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Exploring variation in active network size: Constraints and ego characteristics
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Metadata
- Authors
- Roberts, S. G. B., Dunbar, R. I. M., Pollet, T. V., & Kuppens, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- UCLouvain (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Roberts, Sam G.B.
- Venue
- Social Networks
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-05
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 138-146
- ISSN
- 0378-8733 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2100637281
- Cited by
- 428
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 80 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 36 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 24
- FWCI
- 63.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.elsevier.com
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Social Networks (publishedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion)
- DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) (submittedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
- Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Capital and Networks
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Keywords
- network size, emotional closeness, network composition
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