تاثیر اهداف توسعۀ پایدار سازمان ملل بر عملکرد استنادی: تحلیل استنادی مجلات معماری نمایه‌شده در پایگاه اسکوپوس

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد معماری منظر، موسسه حافظ، شیراز، ایران.

2 کارشناسی ارشد علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان شناسی، دانشگاه شیراز، شیراز، ایران.

چکیده

 
هدف: اهداف توسعۀ پایدار سازمان ملل متحد به‌عنوان چارچوبی جهانی برای مواجهه با چالش‌های محیطی، اجتماعی و اقتصادی، توجه فزاینده‌ای در محافل علمی به خود جلب کرده‌اند. با وجود پیوند آشکار میان رشتۀ معماری و برخی از این اهداف، میزان و نحوۀ بازتاب آن‌ها در ادبیات علمی معماری کمتر موردبررسی‌ قرارگرفته است. پژوهش حاضر باهدف ارزیابی تأثیر توجه به اهداف توسعۀ پایدار بر عملکرد استنادی مجلات تخصصی معماری انجام‌شده و در پی شناسایی عوامل مؤثر بر عملکرد استنادی مقالات مرتبط با این اهداف در سطح مجلات است.
روش‌شناسی: این پژوهش با استفاده از روش تحلیل استنادی و بر اساس داده‌های استخراج‌شده از پایگاه سایول انجام شد. بدین منظور، مقالات منتشرشده در ۱۱۵ مجلۀ تخصصی معماری طی بازۀ زمانی ۲۰۲۱ تا ۲۰۲۳ بررسی گردید. مجموع داده‌ها شامل ۹۸۳۹۳ مقاله بود که از این میان، ۴۳۴۳۳ مقاله دارای برچسب اهداف توسعۀ پایدار بودند. تحلیل داده­ها با استفاده از رگرسیون خطی خودکار و معادلات برآوردی تعمیم‌یافته صورت گرفت.
یافته‌ها: نتایج نشان داد پنج هدف ازجمله شهرهای پایدار، انرژی پاک، زیرساخت، اقدام اقلیمی، تولید و مصرف مسئولانه، بیشترین فراوانی را در مجلات معماری به خود اختصاص داده‌اند. مقالات مرتبط با اهداف توسعۀ پایدار، در مقایسه با مقالات نامرتبط، از تأثیر استنادی بالاتری برخوردار بودند. به‌جز وابستگی سازمانی نویسندگان، سایر مؤلفه‌های نمایانی مقاله تأثیر معناداری بر عملکرد استنادی این دسته از مقالات نداشتند. این امر بیانگر آن است که برتری استنادی مقالات مرتبط با اهداف توسعۀ پایدار نه از عناصر شکلی و ساختاری، بلکه از سرشت موضوعی و پیوند ذاتی آن‌ها با ابر چالش‌های جهانی ناشی می‌شود؛ امری که به توجه گسترده‌تر جامعۀ علمی و استناد بیشتر به این آثار انجامیده است.
نتیجه‌گیری: توجه به اهداف توسعۀ پایدار نه‌تنها با بهبود عملکرد استنادی همراه است، بلکه به‌واسطۀ ارتباط تنگاتنگ این اهداف با مسائل و چالش­های جهانی، می‌تواند به‌عنوان راهبردی مؤثر برای ارتقای جایگاه علمی مجلات معماری تلقی شود. افزون بر این، یافته‌ها بر ضرورت انجام مطالعات زمینه‌محور و شناسایی شکاف‌های پژوهشی در اهداف کم‌پوشش تأکید دارند.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

The Impact of the United Nations Sus-tainable Development Goals on Citation Performance: A Citation Analysis of Architecture Journals Indexed in Scopus

نویسندگان [English]

  • Masih Golbahar Haghighi 1
  • Mahsa Amiri 2
1 M.Sc. Student in Landscape Architecture, Hafez Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz, Iran.
2 M.A. in Information Science and Knowledge Studies, Department of Information Science & Knowledge Studies, School of Education & Psychology, Eram Campus, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran,
چکیده [English]

