Generalized blockmodeling of two-mode network data

We extend the direct approach for blockmodeling one-mode data to two-mode data. The key idea in this development is that the rows and columns are partitioned simultaneously but in different ways. Many (but not all) of the generalized block types can be mobilized in blockmodeling two-mode network data. These methods were applied to some ‘voting’ data from the 2000–2001 term of the Supreme Court and to the classic Deep South data on women attending events. The obtained partitions are easy to interpret and compelling. The insight that rows and columns can be partitioned in different ways can be applied also to one-mode data. This is illustrated by a partition of a journal-to-journal citation network where journals are viewed simultaneously as both producers and consumers of scientific knowledge. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.