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Lumping and splitting: Notes on social classification

Overview of attention for article published in Sociological Forum, September 1996
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Title
Lumping and splitting: Notes on social classification
Published in
Sociological Forum, September 1996
DOI 10.1007/bf02408386
Authors

Eviatar Zerubavel

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 8 4%
Netherlands 2 <1%
France 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Hungary 1 <1%
Singapore 1 <1%
Lithuania 1 <1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 184 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 64 32%
Student > Master 30 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 17 8%
Researcher 13 6%
Other 30 15%
Unknown 31 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 98 48%
Business, Management and Accounting 35 17%
Psychology 10 5%
Computer Science 7 3%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 2%
Other 17 8%
Unknown 32 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

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#14,472,674
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#517
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