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Estimating the size of personal networks
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Metadata
- Authors
- Killworth, P. D., Johnsen, E. C., Bernard, H. R., Ann Shelley, G., & McCarty, C.
- Venue
- Social Networks
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1990-12
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 289-312
- ISSN
- 0378-8733 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2039793335
- Cited by
- 283
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Killworth, P. D., Johnsen, E. C., Bernard, H. R., Ann Shelley, G., & McCarty, C. (1990). Estimating the size of personal networks. Social Networks. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8733(90)90012-x
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