Citations, publications, and perceptions-based rankings of the research impact of North American forestry programs

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 254-261

  Laband, David N ^a   Zhang, Daowei ^b  

^a Department of Economics and Policy ^*  (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Forestry programs; Program rankings; Publications; Research impact

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY PROGRAMS; PERCEPTIONS-BASED RANKING; PUBLICATION RECORDS; RESEARCH IMPACT;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; INFORMATION SERVICES; RESEARCH;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; RANKING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SURVEY;

FORESTRY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749381140     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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