Quantifying the research impact of the sustainable forest management network in the social sciences: A bibliometric study

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2248-2255

  Klenk, Nicole L ^a   Dabros, Anna ^a   Hickey, Gordon M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; BIBLIOMETRIC; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CITATION ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; POLITICAL SCIENCE; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ECONOMICS; FORESTS; SOCIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78449241075     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-138     Document Type: Article

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