| Social theory and social structure RK Merton The Free Press, 1968 | 54763* | 1968 |
| Manifest and Latent Functions RK Merton | 13283* | |
| The sociology of science: Theoretical and empirical investigations RK Merton University of Chicago press, 1973 | 12226 | 1973 |
| Social structure and anomie RK Merton Gangs, 3-13, 2017 | 11966 | 2017 |
| Circulant matrices PJ Davis Wiley, 1979 | 8063* | 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 | 6857 | 1983 |
| The self-fulfilling prophecy RK Merton The antioch review 8 (2), 193-210, 1948 | 5845 | 1948 |
| Friendship as a social process: A substantive and methodological analysis PF Lazarsfeld Freedom and control in modern society/Van Nostrand, 1954 | 4623 | 1954 |
| Teoría y estructura sociales RK Merton México, Fondo de Cultura Económica,, 1964 | 4619* | 1964 |
| 57 Robert K. Merton, The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action J Marschall American sociological review 1 (6), 894-904, 1936 | 4578 | 1936 |
| The normative structure of science RK Merton The sociology of science: Theoretical and empirical investigations, 267-278, 1979 | 3819 | 1979 |
| Bureaucratic structure and personality. RK Merton John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1963 | 3405 | 1963 |
| Propaganda: The formation of men's attitudes J Ellul Vintage, 2021 | 3298 | 2021 |
| Insiders and outsiders: A chapter in the sociology of knowledge RK Merton American journal of sociology 78 (1), 9-47, 1972 | 3226 | 1972 |
| Priorities in scientific discovery: A chapter in the sociology of science RK Merton American sociological review 22 (6), 635-659, 1957 | 3108* | 1957 |
| International encyclopedia of social sciences, 17 vols. DL Sills | 2914 | 1968 |
| Science, technology and society in seventeenth century England RK Merton Osiris 4, 360-632, 1938 | 2508 | 1938 |
| Mass communication, popular taste and organized social action PF Lazarsfeld, RK Merton Bobbs-Merrill, College Division, 1948 | 2432 | 1948 |
| Социальная структура и аномия РК Мертон Социология власти, 212-223, 2010 | 2291 | 2010 |
| The student-physician: Introductory studies in the sociology of medical education RK Merton, GG Reader, P Kendall Harvard University Press, 1957 | 2159 | 1957 |
