Matching a scientific knowledge base with stakeholders' needs

Gillian Petrokofsky, Nicholas D. Brown and Gabriel E. Hemery

Forest Policy and Economics, 2013, vol. 37, issue C, 29-36

Abstract: The extent and provenance of the existing global knowledge base were qualified in relation to ten specific questions of priority to forestry research. The ten questions were derived from a participatory exercise; the Top Ten Questions for Forestry research (T10Q) completed in 2008. Analysis of the first-ranked question, relating to invasive species, pests and diseases, revealed a lower than expected volume of published European literature, compared with the other nine questions and overall database figures. Analysing the published scientific literature of relevance to the T10Q demonstrated a novel method of using bibliometrics to link stakeholder priorities with the existing knowledge base to provide a richer picture of the state of scientific evidence available for decision-making.

Keywords: Evidence-based forestry; Bibliometrics; Research; Research priorities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.05.005

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