STRATIFICATION IN SCIENCE - A COMPARISON OF PUBLICATION PATTERNS IN 4DISCIPLINES

Publication patterns in the leading journals of chemistry, economics, philosophy, and sociology between 1960 and 1985 are examined Patterns of institutional stratification are indicated by the dispersion of ins titutional affiliations among authors, peripheral status of authors, a nd the extent of the bureaucratization of knowledge produced within th e respective disciplines. The data show that patterns of institutional stratification vary across indicators and among the disciplines exami ned; that is, on some indicators, certain disciplines appear more rela tively open than others. The relative openness among the leading journ als in these disciplines, however should not obscure the fact that ins titutional representation in these leading journals is generally restr icted to an inner circle of prestigious academic institutions.