Merton, Robert K. (1910–2003)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22369692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barry V Johnston (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm083 |
| OpenAlex | W4230385360 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Robert K. Merton is among the last of the pansophic scholars in American sociology. His works have opened or deepened new fields of study in the sociology of science, studies of social time, the development and analysis of social theory, and the exploration of the dynamic relationship between sociological theory and empirical research. To this brief list of intellectual contributions should also be added a highly improbable journey from working‐class origins in South Philadelphia to Harvard, a 62‐year association with Columbia University, and a journey to the White House in 1994 as the first sociologist to receive the National Medal of Science. The last distinction was one of many acknowledgments for a renowned and distinguished life of scholarship and contributions to sociology and society
Art · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · History · World Systems and Global Transformations
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |