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Social Organization

Social Organization is the structuring of social relations and groupings within human societies, distinguished by its focus on the systematic arrangement of roles, institutions, and kinship networks through which collective life is maintained and regulated.

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2017–2026

279

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Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks

Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith‐Lovin, James M. Cook · Annual Review of Sociology · 2001 · 18.6K citations

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Exchange and Power in Social Life.

Robert Bierstedt, Peter M. Blau · American Sociological Review · 1965 · 13.8K citations

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The Social Psychology of Organizations.

J. Richard Hackman, Daniel Katz, Robert L. Kahn · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1979 · 12.4K citations

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The Theory of Social and Economic Organization.

Gottfried Salomon Delatour, Max Weber, A. M. Henderson et al. · American Sociological Review · 1948 · 11.5K citations

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Social Theory and Social Structure

Eva J. Ross, Robert Κ. Merton · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1958 · 10.4K citations

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Authors

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  1. TP
    Talcott Parsons

    Harvard University Press, United States

    25 publications · 25.7K citations

    21

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  2. CF
    Christian Fuchs

    University of Westminster, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 334 citations

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  3. JH
    Jonathan H. Turner

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    10 publications · 2K citations

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  4. RΚ
    Robert Κ. Merton

    Columbia University, United States

    8 publications · 24.3K citations

    8

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  5. PM
    Peter M. Blau

    Columbia University, United States

    7 publications · 14.2K citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    32 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    18 h-index

    19 publications

    5.6K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    23 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    24 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    15 h-index

    26 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    15 h-index

    18 publications

    3.3K citations

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Venues

  1. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 96 publications · 49K citations

    52

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  2. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    65 publications · 5.9K citations

    38

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  3. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 65 publications · 14.4K citations

    37

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  4. Social Forces

    SF · 67 publications · 12.6K citations

    34

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  5. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 41 publications · 5.2K citations

    31

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