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Table 4 Summary of studies’ social network analysis metrics

From: Use of social network analysis methods to study professional advice and performance among healthcare providers: a systematic review

Social Network Analysis Metric

Effken et al.

Lindberg et al.

Alexander et al.

Creswick and Westbrook

Mundt et al.

Hossain and Guan

Total

Centralization

 

X

    

1

Centrality (in-degree)

X

   

X

X

3

Centrality (out-degree)

X

     

1

Centrality (eigenvector)

X

     

1

Centrality (betweenness)

X

     

1

Clustering coefficient

X

     

1

Component count strong

X

     

1

Component count weak

X

     

1

Connectivity

 

X

    

1

Degree

     

X

1

Density

X

  

X

 

X

3

Diffusion

X

     

1

Fragmentation

X

     

1

Hierarchy

X

     

1

Inclusion

 

X

    

1

Isolates

X

     

1

Number of triads

X

     

1

Number of cliques

X

     

1

Reach

 

X

    

1

Reciprocity

   

X

  

1

Simmelian ties

X

     

1

Tie strength

    

X

 

1

Total

15

4

0

2

2

3

26

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