286, 509-512 (1999).

Since Barabási and Albert’s original paper, a great many papers have been written on the subject of scale-free networks. Many of the references and relevant results are summarized in: • Albert, R., and Barabási, A. L. Statistical mechanics of complex networks.

Review of Modern Physics,

74, 47-97 (2002).

Oddly enough, the original discovery of scale-free networks predates László Barabási and Réka Albert’s paper by over thirty years. The empirical observation that networks can have a power-law degree distribution was first presented by Derek de Solla

⋆⋆ Price, D. J. de Solla. Networks of scientific papers.

Science,

149, 510-515 (1965).

Eleven years later, Price proposed a mathematical model that was, in essence, identical to that of Barabási and Albert’s. Given how popular the notion of scale-free networks has become, one might wonder why no one picked up on it at the time. Perhaps the title (and the journal) had something to do with it. ⋆⋆ Price, D. J. de Solla. A general theory of bibliometrics and other cumulative advantage processes.

Journal of the American Society of Information Science,

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