Calling Dunbar's numbers by Mac Carron, P, Kaski, K, Dunbar, R

Trust levels in social networks by Santanu Acharjee, Akhil Thomas Panicker

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Interpersonal relations of Russian adolescents in social networks by Galina U. Soldatova, Oksana I. Teslavskaya

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Relating size and functionality in human social networks through complexity by West, BJ, Massari, GF, Culbreth, G, Failla, R, Bologna, M, Dunbar, RIM, Grigolini, P

“…Extensive empirical evidence suggests that there is a maximal number of people with whom an individual can maintain stable social relationships (the Dunbar number). We argue that this arises as a consequence of a natural phase transition in the dynamic self-organization among N individuals within a social system. …”

Analysis of the statistics of information processes in telecommunication networks from the point of view of a neural-network model of the noosphere by Vitulyova Yelizaveta, Bakirov Akhat, Shaltykova Dina, Suleimenov Ibragim

“…At the same time, the analogue of the Dunbar number, which describes the distribution of users of social online networks by the number of contacts, correlates with the population of the city. …”
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Dunbar’s number(s): constraints on the social world by Dunbar, R

“…Dunbar's Number, as the limit on the size of both social groups and personal social networks, has achieved something close to iconic status and is one of the most influential concepts to have emerged out of anthropology in the last quarter century. …”

Preference for Number of Friends in Online Social Networks by Fanhui Meng, Haoming Sun, Jiarong Xie, Chengjun Wang, Jiajing Wu, Yanqing Hu

“…This number, which is very close to the Dunbar number that predicts the cognitive limit on the number of stable social relationships, motivates us to investigate how the preference for numbers in traditional Chinese culture is reflected on social media. …”
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Techniques for stochastic spatial sensing in biology: from immunology to anthropology by Solís Salas, C

“…</p> <p>Chapter 4 takes on the anthropological problem, where we seek to find what set of physical properties allow each human to meet 150 people (known as the Dunbar number) within a year. Although not many hunter-gatherer societies remain in the world, this question has more of a historical value, aiding in theories about the present-day hierarchical structure of society, the purpose of rituals such as gift-giving, and the importance of human interaction for mental health. …”

Do Successful Researchers Reach the Self-Organized Critical Point? by Asim Ghosh, Bikas K. Chakrabarti

“…Our recent precise demonstration, that statistically <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>h</mi><mo>∼</mo><msqrt><msub><mi>N</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></msqrt><mo>∼</mo><msqrt><msub><mi>N</mi><mi>p</mi></msub></msqrt></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>N</mi><mi>p</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>N</mi><mi>c</mi></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> denote, respectively, the total number of publications and total citations for the researcher, suggests that average number of citations per paper (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>N</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>/</mo><msub><mi>N</mi><mi>p</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), and hence <i>h</i>, are statistical numbers (Dunbar numbers) depending on the community or network to which the researcher belongs. …”
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