Camacho D ,  Panizo-Lledot N ,  Bello-Orgaz G , et al. The Four Dimensions of Social Network Analysis: An Overview of Research Methods, Applications, and Software Tools[J].  2020.

Social network based applications have experienced exponential growth in recent years. One of the reasons for this rise is that this application domain offers a particularly fertile place to test and develop the most advanced computational techniques to extract valuable information from the Web. The main contribution of this work is three-fold: (1) we provide an up-to-date literature review of the state of the art on social network analysis (SNA); (2) we propose a set of new metrics based on four essential features (or dimensions) in SNA; (3) finally, we provide a quantitative analysis of a set of popular SNA tools and frameworks. We have also performed a scientometric study to detect the most active research areas and application domains in this area. This work proposes the definition of four different dimensions, namely Pattern & Knowledge discovery, Information Fusion & Integration, Scalability, and Visualization, which are used to define a set of new metrics (termed degrees) in order to evaluate the different software tools and frameworks of SNA (a set of 20 SNA-software tools are analyzed and ranked following previous metrics). These dimensions, together with the defined degrees, allow evaluating and measure the maturity of social network technologies, looking for both a quantitative assessment of them, as to shed light to the challenges and future trends in this active area.

      近年来，基于社交网络的应用程序呈指数增长。造成这种增长的原因之一是，该应用程序域为测试和开发最先进的计算技术以从Web提取有价值的信息提供了特别肥沃的场所。这项工作的主要贡献在于三个方面：（1）我们提供了有关社交网络分析（SNA）的最新文献综述； （2）我们基于SNA中的四个基本特征（或维度）提出了一组新指标； （3）最后，我们对一组流行的SNA工具和框架进行了定量分析。我们还进行了科学计量研究，以发现该领域中最活跃的研究领域和应用领域。这项工作提出了四个不同维度的定义，即模式和知识发现，信息融合与集成，可伸缩性和可视化，这些维度用于定义一组新指标（称为度），以便评估不同的软件工具和框架。 SNA（对20种SNA软件工具的集合进行了分析，并按照先前的指标进行了排名）。这些维度以及定义的程度，可以评估和衡量社交网络技术的成熟度，同时对它们进行定量评估，以阐明该活跃领域的挑战和未来趋势。