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  1. 3/3 #Bibliometric maps are great for showing the relative distances between clusters of knowledge but lack deterministic coordinates and emphasize papers over people. Inversely, #sociological maps focus on individuals in a deterministic system of social variables but poorly capture the intellectual content of science. We reconcile these approaches by focusing on researchers primarily as knowledge producers and thereby trace the relationships between epistemic and social dimensions of science.