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Bornmann, Wray, and Haunschild (2020) introduced the citation concept analysis (CCA) for capturing the importance and usefulness certain concepts (explained in publications) have in subsequent research. In this paper, we apply the method by investigating the impact various concepts introduced in Robert K. Merton\u2019s book Social Theory and Social Structure has had. This book was to lay down a manifesto for sociological analysis in the immediate postwar period, and retains a major impact 70 years later. We found that the most cited concepts are \u201cself-fulfilling\u201d and \u201crole\u201d (about 20% of the citation contexts are related to one of these concepts). The concept \u201cself-fulfilling\u201d seems to be important especially in computer sciences and psychology. For \u201crole,\u201d this seems to be additionally the case for political sciences. These and further results of the study could demonstrate the high explanatory power of the CCA method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1162\/qss_a_00029","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,25]],"date-time":"2020-03-25T13:06:31Z","timestamp":1585141591000},"page":"675-690","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1162\/mitpressjournals.corrections.policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Citation concept analysis (CCA) of Robert K. 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