The science of science (SOS) is a rapidly developing field which aims to understand,
quantify and predict scientific research and the resulting outcomes. The problem is …

The observed architecture of ecological and socio-economic networks differssignificantly
from that of random networks. From a network science standpoint, non-random structural …

Networks with a modular structure are expected to have a lower risk of global failure.
However, this theoretical result has remained untested until now. We used an experimental …

Open-source projects do not exist in a vacuum. They benefit from reusing other projects and
themselves are being reused by others, creating complex networks of interdependencies, ie …

Criminal organizations tend to be clustered to reduce risks of detection and information
leaks. Yet, the literature exploring the relevance of subgroups for their internal structure is so …

Complex networks usually exhibit a rich architecture organized over multiple intertwined
scales. Information pathways are expected to pervade these scales reflecting structural …

OPINION ARTICLE published: 29 June 2012 doi: 10.3389/fninf. 2012.00022 (see the
strategy of the 2nd winner of “The Executable Paper Grand Challenge” by Elsevier, Gorp …

Nervous systems are complex cellular structures that allow animals to interact with their
environment, which includes both the external and the internal milieu. The astonishing …

Complex natural and technological systems can be considered, on a coarse-grained level,
as assemblies of elementary components: for example, genomes as sets of genes or texts …

Open source software ecosystems evolve ways to balance the workload among groups of
participants ranging from core groups to peripheral groups. As ecosystems grow, it is not …