Coherent Social Groups in Scientific Change

Theorizing social networks: the relational sociology of and around Harrison White

“…But they retain their very own What we see here is a densely-knit network centered on a small number of intellectual centers: first Harvard, later Columbia University, the New School for Social Research, and Rutgers University (all of these in the New York area), with branches at Princeton, Chicago, Arizona, and just now at the University of Notre Dame. We can call this an invisible college (Crane 1972, Griffith and Mullins 1972, Collins 1998. Invisible colleges of tight academic cooperation (and competition) have driven intellectual and scientific development for a long time, with the London-based Royal Society or the Vienna Circle as prominent examples.…”

Academic leaders and the field of possibilities

“…Consequently, I shall use the term leadership in a broad sense, to cover both these meanings. By the term leadership I shall also refer to both organizational leadership (arranging times, funds and facilities) and intellectual leadership (provided by respected researchers) as identified by Griffith and Mullins (1972).…”

The journal as a primary data source in the sociology of science : With some observations from sociology

“…How overlapping and effective are these memberships in diffusing scientific innovations are intriguing questions (cf. Griffith and Mullins, 1972), especially if the frequency of manuscript acceptance or rejection could be related to those named. Anonymous refereeing does not circumvent this possibility.…”