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Reflexive standardization and the resolution of uncertainty in the genomics clinic. 反身标准化和解决基因组学临床中的不确定性。

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.1177/03063127231154863

Adam Hedgecoe, Kathleen Job, Angus Clarke

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On first reading Bruno Latour. 第一次读布鲁诺·拉图尔。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127231158086

Nicole C Nelson, Stefan Timmermans, Andrew Warwick, Zdeněk Konopásek, Russell E Vance, Wen-Hua Kuo

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Biopolitics and speculative objects in Chilean health projects. 智利卫生项目中的生物政治和投机对象。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127221136804

Jorge Castillo-Sepúlveda, Francisco Tirado, Ana Gálvez

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On body-environment continuities from a laboratory commensalism. 从实验室评论论身体环境的连续性。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127221136556

Morana Alač

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Seven moments with Bruno Latour. 布鲁诺·拉图尔的七分钟。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127231159852

Noortje Marres

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Exercises in irreduction: Some Latourian favourites. 简化练习:一些拉图里人的最爱。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127231156649

Casper Bruun Jensen

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The sense of meaninglessness in bureaucratized science. 官僚化科学中的无意义感。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127221117227

Mariusz Finkielsztein, Izabela Wagner

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Actor Network Theory, Bruno Latour, and the CSI. 演员网络理论，布鲁诺·拉图尔，以及CSI。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127231158102

Madeleine Akrich

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The art of ignoring others' work among academics: A guessing game model of scholarly information search. 学术界忽视他人工作的艺术:学术信息搜索的猜谜游戏模型。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127221119808

Mikhail Sokolov

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Luck and the 'situations' of research. 运气和研究的“情境”。

IF 3 2区社会学

Social Studies of Science Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/03063127221125438

Sarah R Davies, Bao-Chau Pham

引用次数: 1