A University freshman friendship survey (longitudinal) dataset of 32 nodes and 710 edges, collected by Van de Bunt et al.. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: True. This directed network contains friendship ratings between 32 university freshmen who mostly did not know each other before starting university. Each student was asked to rate the other student at seven different time points. Note that the origin of the timestamps is not accurately known but the dis. Suitable for longitudinal social network analysis, friendship formation. The file holds 3,062 ratings, one row per rating in each survey wave; the edge count of 710 counts distinct pairs.
A Southern women event attendance bipartite network (1930s) dataset of 32 nodes and 89 edges, collected by T. Opsahl. Each record contains directed: False, weighted: False, signed: False. Bipartite network of women and social events — Opsahl's version of the classic Davis dataset.. Suitable for bipartite network analysis, classic network benchmark.
A Seventh grade classroom friendship survey dataset of 29 nodes and 376 edges, collected by J.L. Moreno. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: False. This directed network contains proximity ratings between studetns from 29 seventh grade students from a school in Victoria. Among other questions the students were asked to nominate their preferred classmates for three different activities. A node represents a student. An edge between two nodes show. Suitable for social network analysis, community detection.
A Cattle dominance interaction observation dataset of 28 nodes and 217 edges, collected by KONECT. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: False. This directed network contains dominance behaviours observed between dairy cattles at the Iberia Livestock Experiment Station in Jenerette, Louisiana. A node represents a cattle and an edge represents dominance of the left cattle over the right cattle. The edge values indicate how often this dominan. Suitable for animal social network analysis.
A Sheep dominance interaction observation dataset of 28 nodes and 250 edges, collected by KONECT. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: False. This directed network deescribes the dominance relationships between 28 female bighorn sheep (<i>Ovis canadensis</i>) observed on the National Bison Range in western Montana (USA) in 1984. A node represents a female bighorn sheep and an edge represents dominance of the left female bighorn sheep over. Suitable for animal social network analysis.
A Zebra social interaction observation dataset of 27 nodes and 111 edges, collected by KONECT. Each record contains directed edges: False, weighted: False, signed: False. This undirected network contains interactions between 28 Grévy's zebras (<i>Equus grevyi</i>) in Kenya. A node represents a zebra and an edge between two zebras shows that there was an interaction between them during the study.. Suitable for animal social network analysis.
A Bison dominance interaction observation dataset of 26 nodes and 314 edges, collected by KONECT. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: False. This directed network contains dominance between American bisons in 1972 on the National Bison Range in Moiese (Montana). A node represents a bison and an edge represents dominance of the left bison over the right bison. The edge values indicate how often this dominance behaviour was observed.. Suitable for animal social network analysis.
A Taro exchange network in Papua New Guinea village dataset of 22 nodes and 78 edges, collected by Hage & Harary. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: False, signed: False. This undirected network contains gift-givings (taro) between households in a Papuan village. A node represents a household and an edge between two households indicates that there happened a gift-giving.. Suitable for exchange network analysis, community detection.
A Monastery interpersonal relations survey dataset of 18 nodes and 189 edges, collected by S.F. Sampson. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: True. This directed network contains ratings between monks related to a crisis in a cloister (or monastery) in New English (USA) which lead to a departure of several of the monks. This dataset aggregates several available ratings ((dis)esteem, (dis)liking, positive/negative influence, praise/blame) into o. Suitable for signed network analysis, community detection, balance theory.
A NDS-VU signed network repository dataset of 19 nodes and 125 signed edges from a monastery social network, collected by Sampson (1969), distributed by NDS-VU. Each record contains directed signed edges between nodes: sign (+1 or -1) representing positive/negative relationships; no edge weights beyond binary sign. Classic small signed social network from a monastery study by Sampson (1969), widely used as a benchmark for signed community detection and balance theory validation. Suitable for signed network analysis, balance theory, community detection benchmarking.
A Kangaroo dominance interaction observation dataset of 17 nodes and 91 edges, collected by KONECT. Each record contains directed edges: False, weighted: True, signed: False. This undirected network contains interactions between free-ranging grey kangaroos. A node represents a kangaroo and an edge between two kangaroos shows that there was an interaction between them. The edge values denote the total count of interactions.. Suitable for animal social network analysis, dominance hierarchies.
A Rhesus monkey grooming observation dataset of 16 nodes and 111 edges, collected by KONECT. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: True, signed: False. This directed network contains observed grooming episodes between free ranging rhesus macaques (<i>Macaca mulatta</i>) in Cayo Santiago during a two month period in 1963. Cayo Santiago is an island off the coast of Puerto Rico, also known as Isla de los monos (Island of the monkeys). A node repres. Suitable for animal social network analysis.
A NDS-VU signed network repository dataset of 16 tribes and 58 signed alliance/opposition edges, collected by Read (1954), distributed by NDS-VU. Each record contains directed signed edges between nodes: sign (+1 or -1) representing positive/negative relationships; no edge weights beyond binary sign. Classic ethnographic signed network of New Guinea Highland tribes with alliance (+1) and opposition (-1) relationships, one of the earliest and most cited networks for structural balance theory validation. Suitable for balance theory, structural balance, signed network benchmarking.
A Small group signed social network (balance theory study) dataset of 16 nodes and 58 edges, collected by UCI Network Data Repository. Each record contains directed: False, weighted: True, signed: True. Small signed social network with +1/-1 edges — useful for testing structural balance theory.. Suitable for signed network analysis, structural balance theory, community detection.
A South African company-director bipartite network dataset of 11 nodes and 13 edges, collected by T.W. Brunson. Each record contains directed: False, weighted: False, signed: False. Bipartite network of South African companies and their directors.. Suitable for bipartite network analysis, corporate governance research.
A Southern women event attendance bipartite network (1930s) dataset of 10 nodes and 14 edges, collected by Davis, Gardner & Gardner (1941); T.W. Brunson. Each record contains directed: False, weighted: False, signed: False. Classic Davis Southern Women dataset — bipartite network of women and social events they attended.. Suitable for bipartite network analysis, classic social network benchmark.
A twitter dataset of tweet IDs from the 2017 Charlottesville protests, collected by Littman via Social Feed Manager (GWU Libraries). Each record contains tweet IDs only — full content requires hydration. Focused crisis dataset from a pivotal far-right rally and counter-protest event. Suitable for crisis informatics, hate speech, political extremism, social media during unrest.
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