Table 2 Metrics for social network analysis by actor type.

From: Diverse climate actors show limited coordination in a large-scale text analysis of strategy documents

Actor type

Different region

Same region

Avg. path length

Diameter

Weighted degree

City

791

13156

1.796

9

0.597

Company

37

121

1.932

6

0.189

Country

218

95

1.611

6

0.245

Region

1016

956

1.820

9

0.524

All

     
  1. The first two columns describe the number of linkages actors of that type have within the same region versus with other regions. The last three columns describe network metrics that indicate the degree of connectivity of nodes in that actor class. Average path length is the average shortage path length between two nodes—the shorter the distance, the closer two actors are connected. Diameter indicates the maximum distance between two nodes within an actor group. Weighted degree is the average sum of the weights connected to a node, or a measure of how connected a particular node is.
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