Reports:

Young, L., Pieterson, W., Hsieh, Y.-l., Wang, H., & Contractor, N. (2010). Mapping community-based information networks to enable the Chicago Climate Action Plan: A case study of the North Kenwood/Oakland community. Chicago, IL: Northwestern University.

Journal Articles:

Mahmassani, H. S., Chen, R.B., Huang, Y., Williams, D., and Contractor, N. (2010). Time to Play? Activity Engagement in Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. Transportation Research Record, 2010(2).

Castronova, T., Williams, D., Shen, C., Ratan, R., Xiong, L., Huang, Y., & Keegan, B. (2009). As real as real? Macroeconomic behavior in a large-scale virtual world. New Media & Society, 11(5).

Contractor, N. (2009). The Emergence of Multidimensional Networks. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(3), 743-747.

Xia, M., Huang, Y., Duan, W., & Whinston, A. B. (2009). Ballot box communication in online communities. Commun. ACM, 52(9), 138-142. doi: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1562164.1562199.

Contractor, N. S., Wasserman, S., & Faust, K. (2006). Testing multitheoretical, multilevel hypotheses about organizational networks: An analytic framework and empirical example. Academy of Management Review, 681-703.

Contractor, N. S., & Monge, P. R. (2002). Managing Knowledge Networks. Management Communication Quarterly, 16(2), 249-258.

Contractor, N., & Bishop, A. P. (2000). Reconfiguring community networks: The case of PrairieKNOW. Digital Cities, 1765, 151-164.

Contractor, N., & Steier, F. (1992). Research and Reflexivity. Journal of Communication, 42(3), 196-199.

Conference Papers:

Whalen, Ryan (2012). “Modeling annual Supreme Court influence: The role of citation practices and judicial tenure in determining precedent network growth,” in Complex Networks. A Evsukoff, M.C. Gonzalez and R. Menezes eds.  Berlin, Springer Verlag. Series: “Studies in Computational Ingelligence.”

Keegan, B., Gergle, D., & Contractor, N. (2011). Hot off the Wiki: Dynamics, Practices, and Structures in Wikipedia’s Coverage of the Tohoku Catastrophes. Paper presented at the Seventh International Symposium of Wikis and Open Collaboration, Mountain View, California, USA.

Ahmad, M., Keegan, B., Sullivan, S., Williams, D., Srivastava, J. & Contractor, N. (2011) Illicit Bits: Detecting and Analyzing Contraband Networks in Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Proceedings of SocialCom-11. MIT, Boston, MA, USA.

Ahmad, M. A., Keegan, B., Srivastava, J., Williams, D., & Contractor, N. (2011). Trust Amongst Rogues? A Hypergraph Approach for Comparing Clandestine Trust Networks in MMOGs. Paper presented at the International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, Barcelona, Spain. http://videolectures.net/icwsm2011_keegan_clandestine/

Foucault Welles, B., Shim, K. J., Ratan, R., Kennedy, T. L. M., Contractor, N., Srivastava, J., & Williams, D. (2011). Disambiguating Age, Gender and Skill: An Exploration of Online Chat Behaviors Among MMOG Players. Paper presented at the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference (XXXI), St. Pete Beach, FL, USA.

Keegan, B. (2011). Breaking News, Breaking Planes, and Breaking Hearts: Psycholinguistic Dynamics and Sensemaking in Collaborative Accounts of Catastrophe. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Keegan, B., Ahmad, M. A., Williams, D., Srivastava, J., & Contractor, N. (2011). Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Virtuali? Promise and Peril at the Intersection of Computational Social Science and Online Clandestine Organizations. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Web Science, Koblenz, Germany. http://videolectures.net/acmwebsci2011_keegan_intersection/

Keegan, B., Ahmad, M. A., Williams, D., Srivastava, J., & Contractor, N. (2011). Mapping Gold Farming Back to Offline Clandestine Organizations: Methodological, Theoretical, and Ethical Challenges. Paper presented at the The Game Behind the Video Game: Business, Regulation, and Society in the Gaming Industry, New Brunswick, NJ.

Keegan, B., Ahmad, M. A., Williams, D., Srivastava, J., & Contractor, N. (2011). Using P*/ERGMs to Map Online Clandestine Behavior to Offline Criminal Activity. Paper presented at the Sunbelt XXXI, St. Petersburg, FL.

Keegan, B., Gergle, D., & Contractor, N. (2011). A Multi-theoretical, Multi-level Model of High Tempo Collaboration in an Online Community. Paper presented at the Sunbelt XXXI, St. Petersburg, FL.

