International Network for Social Network Analysis
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International Network for Social Network Analysis

The International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) is a professional academic association of researchers and practitioners of social network analysis.

INSNA was founded in 1977 by Barry Wellman, a sociologist. A key function of the organization was to provide a sense of identity for a set of researchers who were widely dispersed geographically and across scientific disciplines.

Shortly after INSNA was founded, Linton C. Freeman founded the association's flagship journal, Social Networks, in 1978.

Early meetings were invitation-only, but in 1980 H. Russell Bernard and Alvin Wolfe inaugurated the series of annual "Sunbelt" meetings open to all.

A full chronology of INSNA leadership is as follows:[citation needed]

As of 2018, INSNA has approximately 1,000 active members, while the SOCNET listserv has about 3700 subscribers.

As well as publishing a triannual journal Connections on the subject, INSNA also:

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