171103 20260506144057.0 doi 10.1093/comnet/cnag007 sideral 149216 ART-2026-149216 eng Aleta, Alberto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1192-8707 Multilayer network science: theory, methods, and applications 2026 Multilayer network science has emerged as a central framework for analysing interconnected and interdependent complex systems. Its relevance has grown substantially with the increasing availability of rich, heterogeneous data, which makes it possible to uncover and exploit the inherently multilayered organisation of many real-world networks. In this review, we summarise recent developments in the field. On the theoretical and methodological front, we outline core concepts and survey advances in community detection, dynamical processes, temporal networks, higher-order interactions, and machine-learning-based approaches. On the application side, we discuss progress across diverse domains, including interdependent infrastructures, spreading dynamics, computational social science, economic and financial systems, ecological and climate networks, science-of-science studies, network medicine, and network neuroscience. We conclude with a forward-looking perspective, emphasizing the need for standardised datasets and software, deeper integration of temporal and higher-order structures, and a transition toward genuinely predictive models of complex systems. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E36-23R-FENOL info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RYC2021-033226-I info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICIU/PID2023-149409NB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Teixeira, Andreia Sofia Ferraz de Arruda, Guilherme Baronchelli, Andrea Barrat, Alain Kertesz, Janos Diaz-Guilera, Albert Artime, Oriol Starnini, Michele Petri, Giovanni Karsai, Marton Patwardhan, Siddharth Coronges, Kathryn McCranie, Ann Vespignani, Alessandro Moreno, Yamir Fortunato, Santo 2004 405 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Física Teórica Área Física Teórica 14, 2 (2026), [42 pp.] J. complex. netw JOURNAL OF COMPLEX NETWORKS 2051-1310 16542692 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/171103/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-12-15 1957852 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/171103/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2026-12-15 oai:zaguan.unizar.es:171103 articulos driver 2026-05-06-13:58:41 ARTICLE