Networks in Science of Science 

Call for Papers: Networks in Science of Science, a NetSci26 Satellite Workshop

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us in Boston this June for the 4th “Networks in Science of Science” workshop, a satellite of NetSci26. We invite researchers and practitioners to share their work on the use of network approaches applied to studies in science of science. We particularly encourage submissions from junior researchers, including graduate students, postdocs, and pre-tenure professors. We will award a Best Student Paper Award, recognizing the best submission led by a student(s). We will host a networking lunch before the workshop.

This satellite symposium serves as an annual forum for presenting new developments in the application of network methods to the study of Science of Science. We have both invited talks and contributed talks. We welcome research related to the analysis of relevant network data (e.g., citation networks, collaboration networks, semantic networks, knowledge graphs), the development of novel methods (e.g., graph embedding, link prediction, causal inference, interactive visualization), and experimentation with representations (e.g., hypergraph, multilayer graph). We encourage diverse perspectives and seminal work targeting under-explored topics related to Science of Science. 

This satellite symposium also aims at community building and fostering a new generation of Science of Science researchers. It provides a platform for junior researchers, including students, postdoctoral researchers, and pre-tenure professors, to disseminate their work. One paper, led by a student, will be recognized with a Best Student Paper Award. We also organize a networking lunch to help participants connect. 

This workshop does not have archival proceedings. Therefore, submissions can be:

- recently published (2025-2026)

- under peer review (e.g. papers published on arxiv or SSRN)

- work in progress

Submission Format

Option 1: Submit a PDF file of your publication or preprint. This option requires minimal work and is suitable for authors having no copyright restrictions or other concerns that prevent them from uploading their paper/preprint to a different site. 

Option 2: An abstract. The file should be a PDF. We suggest 1 to 3 pages with unlimited pages for references and figures, but you are free to go beyond 3 pages. You can use any template of your choice.

Submission Portal

Enter your submission on EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=netscisci2026). The portal and any updates to CFP can be found on the workshop website: https://netscisci.github.io/cfp 

Important Dates

We will conduct two rounds of submission. If you want to take advantage of NetSci’s early bird registration rate, please submit to Round 1, and we will let you know our decision by March 18, 2026. 

February 4: CFP released, submission portal open

March 4: Round 1 deadline

March 18: Round 1 acceptance notice

March 20: Deadline for early bird registration rate (-US$100 from the regular rate, https://www.netsci2026.com/registration)

April 18: Round 2 deadline

May 1: Round 2 acceptance notice

June 1: workshop (afternoon, location TBA)

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee of NetSciSci

Sarah Bratt, Arizona University

Rodrigo Dorantes Gilardi, Northeastern University

Yuanxi Fu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Akrati Saxena, Leiden University