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Exploring variation in active network size: Constraints and ego characteristics

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Roberts, Sam G.B., Dunbar, Robin I.M., Pollet, Thomas V., Kuppens, Toon·2009·Social Networks

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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.
ORCID: Roberts, Sam G.B.
Dunbar, Robin I.M.
Pollet, Thomas V.
Kuppens, Toon
Venue: Social Networks
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2009-05
Volume: 31
Issue: 2
Pages: 138-146
ISSN: 0378-8733 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2008.12.002
OpenAlex: W2100637281
Cited by: 428
References: 74
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FWCI: 63.86
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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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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