Dataset associated with "The landscape of North American rangeland social science: a systematic map"

The dataset contains information of journal articles that meet the following criteria: 1) a geographic focus on North America, 2) a social science component, 3) focus on rangeland or ranching systems, and 4) a scientific article published in a peer-reviewed journal from 1970 to 2017 in English or Spanish. The data are analyzed and published in a systematic map to characterize this literature by 1) the research objectives and questions, 2) who was studied, 3) where research was conducted, 4) which theories, methodologies, and methods were applied, and 5) how these research characteristics have changed from 1970 to 2017.