| Social theory and social structure RK Merton The Free Press, 1968 | 54218* | 1968 |
| The sociology of science: Theoretical and empirical investigations RK Merton The University of Chicago, 1973 | 11840 | 1973 |
| Social structure and anomie RK Merton Gangs, 3-13, 2017 | 11659 | 2017 |
| The Matthew effect in science: The reward and communication systems of science are considered. RK Merton Science 159 (3810), 56-63, 1968 | 11608 | 1968 |
| Circulant Matrices PJ Davis John Wiley & Sons, 1979 | 7976* | 1979 |
| Boundary-work and the demarcation of science from non-science: Strains and interests in professional ideologies of scientists TF Gieryn American sociological review, 781-795, 1983 | 6682 | 1983 |
| The self-fulfilling prophecy RK Merton The antioch review 8 (2), 193-210, 1948 | 5744 | 1948 |
| 57 Robert K. Merton, The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action J Marschall American sociological review 1 (6), 894-904, 1936 | 4550 | 1936 |
| Friendship as a social process: A substantive and methodological analysis PF Lazarsfeld Freedom and control in modern society/Van Nostrand, 1954 | 4529 | 1954 |
| Teoría y estructura sociales RK Merton México, Fondo de Cultura Económica,, 1964 | 4518* | 1964 |
| Социальная теория и социальная структура RK Merton AST Moskva, Khranitel', 2006 | 4277 | 2006 |
| The normative structure of science RK Merton The sociology of science: Theoretical and empirical investigations, 267-278, 1979 | 3738 | 1979 |
| Propaganda: The formation of men's attitudes J Ellul Vintage, 2021 | 3588 | 2021 |
| Bureaucratic structure and personality. RK Merton John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1963 | 3463 | 1963 |
| Insiders and outsiders: A chapter in the sociology of knowledge RK Merton American journal of sociology 78 (1), 9-47, 1972 | 3127 | 1972 |
| Priorities in scientific discovery: a chapter in the sociology of science RK Merton American sociological review 22 (6), 635-659, 1957 | 3060* | 1957 |
| International encyclopedia of social sciences, 17 vols. DL Sills | 2885 | 1968 |
| Science, technology and society in seventeenth century England RK Merton Osiris 4, 360-632, 1938 | 2540 | 1938 |
| Mass communication, popular taste and organized social action PF Lazarsfeld, RK Merton Media studies: A reader 2, 18-30, 1948 | 2417 | 1948 |
| Социальная структура и аномия РК Мертон Социология власти, 212-223, 2010 | 2165 | 2010 |