Raj Aditya, Sinha Anushka
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India.
Front Sociol. 2024 Feb 14;9:1337742. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1337742. eCollection 2024.
This review article utilizes the technique of citation-based bibliometric analysis to provide a comprehensive understanding of the scholarly contributions made by sociologist Michael Burawoy. The most influential academic articles published by Burawoy were retrieved for analyses. Following this, scholars, journals and institutions that he most frequently collaborated with were traced. Further, country-wise analysis of his scholarship was carried out. Lastly, content analyses of retrieved articles identified prominent thematic domains in sociology to which Burawoy contributed, while temporal analyses helped to identify some emerging research hotspots. Findings reveal that historical and cultural context of Burawoy's research mostly remained confined to the U.S.A., however, he significantly contributed towards the foundation of sociology in the Global South and studied the ensuing global power imbalances. Contemporary sociological thought remains indebted to Burawoy for his comparative study of industrial relations in the 21st century, and recently, his elaboration upon the need for public sociology has taken the discipline in new intellectual directions that appeals to a broader sociological community.
这篇综述文章运用基于引用的文献计量分析技术，以全面了解社会学家迈克尔·布洛维所做出的学术贡献。检索了布洛维发表的最具影响力的学术文章进行分析。在此之后，追踪了他最常合作的学者、期刊和机构。此外，还对他的学术成果进行了国别分析。最后，对检索到的文章进行内容分析，确定了布洛维所贡献的社会学突出主题领域，而时间分析则有助于识别一些新兴的研究热点。研究结果表明，布洛维研究的历史和文化背景大多局限于美国，然而，他对全球南方社会学的基础做出了重大贡献，并研究了随之而来的全球权力失衡。当代社会学思想因他对21世纪劳资关系的比较研究而受惠于布洛维，最近，他对公共社会学必要性的阐述使该学科朝着吸引更广泛社会学界的新思想方向发展。
