Thinkers · Science Studies
Derek de Solla Price (1922–1983)
- National background
- British-born; worked in the United States
- 한국어
- 데릭 드 솔라 프라이스
- 中文（简体）
- 德里克·德索拉·普赖斯
- English pronunciation
- /ˈdɛrɪk də ˈsɒlə praɪs/DERR-ik duh SOL-uh PRICE
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The Chinese surname 普赖斯 follows the linked memorial; the full Chinese and Korean forms are working transliterations.
Name forms & sources
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Quantitative studies of science, its growth, and its literature.
Overview
Price helped establish the quantitative study of science as a research programme. Little Science, Big Science and his related papers examine scientific growth and the organization of research through measurable patterns. His work connects the history of science with scientometrics and provides a starting point for studying scientific literature and communities at scale.