Standout Papers

Social Theory and Social Structure 1958 2026 1980 2003 6.5k
  1. Social Theory and Social Structure (1958)
    Eva J. Ross, Robert Κ. Merton The American Catholic Sociological Review
  2. The Matthew Effect in Science (1968)
    Robert Κ. Merton Science
  3. Social Theory and Social Structure. (1969)
    Kenneth E. Bock, Robert Κ. Merton American Sociological Review
  4. The Matthew effect in science. The reward and communication systems of science are considered. (1968)
    Robert Κ. Merton PubMed
  5. Social Theory and Social Structure. (1958)
    Gregory P. Stone, Robert Κ. Merton Administrative Science Quarterly
  6. The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations (1974)
    Norman M. Kaplan, Robert Κ. Merton et al. Technology and Culture
  7. Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms (1962)
    George C. Homans, Robert Κ. Merton et al. Revue Française de Sociologie
  8. Social Theory and Social Structure. (1957)
    Kaspar D. Naegele, Robert Κ. Merton American Sociological Review
  9. Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact. (1982)
    Ludwik Fleck, Thaddeus J. Trenn et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
  10. Priorities in Scientific Discovery: A Chapter in the Sociology of Science (1957)
    Robert Κ. Merton American Sociological Review
  11. The Matthew Effect in Science, II: Cumulative Advantage and the Symbolism of Intellectual Property (1988)
    Robert Κ. Merton Isis
  12. Insiders and Outsiders: A Chapter in the Sociology of Knowledge (1972)
    Robert Κ. Merton American Journal of Sociology
  13. The Normative Structure of Science (1973)
    Robert Κ. Merton Medical Entomology and Zoology
  14. The Sociology of Science. Theoretical and Empirical Investigations (1975)
    Gérard Namer, Robert Κ. Merton et al. Revue Française de Sociologie
  15. The Role-Set: Problems in Sociological Theory (1957)
    Robert Κ. Merton British Journal of Sociology
  16. The Student-Physician (1957)
    Robert Κ. Merton, George G. Reader et al. Harvard University Press eBooks
  17. Patterns of evaluation in science: Institutionalisation, structure and functions of the referee system (1971)
    Harriet Zuckerman, Robert Κ. Merton Minerva
  18. The Focused Interview: A Manual of Problems and Procedures (1990)
    Robert Κ. Merton, Marjorie Fiske Lowenthal et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology
  19. Sociological Ambivalence and Other Essays. (1978)
    Gisela J. Hinkle, Robert Κ. Merton Social Forces
  20. Science, Technology & Society in Seventeenth-Century England (1970)
    Robert Κ. Merton Medical Entomology and Zoology

Immediate Impact

6 by Nobel laureates 11 from Science/Nature 71 standout
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Works of Robert Κ. Merton being referenced

The Matthew Effect in Science
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The Matthew effect in science. The reward and communication systems of science are considered.
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Author Peers

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Robert Κ. Merton 14209 1589 3587 4333 3695 138 38.3k
Stanley Wasserman 9450 66 2189 1285 2272 96 38.5k
Donald T. Campbell 12063 694 5793 1123 4336 160 52.6k
Bruno Latour 17802 2160 2163 580 3909 282 44.8k
Paul Slovic 28568 527 3647 3493 1567 382 61.2k
Ronald S. Burt 18141 38 2233 735 8574 140 44.2k
Kenneth A. Bollen 14505 44 5134 549 7765 178 58.3k
Barry Bozeman 3510 110 1189 2250 2565 290 16.9k
Karl E. Weick 11941 115 2572 1068 19143 165 52.9k
Thomas Kühn 5670 3295 1322 774 1501 91 28.6k
Herbert A. Simon 10043 1835 1721 663 4644 398 78.7k

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