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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 38 Citations 22,357 115 World Ranking 3102 National Ranking 1589

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2002 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1991 - Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Law
  • Epistemology

Andrew Abbott mostly deals with Epistemology, Data science, Sequence, Optimal matching and Data sequences. His research in Epistemology intersects with topics in Order, Function and State. His Data science study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Variety, Narrative and Positivism.

His Sequence study overlaps with Social psychology, Organizational behavior, Data mining, Section and Focus. When carried out as part of a general Social psychology research project, his work on Dominance is frequently linked to work in Variable, Empirical work, Outcome and Linear model, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. Throughout his Optimal matching studies, Andrew Abbott incorporates elements of other sciences such as Artificial intelligence, Coding, Temporality, Information retrieval and Algorithm design.

His most cited work include:

  • The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor (4517 citations)
  • Chaos of disciplines (619 citations)
  • Sequence analysis: new methods for old ideas (602 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Epistemology, Social science, Politics, Anthropology and Social psychology. His Epistemology study combines topics in areas such as Context and Ambiguity. His Context research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Action, Relational view, Meaning, Methodological individualism and Relation.

His research investigates the connection with Social science and areas like Argument which intersect with concerns in Scholarship. The study incorporates disciplines such as Social change, Life course approach and Power in addition to Politics. Andrew Abbott merges many fields, such as Social psychology and Sequence, in his writings.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Epistemology (27.52%)
  • Social science (22.02%)
  • Politics (6.42%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?

  • Epistemology (27.52%)
  • Social science (22.02%)
  • Discipline (4.59%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Andrew Abbott focuses on Epistemology, Social science, Discipline, Normative and Anthropology. The concepts of his Epistemology study are interwoven with issues in Consistency, Social work and Metaphor. His biological study focuses on Sociology of scientific knowledge.

His Discipline study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Public administration, Power and Reading. His Normative study also includes

  • Contractualism which is related to area like Nous, Social contract, Ethnology, Humanities and Divergence,
  • Historicity that connect with fields like Diversity and Normative ethics. The Social theory study combines topics in areas such as Ambiguity, Simple and Positivism.

Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Boundaries of social work or social work of boundaries (19 citations)
  • French Connections: The Reception of French Sociologists in the USA (1970-2012) (13 citations)
  • Varieties of Normative Inquiry: Moral Alternatives to Politicization in Sociology (8 citations)

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Best Publications

The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor

Andrew Delano Abbott.
(1988)

8208 Citations

Chaos of disciplines

Andrew Delano Abbott.
(2001)

971 Citations

Sequence analysis: new methods for old ideas

Andrew Abbott.
Review of Sociology (1995)

939 Citations

Sequence Analysis and Optimal Matching Methods in Sociology Review and Prospect

Andrew Abbott;Angela Tsay.
Sociological Methods & Research (2000)

850 Citations

Time Matters: On Theory and Method

Andrew Delano Abbott.
(2001)

840 Citations

Measuring Resemblance in Sequence Data: An Optimal Matching Analysis of Musicians' Careers

Andrew Abbott;Alexandra Hrycak.
American Journal of Sociology (1990)

713 Citations

Transcending General Linear Reality

Andrew Abbott.
Sociological Theory (1988)

650 Citations

From Causes to Events Notes on Narrative Positivism

Andrew Abbott.
Sociological Methods & Research (1992)

617 Citations

Things of boundaries

A. Abbott.
Social Research (1995)

562 Citations

Of Time and Space: The Contemporary Relevance of the Chicago School

Andrew Abbott.
Social Forces (1997)

460 Citations

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