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obliteration byincorporation1 CONSTRUCTObliteration byMERTON · SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE

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Sociology of science

the process by which an idea becomes so widely absorbed into common knowledge that its original source stops being cited.

In sociology of science, obliteration by incorporation refers to the process by which an idea becomes so widely absorbed into common knowledge that its original source stops being cited. This meaning comes from Merton (1968) in Social theory and social structure.[1]

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  1. Merton, R. K. (1968). Social theory and social structure. Free Press. Open Library record

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