Jonathan R. Cole

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Jonathan Richard Cole (born August 27, 1942 ) is an American sociologist who works in the field of the sociology of science .

Life

Cole studied sociology at Columbia University with Robert K. Merton, among others, and received his doctorate there in 1969 with a thesis on The Social Structure of Science . Since 1968 he has taught at Columbia University, from 1976 as a full professor. In addition to his teaching activities, he had various functions in the university administration, from 1989 to 2003 he was Provost . His research on the sociology of science received financial support from the National Science Foundation for over two decades .

With his brother Stephen Cole , he was one of the first sociologists to introduce quantitative methods (publication and citation indicators) into the sociology of science. In addition to qualitative and quantitative analyzes of the publication activity of scholars, he was particularly interested in studying the role of women scientists in the United States. Much of this work was done in collaboration with Harriet Zuckerman . In 2009 he published an extensive study on the position of the US universities in the global science system.

From 1975 to 1976 he was a Guggenheim fellow . He has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1992 and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2004 . In 2005 he became an elected member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1996 and 2003 he received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic .

Fonts (selection)

Social Stratification in Science (1973)
  • With Stephen Cole: Scientific output and recognition: A study in the operation of the reward system in science . In: American Sociological Review . tape 32 , no. 3 , 1967, p. 377-390 .
  • With Stephen Cole: Visibility and the structural bases of awareness of scientific research . In: American Sociological Review . tape 33 , no. 3 , 1968, p. 397-413 , JSTOR : 2091914 .
  • With Stephen Cole: The Ortega hypothesis . In: Science . tape 178 , no. 4059 , 1972, pp. 368-375 ( abstract ).
  • With Stephen Cole: Social Stratification in Science . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1973, ISBN 978-0-226-11338-8 , pp. 298 .
  • With Harriet Zuckerman: Women in American science . In: Minerva . tape 13 , no. 1 , 1975, p. 82-102 .
  • With Stephen Cole, Leonard Rubin: Peer review and the support of science . In: Scientific American . tape 237 , no. 4 , 1977, pp. 34-41 .
  • Jonathan R. Cole: Fair Science: Women in the Scientific Community . Free Press, New York 1979, pp. 336 .
  • With Harriet Zuckerman: The productivity puzzle: Persistence and change in patterns of publication of men and women scientists . In: MW Steinkamp, ​​ML Maehr (Ed.): Advances in Motivation and Achievment . tape 2 . JAI Press, Greenwich, CT, London 1984, ISBN 0-89232-288-8 , pp. 217-258 .
  • With Harriet Zuckerman: Research strategies in science: A preliminary inquiry . In: Creative Research Journal . tape 7 , no. 3 & 4 , 1994, pp. 391-405 .
  • Jonathan R. Cole: The great American university . In: Bulletin of the American Academy . Spring, 2011, p. 27–35 ( online [PDF; accessed March 8, 2018]).
  • Jonathan R. Cole: The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected . Public Affairs, New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-58648-408-8 , pp. 616 .

literature

  • Jonathan R. Cole. Letter Biographical Sketch. Columbia University, accessed March 6, 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter C. (PDF; 1.3 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed March 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Member History: Jonathan R. Cole. American Philosophical Society, accessed March 8, 2018 (with a short biography).

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personal data
SURNAME Cole, Jonathan R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Jonathan Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1942