Scientific communication and cognitive codification: Social systems theory and the sociology of scientific knowledge

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-388

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actor network; Autopoiesis; Codification; Communication; Scientific knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847346133     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431007080701     Document Type: Article

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