Computational social science: Making the links
NaturePublished 21 August 2012Open access
Jim Giles
Citations124
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score18.29
SNIP10.16
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From e-mails to social networks, the digital traces left by life in the modern world are transforming social science.
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