Dados Bibliográficos

AUTOR(ES) J. Moody , A.M. Verdery , A. Chapman
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Pennsylvania State University
ANO 2022
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Journal of Health and Social Behavior
ISSN 0022-1465
E-ISSN 2150-6000
EDITORA JSTOR (United States)
DOI 10.1177/00221465221086532
CITAÇÕES 3
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18

Resumo

The study of social networks is increasingly central to health research for medical sociologists and scholars in other fields. Here, we review the innovations in theory, substance, data collection, and methodology that have propelled the study of social networks and health from a niche subfield to the center of larger sociological and scientific debates. In particular, we contextualize the broader history of network analysis and its connections to health research, concentrating on work beginning in the late 1990s, much of it in this journal. Using bibliometric and network visualization approaches, we examine the subfield's evolution over this period in terms of topics, trends, key debates, and core insights. We conclude by reflecting on persistent challenges and areas of innovation shaping the study of social networks and health and its intersection with medical sociology in the coming years.

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