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Viewpoint: "Invisible colleges" and citation clusters in stocking rate research
Author
Hart, R. H.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1993-09-01
Body

Research on the response of livestock gain to stocking rate tends to cluster into 5 "invisible colleges", represented by 5 citation networks which only occasionally intersect. Each college is built around a paradigm of the stocking rate-gain response as developed in 2 key papers sharing 1 or more authors. Researchers tend to cite the paradigm developed by authors in their field of research or in their geographic area. Therefore conficting pardigms have existed side-by-side for decades, an unusual occurrence in most fields of science. Research is needed to critically evaluate the empirical and conceptual soundness of these paradigms. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/4002653
Additional Information
Hart, R. H. (1993). Viewpoint: "Invisible colleges" and citation clusters in stocking rate research. Journal of Range Management, 46(5), 378-382.
IISN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/644654
Journal Volume
46
Journal Number
5
Journal Pages
378-382
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management
Keywords
publication
journals
liveweight gain
stocking rate
cattle