks and social media using different methods and tools from academia, business, and politics.
We are excited to announce a Special Issue of the journal Computers titled "Recent Advances in Social Networks and Social Media (2nd Edition)". In this Special Issue, we aim to collate the latest research on recent developments in social networks and social media by welcoming the submission of novel research articles, comprehensive reviews, and survey articles. Extended conference papers are also welcome. Papers should contain at least 50% new material, e.g., in the form of technical extensions, more in-depth evaluations, or additional use cases.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- network formation;
- social networks;
- network experiments;
- local interaction games;
- non-cooperative games;
- real-world complex network analysis;
- pattern analysis in social networks;
- temporal networks;
- information diffusion models;
- reputation and trust in social media;
- social influence, recommendation, and media.
Prof. Dr. Hovhannes Harutyunyan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- network formation
- social networks
- network experiments
- local interaction games
- non-cooperative games
- real-world complex network analysis
- pattern analysis in social networks
- temporal networks
- information diffusion models
- reputation and trust in social media
- social influence, recommendation, and media
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