Purpose: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a global roadmap for addressing pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges. Since their introduction in 2015, the SDGs have increasingly influenced academic discourse, guiding research agendas across a wide range of disciplines. Architecture, as a multidisciplinary field that intersects with technical, environmental, social, and cultural domains, is uniquely positioned to contribute to the achievement of these goals. However, despite its potential, architecture-related journals have not been extensively examined in terms of how they engage with SDG-related content or whether such engagement translates into greater scientific impact. This study aims to address this gap by investigating the relationship between SDG-related articles and the citation performance of architecture journals indexed in Scopus. Specifically, it evaluates the extent to which SDG-oriented publications contribute to journal visibility and identifies factors influencing citation performance in this context.
Methodology: This study employs citation analysis using data extracted from SciVal. A purposive sample of 115 architecture-related journals was selected from three relevant Scopus categories—Architecture, Construction & Building Technology, and Urban Studies—covering the publication period from 2021 to 2023. From these journals, a total of 98,393 documents were retrieved, of which 43,433 were identified as SDG-related based on SciVal’s automated tagging system, which utilizes machine learning and content analysis. To determine the most prevalent SDGs in architecture journals, fractional counts of articles associated with each goal were calculated. The citation performance of SDG-related and non-SDG-related articles was compared using automatic linear regression modeling, with average SJR values as the dependent variable. Additionally, generalized estimating equations (GEE) were applied to analyze repeated measures and identify the impact of various visibility factors—including the number of authors, organizational affiliations, countries, title length, and open access status—on the citation counts of SDG-tagged articles. SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions) was used as the reference level for interpreting the effects of other goals.
Findings: A year-by-year analysis revealed a clear upward trend in the number of SDG-related publications in architecture journals, showing a 24.67% growth from 2021 to 2022, followed by a 12.54% increase from 2022 to 2023. The results showed a strong concentration of SDG-related research focused on five goals: SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production). Collectively, these five goals accounted for more than 80% of all SDG-tagged articles in the selected journals. This distribution closely aligns with the central themes of architectural research and practice, particularly regarding urban sustainability, energy efficiency, and environmental resilience. The automatic linear regression analysis revealed that SDG-related articles were associated with significantly higher citation performance at the journal level compared to non-SDG articles. Notably, only the average citation counts of SDG-related articles emerged as a statistically significant predictor of the journal's SJR, whereas the citation count of non-SDG articles did not. In the GEE model, among the various article-level visibility factors, only the number of organizational affiliations had a statistically significant positive effect on the citations of SDG-related papers. Other commonly considered predictors—including open access status, number of authors, number of countries, and title length—did not show a significant influence. Notably, certain Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDG 11, SDG 9, and SDG 7) were strongly and positively associated with citation counts, while others (e.g., SDG 2 and SDG 5) had a negative or negligible impact. These disparities suggest thematic differences in citation potential across the goals, possibly reflecting their global relevance and accessibility to mainstream scientific discourse.
Conclusion: The findings underscore the growing role of the SDGs in shaping the research landscape of architecture. Articles focusing on sustainable cities, climate change, energy, infrastructure, and consumption are not only thematically central to architectural scholarship but also demonstrate a higher citation impact. Interestingly, this citation advantage cannot be entirely explained by formal visibility factors such as the scope of collaboration or publication format. Rather, it appears to stem from the intrinsic value and urgency of the topics themselves, which are closely aligned with global challenges and attract widespread academic attention. At the same time, the study reveals significant variation in the citation impact of different SDGs, likely due to either a more localized or socially sensitive scope (e.g., poverty, hunger, or gender equality) or a lower intrinsic relevance to technical fields such as architecture. This highlights the need for more context-sensitive and localized research approaches to ensure balanced attention across all SDGs. In addition to contributing to the expanding body of literature on SDG-related scientometrics, this study provides practical insights for journal editors, policymakers, and researchers. It encourages a more strategic focus on globally relevant sustainability topics while promoting the inclusion of underrepresented goals in research agendas. Moreover, it calls for future studies to investigate disciplinary disparities, geographic gaps, and the non-academic impact of SDG research, particularly in architecture and related fields.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • SDGs
  • Architecture
  • Journals
  • Citation analysis
  • Scientometrics
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