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title: "List of network scientists"
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This is a list of notable individuals who research complex networks, including social networks, biological networks, and semantic networks, among others. Individuals are categorized based on their background and training, or their area of focus.


== Social and behavioral sciences ==
Peter Bearman
Ulrik Brandes
Ronald S. Burt
Noshir Contractor
James Fowler
Mark Granovetter
Dirk Helbing
Matthew O. Jackson
Helen Hall Jennings
Frigyes Karinthy
David Lazer
Zeev Maoz
John Levi Martin
James D. Montgomery
Anna Nagurney
Kim Rossmo
Tom Snijders
Duncan Watts
Barry Wellman
Douglas R. White
Harrison White


== Computer and information sciences ==
Lada Adamic
Vladimir Batagelj
Randy Bush
Aaron Clauset
Anuška Ferligoj
Jon Kleinberg
Jure Leskovec
Filippo Menczer
Cristopher Moore
Aleš Žiberna


== Physics ==
Réka Albert
Luís A. N. Amaral
Albert-László Barabási
Kevin E. Bassler
Dirk Brockmann
Kim Christensen
Raissa D'Souza
Ernesto Estrada
Michelle Girvan
Shlomo Havlin
César Hidalgo
Vito Latora
José Fernando Ferreira Mendes
Yamir Moreno
Adilson E. Motter
Mark Newman
H. Eugene Stanley
Alessandro Vespignani
Lenka Zdeborová


== Biology ==
Uri Alon
Danielle Bassett
Caroline Buckee
Paulien Hogeweg
Trey Ideker
Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Bernhard Palsson
John Quackenbush
Olaf Sporns


== Mathematics ==
Vincent Blondel
Béla Bollobás
Chris Danforth
Peter Sheridan Dodds
Pául Erdős
Frank Harary
László Lovász
Alfréd Rényi
Steven Strogatz
Mason Porter