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Dynamic building blocks for science: Comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian

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Light, R; Moody, J
Published in: Quality and Quantity
August 1, 2011

There are two very good reasons to study the social organization of science, and Kronegger, Ferligoj and Doreian's paper exemplify both (henceforth K, F, D). First, we rarely have such rich and detailed data in most other areas of social life. Because science is a written social sphere where credit and authorship matter greatly, we have rich data on scientific careers that allows us to develop new research methodologies. Second, with a nod to the sociology of science, the ever-increasing importance of scientific discovery to national economies, the extension of science through metaphor (or evidence) to other types of organizations with emphasis on the development of new ideas, career trajectories and so forth, underscore the substantive importance of studying science. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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Quality and Quantity

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1573-7845

ISSN

0033-5177

Publication Date

August 1, 2011

Volume

45

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1017 / 1022

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Sciences Methods
  • 4905 Statistics
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1608 Sociology
  • 0104 Statistics
 

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Light, R., & Moody, J. (2011). Dynamic building blocks for science: Comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian. Quality and Quantity, 45(5), 1017–1022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-011-9485-2
Light, R., and J. Moody. “Dynamic building blocks for science: Comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian.” Quality and Quantity 45, no. 5 (August 1, 2011): 1017–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-011-9485-2.
Light R, Moody J. Dynamic building blocks for science: Comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian. Quality and Quantity. 2011 Aug 1;45(5):1017–22.
Light, R., and J. Moody. “Dynamic building blocks for science: Comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian.” Quality and Quantity, vol. 45, no. 5, Aug. 2011, pp. 1017–22. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s11135-011-9485-2.
Light R, Moody J. Dynamic building blocks for science: Comment on Kronegger, Ferligoj, and Doreian. Quality and Quantity. 2011 Aug 1;45(5):1017–1022.
Journal cover image

Published In

Quality and Quantity

DOI

EISSN

1573-7845

ISSN

0033-5177

Publication Date

August 1, 2011

Volume

45

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1017 / 1022

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Sciences Methods
  • 4905 Statistics
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1608 Sociology
  • 0104 Statistics