By now, personal life has been invaded by online social networks (OSNs) everywhere. They
intend to move more and more offline lives to online social networks. Therefore, online …

A social network as an essential communication platform facilitates the interactions of online
users. Based on the interactions, users can influence or be affected by the opinions of …

This study analyzes the effect of the parasocial relationship on the audience's intention to
adopt the recommendations of micro, macro and mega-influencers, considering the number …

To find the important nodes in complex networks is a fundamental issue. A number of
methods have been recently proposed to address this problem but most previous studies …

A challenging issue in viral marketing is to effectively identify a set of influential users. By
sending the advertising messages to this set, one can reach out the largest area of the …

Finding the most influential nodes in social networks has significant applications. A number
of methods have been recently proposed to estimate influentiality of nodes based on their …

Resource-based cities (RBCs) have made a significant contribution to country development
in certain historical periods. Achieving sustainable development of the society–economy …

The identification of important nodes in complex networks is an area of exciting growth due
to its applications across various disciplines like disease control, data mining and network …

The identification of influential spreaders in complex networks is a popular topic in studies of
network characteristics. Many centrality measures have been proposed to address this …

Due to the rapid extension of social networks in recent years, a new potential has emerged
for global spreading of messages and effective broadcasting of news. Identification of …