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Comparing four different methods for measuring personal social networks
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- Authors
- Bernard, H. R., Johnsen, E. C., Killworth, P. D., McCarty, C., Shelley, G. A., & Robinson, S.
- Venue
- Social Networks
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1990-09
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 179-215
- ISSN
- 0378-8733 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2116284787
- Cited by
- 286
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 0.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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