Priorities in Scientific Discovery: A Chapter in the Sociology of Science

1957/12/01 by Robert K. Merton, Robert Κ. Merton · 10 citations
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Information Systems Theories and Implementation #Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration

paper · doi:10.2307/2089193

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