Young, L., & Contractor, N. (2011). Individual, tie, and network level predictors of access to social capital: Applying multi-level analysis to the study of ego-network capital. Paper presented at the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Young, L., & Pieterson, W. (2011). Government to citizen communication in a networked world:  Integrating network and communication theories to inform strategic communication. Paper presented at the International Communication Association, Boston, MA.

Young, L., & Pieterson, W. (2011). Strategic Communication in a Networked World. Paper presented at the 2011 International Communication Association Strategic Communication Pre-conference, Boston, MA.

Foucault Welles, B., Van Devender, A., & Contractor, N. (2010). Is a “Friend” a Friend? Investigating the Structure of Friendship Networks in Virtual Worlds. Paper presented at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Atlanta, GA.

Huang, M., Barbour, J., Su, C., & Contractor, N. S. (2010). Why would you save your files in a group folder? A multilevel analysis of contextual influences on information provision to work group digital databases. Paper presented at the International Communication Association 60th Annual Conference [Top paper award], Singapore.

Huang, M., Huang, Y., Ognyanova, K., Margolin, D., Shen, C., & Contractor, N. S. (2010). Size, diversity, & beyond: A mediated model of team composition and performance in “team science”. Paper presented at the International Communication Association 60th Annual Conference, Singapore.

Huang, M., Huang, Y., Ognyanova, K., Margolin, D., Shen, C., & Contractor, N. S. (2010). The effects of diversity and repeat collaboration on team performance in distributed nanoscientist teams. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference [Dexter Award Nominee by OCIS], Montreal, Canada.

Huang, Y., Chen, R. B., Mahmassani, H. S., & Contractor, N. (2010). Encounter in Virtual Space. Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin Texas.

Keegan, B., Ahmad, M. A., Srivastava, J., & Contractor, N. (2010). Dark Gold: Statistical Properties of Clandestine Networks in Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Paper presented at the IEEE Conference on Social Computing, Minneapolis, MN.

You, W., Huang, Y., & Xia, M. (2010). Content Popularity in A Peer-to-peer Community: A Network Perspective. Paper presented at the 9th Workshop on e-Business (WeB’10), St. Louis, MO.

Zhu, M., Iravani, S., & Contractor, N. (2010). Assembly of Successful Teams: Insights from the Study of MMORPGs. Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2011, Austin, TX.

Ahmad, M. A., Keegan, B., Srivastava, J., Williams, D., & Contractor, N. (2009). Mining for Gold Farmers: Automatic Detection of Deviant Players in MMOGs. Paper presented at the Symposium on Social Intelligence and Networking, IEEE Conference on Social Computing, Vancouver, BC.

Foucault, B., Zhu, M., Huang, Y., Atrash, Z., & Contractor, N. (2009). Will you be my friend? An exploration of adolescent friendship online in Teen Second Life. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA2009), Chicago, IL.

Huang, Y., Shen, C., Williams, D., and Contractor, N. (2009). Virtually There: Exploring Proximity and Homophily in a Virtual World. Paper presented at the Symposium on Social Intelligence and Networking, Vancouver, Canada.

Huang, Y., Zhu, M., Wang, J., Pathak, N., Shen, C., Keegan, B., & Contractor, N. (2009). The Formation of Task-Oriented Groups: Exploring Combat Activities in Online Games. Paper presented at the The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom-09), Vancouver, Canada. (Acceptance rate 9%).

Ratan, R., Chung, J. E., Shen, C., Williams, D., Foucault, B., & Poole, M. S. (2009). Schmoozing and Smiting: Trust and Communication Patterns in an MMO. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA2009), Chicago, IL, USA.

Zhu, M., & Contractor, N. (2009). Work and Life: The Role of Networks in the Emergency Response Organizations. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, USA.

Huang, Y., Contractor, N., & Yao, Y. (2008). CI-KNOW: recommendation based on social networks. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 2008 international conference on Digital government research, Montreal, Canada.

Zhu, M., & Contractor, N. (2008). The role of networks in the emergency response organizations. Paper presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2008, Washington, DC.

Book Sections:

Contractor, N. S., Zink, D., & Chan, M. (1991). IKNOW: A tool to assist and study the creation, maintenance, and dissolution of knowledge networks. In T. Ishida (Ed.), Community Computing and Support Systems: Social Interaction in Networked Communities (pp. 201-217). New York: Springer.

Books:

Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. S. (2003). Theories of communication networks. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.