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This article focuses on the social organization of education research as a social science field in the United States and considers its development and scope worldwide. It examines the emergence of education research, the structure and context of training in the field, doctoral degree production, characteristics of education researchers and their location in the labor force, the formal organizations of professionals in the field, and patterns of knowledge dissemination. The article also includes salient comparisons to other social science fields. |