1. Sociology, sociologists and core–periphery reflections.
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Collyer, Fran
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,SOCIOLOGY literature ,ACADEMIC discourse ,SOCIOLOGY periodicals ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,CROSS-cultural studies - Abstract
This article reports on a citation-context analysis of journal articles from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Examining publications from the sociology of health and medicine, the study draws a number of conclusions about the state of sociology, inter-country relationships between knowledge workers, and national systems of sociological knowledge production. It finds that core–periphery relations define significant features of sociological work, impacting on citation patterns, inter-country collaboration and the selection of reference materials. Core–periphery relations are also found to influence the sociological production of knowledge across the Australian university sector. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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