Assessing the societal benefits of applied research and expert consulting in water science and technology

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Hering, Janet G ^a   Hoffmann, Sabine ^a   Meierhofer, Regula ^a   Schmid, Martin ^a   Peter, Armin J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evaluation of applied research; Impact; Outcome; Output; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863327086     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.21.2.6     Document Type: Article

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