%0 Journal Article %1 Moody06 %A Moody, James %A Light, Ryan %D 2006 %J The American Sociologist %K disziplin netzwerke soziologie %N 2 %P 67-86 %T A view from above: The evolving sociological landscape %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12108-006-1006-8 %V 37 %X How has sociology evolved over the last 40 years? In this paper, we examine networks built on thousands of sociology-relevant papers to map sociology’s position in the wider social sciences and identify changes in the most prominent research frontsin the discipline. We find first that sociology seems to have traded centrality in the field of social sciences for internalcohesion: sociology is central, but not nearly as well bounded as neighboring disciplines such as economics or law. Internally,sociology appears to have moved away from research topics associated with fundamental social processes and toward social-problemsresearch. We end by discussing strategies for extending this work to wider science production networks.

@article{Moody06, abstract = {How has sociology evolved over the last 40 years? In this paper, we examine networks built on thousands of sociology-relevant papers to map sociology’s position in the wider social sciences and identify changes in the most prominent research frontsin the discipline. We find first that sociology seems to have traded centrality in the field of social sciences for internalcohesion: sociology is central, but not nearly as well bounded as neighboring disciplines such as economics or law. Internally,sociology appears to have moved away from research topics associated with fundamental social processes and toward social-problemsresearch. We end by discussing strategies for extending this work to wider science production networks.}, added-at = {2010-01-20T12:11:05.000+0100}, author = {Moody, James and Light, Ryan}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c3fd97b1b1d4ef27ef48c0344c0922e8/wdees}, description = {SpringerLink - Zeitschriftenbeitrag}, interhash = {00b087413266e9d141f562312e77b915}, intrahash = {c3fd97b1b1d4ef27ef48c0344c0922e8}, journal = {The American Sociologist}, keywords = {disziplin netzwerke soziologie}, number = 2, pages = {67-86}, timestamp = {2010-01-20T12:11:05.000+0100}, title = {A view from above: The evolving sociological landscape}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12108-006-1006-8}, volume = 37, year = 2006 }