Abstract
In blockmodeling and co-citation analysis recent studies of scientific specialties and research areas have hit upon two new quantitative methods of investigating the cognitive and social structure of science. After examining the assumptions upon which these techniques are based and the objections that have been levelled against them, this paper discusses the potential for linking the two methods in order to provide a descriptive foundation for the construction of a sociology of scientific knowledge.
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