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H-Net

H-Net ("Humanities & Social Sciences Online") is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars in the humanities and social sciences. One of its functions is to host electronic mailing lists organized by academic disciplines. In 2007, H-Net lists reached 180,000 subscribers from over 160 countries, and in 2025 its website stated there were 230,000 subscribers…

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History

1 related topics

Online services

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Overview

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Owner
Michigan State University
Available in
English
Commercial
No
Created by
Richard J. Jensen
Launched
March 25, 1993; 33 years ago (March 25, 1993)
Type of site
Online-forum for interdisciplinary academic discussion

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Overview

Online services

History

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H-Net

Nodes10
Edges9
Triples24
Avg. degree1.8
Density0.2
Components1

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H-Net

Top relations

related to history · 8
H-Net → History, Illinois Chicago, Jensen, Michigan State, Michigan State University, Prof, Richard, University
related to Online services · 5
H-Net → H-Net Job Guide, H-Net Reviews, In, Net Academic Announcements, There
related to Discussion networks · 4
H-Net → Leibo, Many, Steven, Within
Available in · 1
H-Net → English
Commercial · 1
H-Net → No
Created by · 1
H-Net → Richard J. Jensen
Launched · 1
H-Net → March 25, 1993; 33 years ago (March 25, 1993)
Owner · 1
H-Net → Michigan State University
Type of site · 1
H-Net → Online-forum for interdisciplinary academic discussion
URL · 1
H-Net → networks.h-net.org

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Important terminology

lists academic scholars michigan state university website online history networks richard jensen forum 180 interdisciplinary humanities discussion needed social sciences

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
H-NetAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
H-NetCommercialNo1.00infobox
H-NetCreated byRichard J. Jensen1.00infobox
H-NetLaunchedMarch 25, 1993; 33 years ago (March 25, 1993)1.00infobox
H-NetOwnerMichigan State University1.00infobox
H-NetType of siteOnline-forum for interdisciplinary academic discussion1.00infobox
H-NetURLnetworks.h-net.org1.00infobox
H-Netrelated to Discussion networksMany0.60section
H-Netrelated to Discussion networksWithin0.60section
H-Netrelated to Discussion networksSteven0.60section
H-Netrelated to Discussion networksLeibo0.60section
H-Netrelated to historyProf0.60section

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