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Science 30 November 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5548, pp. 1849 - 1850
DOI: 10.1126/science.1067014
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Perspectives

NETWORK ANALYSIS:
The Structure of the Web

Jon Kleinberg and Steve Lawrence

The Web's structure has been studied at a global level, considering the network as a whole, and at a local level, studying focused neighborhoods and "community" structures. This analysis has revealed an intricate structure that suggests improved methods for organizing and accessing information and offers the opportunity to chart interests and relationships within society at an unprecedented level of detail.

J. Kleinberg is in the Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. E-mail: kleinber{at}cs.cornell.edu S. Lawrence is in the NEC Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. E-mail: lawrence{at}research.nj.nec.com

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