Scope, characteristics, and use of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's intramural research

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 707-728

  Kosecki, Stanislaw ^a   Shoemaker, Robbin ^b   Baer, Charlotte Kirk ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Education; Extension; Federal research; Intramural research; Research benchmarking; Research output; USDA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051475599     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0359-0     Document Type: Article

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