Quantifying the impact and relevance of scientific research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Goulson, David ^b   Potts, Simon G ^c   Dicks, Lynn V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

APOIDEA;

JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81155137467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027537     Document Type: Article

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