The Sociology of Science

Merton, R. K. (1973). The Sociology of Science: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations. University of Chicago Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1973

Link

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo28042435.html

Cited from

economics_finance, sociology_anthropology

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Authority
  • Science. Expert authority accrues through peer review, publication, and citation, as Merton (1973) characterizes through the normative structure of science and its reward system.

    This sourceClassic essays on the normative structure of science (the CUDOS norms) and its reward system: scientific authority accrues through peer recognition, citation, and the legitimating institution of peer review, which vests and revokes standing.

• Optionality
  • It separates certainty (take-it-or-leave-it commitment) from flexibility (right without obligation) and names the premium charged for that flexibility, a structure formalized in Merton's (1973) rational theory of option pricing.

    This sourceClassic essays on the normative structure of science (CUDOS norms) and its reward system: authority in science accrues through peer recognition, citation, and the legitimating institution of peer review.

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