[1] According to a review published in 2018, the sociology of quantification is an expanding field which includes the literature on the quantified self, on algorithms, and on various forms of metrics and indicators.
[9] The discipline gained traction due to the increasing importance and scope of quantification,[2] its relation to the economics of conventions,[10] and the perception of its dangers as a weapon of oppression[11][12][13] or as means to undesirable ends.
Andrea Mennicken and Wendy Espeland provide a review (2019) of the main concerns about the "increasing expansion of quantification into all realms, including into people’s personal lives".
[20] These authors discuss the new patterns of visibility and obscurity created by quantitative technologies, how these influence relations of power, and how neoliberal regimes of quantification favour 'economization', where "individuals, activities, and organizations are constituted or framed as economic actors and entities."
[27] Models as mediators between 'theories' and 'the world' are discussed in a multi-author book edited by Mary S. Morgan and Margaret Morrison[25] that offers several examples from physics and economics.