Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the
same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within
it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.
2017Andalas University Repository (Andalas University)
1990Medical Entomology and Zoology
1988Isis
1982Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
1981Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact
1978Social Forces
1975Revue Française de Sociologie
1974Technology and Culture
1973The sociology of science
1973Medical Entomology and Zoology
1972American Journal of Sociology
1971Minerva
1970Medical Entomology and Zoology
1969American Sociological Review
1968PubMed
1968Science
1962Revue Française de Sociologie
1958The American Catholic Sociological Review
1958Administrative Science Quarterly
1957American Sociological Review
1957British Journal of Sociology
1957Harvard University Press eBooks
1957American Sociological Review
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Robert Κ. Merton
Comparison fields: 5 of 231
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty4.7k
History and Philosophy of Science1.8k
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4.0k
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Robert Κ. Merton is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, General Social Sciences and Issues, ethics and legal aspects, having authored 153 papers that have together received 42.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (10 papers), Primary Care and Health Outcomes (5 papers), Psychology Research and Bibliometrics (4 papers), scientometrics and bibliometrics research (3 papers), Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 papers), Social Sciences and Policies (3 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers) and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (4.7k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (1.8k citations) and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (4.0k citations). Robert Κ. Merton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Colombia and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Eva J. Ross, Kenneth E. Bock, Gregory P. Stone, N. W. Storer, Norman M. Kaplan, Kaspar D. Naegele, Patricia L. Kendall, George C. Homans, Thaddeus J. Trenn and Ludwik Fleck. Their work appears in journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.
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