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Are Distinctions between “Environmental Sociology” and “Natural Resource Sociology” Real – and Important? Reactions to Qin et al.’s Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Abstract The bibliometric analysis presented by Qin et al. provides useful evidence regarding debates into whether there are meaningful distinctions between “environmental sociology” and “natural resource sociology.” This commentary focuses on selected aspects of their findings, and offers thoughts about the implications of distinctions between and apparently increased divergence of these sub-fields.