The diffusion of core publications in American sociology: A replication

Intellectual Integration and Articles in Core Sociology Journals, 1960–2000

“…The citation careers of articles appearing in the 1990 issues of AJS, ASR, and SF formed the basis of comparisons with the careers of articles appearing in the 1960 (Oromaner 1977) and the 1973 (Oromaner 1986) issues of these three journals.…”

“…In this study I build on and extend two studies by Oromaner (1977Oromaner ( , 1986 in which he examined the integrating role of the three core general journals among both core (N=3) and specialty (N=7) journals. In each study he traced the number of citations received by full-length articles published in the core journals (1960,1973) during the first 10 years after publication.…”

Contributors to the American Sociological Review, 2010

“…54-55;Keith and Babchuk, 1998;Lyytinen et al, 2007;Oromaner, 1977Oromaner, , 1986Paxton and Bollen, 2003: pp. 73-74;Rosenstreich and Wooliscroft, 2006;Stephan, 2012).…”

“…One can also become known to other sociologists or social scientists, and most importantly to employers. "Finally, such publications may be a necessary or even sufficient condition for employment, promotion, and increased monetary rewards" (p. 34; also see Oromaner, 1986). According to Eliason (2008), the primary mission of scholars or academics is research.…”