INSNA is the professional association for researchers interested in social network analysis. The association is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Delaware and founded by Barry Wellman in 1977.
The principal functions of INSNA are as follows:
We publish Connections, a bulletin containing news, scholarly articles, technical columns, and abstracts and book reviews.
We sponsor the annual International Social Networks Conference (also known as Sunbelt).
We maintain electronic services:
This web site with features including discussion forums, I-Connect, bibliographies, publications, and much more. SOCNET, a ListServ electronic discussion forum, and a link to REDES, a Spanish language network Listserv.
We maintain a database of information on members, selling a mailing list to selected publishers and educators.
We provide a way to subscribe to the journal of Social Networks, published by Elsevier.