Moreno Innovation Network
A Medical innovation adoption network dataset of 241 nodes and 1,098 edges, collected by Coleman et al.. Each record contains directed edges: True, weighted: False, signed: False. This directed network captures innovation spread among 246 physicians in for towns in Illinois, Peoria, Bloomington, Quincy and Galesburg. The data was collected in 1966. A node represents a physician and an edge between two physicians shows that the left physician told that the righ physician is hi. Suitable for diffusion of innovations, social influence.
Cite this dataset at
moreno-innovation.echo.directory
Analytics
Node size is centrality, colour is community. Hover a node for details; click one to isolate its community.
Computed over the full corpus.
Record
- Catalog key
moreno-innovation- Authors
- Coleman, James; Katz, Elihu; Menzel, Herbert
- Year
- 1957
- Source paper
- The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians
- DOI / arXiv
- 10.2307/2785979
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0 Germany (as stated by KONECT) (LicenseRef-CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE)
- Records
- 241
- Nodes
- 241
- Edges
- 1,098 (directed)
- Nodes are
- physician
- Edges are
- innovation spread
- Attributes
- nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
- Languages
- en
- Collected
- 1966 (Before 1990)
- Tasks
- From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Provenance
- Originally published at
- http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/data.html#ckm unverified
- Hosted copy
- Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 4.2 KB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.
Citations
The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians
J. Coleman, E. Katz, H. Menzel
1957
Cited by
- The dynamics of viral marketing
J. Leskovec, Lada A. Adamic et al. · ACM Conference on Economics and Computation · 2005 · cited 2.5K× - Social Networks and Health
Kirsten P. Smith, N. Christakis · 2008 · cited 1.7K× - Social Yet Creative: The Role Of Social Relationships In Facilitating Individual Creativity
J. Perry-Smith · 2006 · cited 1.4K× - A Thematic Exploration of Digital, Social Media, and Mobile Marketing: Research Evolution from 2000 to 2015 and an Agenda for Future Inquiry
Cait Lamberton, A. Stephen · 2016 · cited 1K× - The Global Diffusion of Regulatory Capitalism
D. Levi-Faur · 2005 · cited 1K×
Show all 10
- Dissecting the Social: On the Principles of Analytical Sociology
P. Hedström · 2005 · cited 974× - Heterogeneity and Network Structure in the Dynamics of Diffusion: Comparing Agent-Based and Differential Equation Models
H. Rahmandad, J. Sterman · Management Sciences · 2008 · cited 794× - The Network Structure of Exploration and Exploitation
D. Lazer, A. Friedman · 2007 · cited 760× - Innovation studies—The emerging structure of a new scientific field
J. Fagerberg, B. Verspagen · 2009 · cited 529× - Social Networks and Organizations
Brandon Ofem, Theresa M. Floyd et al. · 2012 · cited 510×
Citation data from Semantic Scholar, retrieved 2026-10-22.
How to cite
BibTeX
@misc{echo2026,
title = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
year = {2026},
url = {https://echo.directory},
note = {Syracuse University}
}
@article{Coleman_1957,
title = {The Diffusion of an Innovation Among Physicians},
volume = {20},
issn = {0038-0431},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2785979},
doi = {10.2307/2785979},
number = {4},
journal = {Sociometry},
publisher = {JSTOR},
author = {Coleman, James and Katz, Elihu and Menzel, Herbert},
year = {1957},
month = Dec,
pages = {253}
} APA
Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory
Coleman, J., Katz, E., & Menzel, H. (1957). Moreno Innovation Network [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.2307/2785979
MLA
Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.
Coleman, James, et al. Moreno Innovation Network. 1957, doi.org/10.2307/2785979.