The Strength of Weak Ties

Article Properties

Language

English
DOI (url)

10.1086/225469
Publication Date

1973/05/01
Journal

American Journal of Sociology
Indian UGC (Journal)
Citations

17,791
Mark S. Granovetter

Cite

Granovetter, Mark S. “The Strength of Weak Ties”. American Journal of Sociology, vol. 78, no. 6, 1973, pp. 1360-8, https://doi.org/10.1086/225469.

Granovetter, M. S. (1973). The Strength of Weak Ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360-1380. https://doi.org/10.1086/225469

Granovetter MS. The Strength of Weak Ties. American Journal of Sociology. 1973;78(6):1360-8.

Journal Categories

Social Sciences

Sociology (General)

Citations

Citations Analysis

Category	Category Repetition
Social Sciences	6,047
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business	4,062
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science	3,977
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Personnel management. Employment management	2,922
Social Sciences: Sociology (General)	2,631

The first research to cite this article was titled The Network City* and was published in 1973. The most recent citation comes from a 2024 study titled The Network City* . This article reached its peak citation in 2017 , with 1,052 citations.It has been cited in 4,126 different journals, 12% of which are open access. Among related journals, the SSRN Electronic Journal cited this research the most, with 740 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.