Introduction to the first issue of Social Network Analysis and Mining journal

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Social networks are gaining popularity swiftly and research on social networks is rapidly growing into well-established multidisciplinary area which has attracted the attention of researchers and practitioners from academia, government institutions, and the industry. Hence we realized the need for Social Network Analysis and Mining (SNAM) as the pioneering journal that covers the intersection between social networks and computational sciences. The goal of SNAM is to provide a unique forum for excellent research in all aspects of social networks, from foundations to applications. This will allow for a wide range in readership, including researchers and practitioners from social sciences, computational sciences, biological sciences, medicine, engineering, business, etc. We are happy to see researchers extending the foundations of social networks by integrating new computational techniques; others are adopting the social network model as a powerful technique to tackle different problems in a variety of applications. This harmony will lead to a wealth of research outcome that should be realized and recognized; hence SNAM is a timely venue that will serve as the major outlet. It required hard work to establish the board of associate editors that includes leading researchers who have already demonstrated major contributions to the field. Also, it was not an easy task to decide on the papers to include in this first issue. We already have a long queue of accepted papers to appear in the upcoming issues. We are currently working hard to minimize the turnaround time for the reviewing process and to publish accepted papers in the online-first system soon after the acceptance decision is finalized. …