Thomas F. Gieryn

14.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
57 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas F. Gieryn is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Philosophy of Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas F. Gieryn has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Thomas F. Gieryn's work include History of Science and Natural History (4 papers), Science and Climate Studies (3 papers) and scientometrics and bibliometrics research (3 papers). Thomas F. Gieryn is often cited by papers focused on History of Science and Natural History (4 papers), Science and Climate Studies (3 papers) and scientometrics and bibliometrics research (3 papers). Thomas F. Gieryn collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas F. Gieryn's co-authors include Peter Whalley, Michael Mulkay, Nigel Gilbert, Anthony Giddens, Gerald Holton, Wiebe E. Bijker, John Law, Steven Epstein, Susan E. Cozzens and Robert Κ. Merton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas F. Gieryn

51 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Sci... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1983 2000 1985 2001 1977 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science: Strains and Interests in Professional Ideologies of Scientists
    1983 2.8k citations Thomas F. Gieryn profile →
  2. A Space for Place in Sociology
    2000 1.4k citations Thomas F. Gieryn Annual Review of Sociology profile →
  3. Opening Pandora's Box: A Sociological Analysis of Scientists' Discourse.
    1985 1.1k citations Thomas F. Gieryn et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  4. Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line
    2001 913 citations Thomas F. Gieryn et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  5. New Rules of Sociological Method: A Positive Critique of Interpretative Sociologies.
    1977 401 citations Thomas F. Gieryn, Anthony Giddens Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas F. Gieryn United States 26 3.8k 784 765 731 707 57 8.8k
Trevor Pinch United States 38 3.9k 1.0× 406 0.5× 846 1.1× 608 0.8× 583 0.8× 138 10.6k
Steve Woolgar United Kingdom 36 4.2k 1.1× 629 0.8× 707 0.9× 901 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 97 11.7k
Wiebe E. Bijker Netherlands 27 6.0k 1.6× 646 0.8× 1.7k 2.2× 979 1.3× 939 1.3× 96 15.6k
Roy Bhaskar United Kingdom 31 4.8k 1.3× 812 1.0× 1.5k 1.9× 1.0k 1.4× 883 1.2× 79 9.1k
Steven Lukes United States 25 4.0k 1.1× 722 0.9× 2.2k 2.9× 876 1.2× 932 1.3× 93 8.7k
Annemarie Mol Netherlands 35 4.1k 1.1× 1.9k 2.5× 1.1k 1.4× 782 1.1× 672 1.0× 82 12.0k
Michael Polanyi United Kingdom 30 2.2k 0.6× 691 0.9× 771 1.0× 1.4k 1.8× 1.4k 2.0× 83 13.2k
James R. Griesemer United States 17 4.9k 1.3× 459 0.6× 444 0.6× 564 0.8× 510 0.7× 41 11.3k
Harry Collins United Kingdom 38 2.9k 0.8× 589 0.8× 465 0.6× 466 0.6× 423 0.6× 173 7.8k
Marilyn Strathern United Kingdom 45 4.4k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 1.8k 2.4× 468 0.6× 831 1.2× 203 12.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (2018). Truth-Spots. 35 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (2008). Laboratory Design for Post-Fordist Science. Isis. 99(4). 796–802. 19 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (2005). Radical space: Building the house of the people. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 41(2). 190–191. 3 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (2004). The landscape of history: How historians map the past. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 40(1). 104–105. 16 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (2002). What buildings do. Theory and Society. 31(1). 35–74. 324 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F. & Steve Fuller. (2001). Thomas Kuhn: A Philosophical History for Our Times. Journal of American History. 88(3). 1169–1169. 39 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (2000). A Space for Place in Sociology. Annual Review of Sociology. 26(1). 463–496. 1375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1994). Objectivity for These Times. Perspectives on Science. 2(3). 324–349. 5 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1993). Introduction. Science Technology & Human Values. 18(1). 3–4. 1 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1988). Distancing Science from Religion in Seventeenth-Century England. Isis. 79(4). 582–593. 10 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F. & Roger Cooter. (1987). The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science: Phrenology and the Organization of Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 16(2). 220–220. 13 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1982). Durkheim's sociology of scientific knowledge. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 18(2). 107–129. 14 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1982). Not-Last Words: Worn-Out Dichotomies in the Sociology of Science (Reply). Social Studies of Science. 12(2). 329–335. 5 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1982). Relativist/Constructivist Programmes in the Sociology of Science: Redundance and Retreat. Social Studies of Science. 12(2). 279–297. 48 indexed citations
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Merton, Robert Κ., Aaron Rosenblatt, & Thomas F. Gieryn. (1982). Social research and the practicing professions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F.. (1980). The Essential Tension: Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change.Thomas S. Kuhn. American Journal of Sociology. 86(1). 194–197. 1 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F. & Anthony Giddens. (1976). Positivism and Sociology.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(5). 665–665. 143 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F. & Gerald Holton. (1976). Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(3). 368–368. 161 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F. & Gerald Holton. (1976). Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 5(4). 513–513. 43 indexed citations
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Gieryn, Thomas F., et al.. (1975). New Directions in Sociological Theory.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 4(5). 542–542. 58 indexed citations

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