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Social Structure

Social Structure is a foundational sociological concept denoting the organized pattern of social relationships, institutions, and normative frameworks that shape and constrain individual and collective behavior within a given society.

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Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness

Mark Granovetter · American Journal of Sociology · 1985 · 28.2K 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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Social Theory and Social Structure

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

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Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition

Emmanuel Lazega, Ronald S. Burt · Revue Française de Sociologie · 1995 · 7.9K citations

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Social Theory and Social Structure.

Kenneth E. Bock, Robert Κ. Merton · American Sociological Review · 1969 · 6.7K citations

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  1. TP
    Talcott Parsons

    Harvard University Press, United States

    18 publications · 12.4K citations

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  2. JH
    Jonathan H. Turner

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    12 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. ML
    Melvin L. Kohn

    National Institute of Mental Health, United States

    8 publications · 855 citations

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  4. JS
    James S. Coleman

    Desert Research Institute, United States

    7 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. SL
    Samuel Leinhardt

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    7 publications · 1.6K citations

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Institutions

500

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    12 publications

    8.5K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    35 publications

    5.6K citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.6K citations

  4. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    9.9K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    2K citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    3.5K citations

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Venues

  1. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 58 publications · 33.3K citations

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  2. Social Forces

    SF · 48 publications · 7.9K citations

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    48 publications · 4.1K citations

    28

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  4. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 37 publications · 45.8K citations

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  5. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 28 publications · 4.8K citations

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