Global biodiversity research during 1900-2009: A bibliometric analysis

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 807-826

  Liu, Xingjian ^a,b   Zhang, Liang ^c   Hong, Song ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Biodiversity; Conservation; Research trends; Scientific outputs

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH WORK; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952741161     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9981-z     Document Type: Article

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