上个世纪后期,由默顿学派所开创的科学社会学引进中国后,以其独特的视角和极具说服力的实证方法对我国社会学、科学史和自然科学各学科产生了深远的影响,并且,凭借其旨趣与科技哲学的一致性,迅速成为科技哲学的思想来源之一。但由于种种原因,国内科技哲学界乃至社会学界对默顿科学社会学的研究却一直较为薄弱。马来平教授自上世纪90年代始便密切关注科学社会学及其在中国的传播和发展,十数年 After the introduction of China's science sociology initiated by the Merton School in the late last century, its unique perspective and persuasive empirical methods have had a profound impact on various disciplines in our sociology, history of science and science. And, by virtue of its interest and the consistency of S & T philosophy, it quickly became one of the sources of S & T philosophy. However, due to various reasons, the study of Merton's science sociology by the domestic philosophy of science and technology and even the sociology has been weaker. Since the 90s of last century, Professor Ma Laiping paid close attention to the sociology of science and its spread and development in China for more than a decade