Sustainable Development: An Analysis Based on Conference Papers
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of keywords, used from 2015 to 2019, for detecting tendencies, possible paths and
the research front about this field, resulting in 3590 articles. The keywords used
by Boolean expression were: (“higher education” OR “campus” OR “university *”
OR “college *”) AND (“sustainab *” OR “sustainable development”). Using the
asterisk at the end of the keyword captures all possible variations of these in the
titles, abstracts and keywords (“topic” option) of the selected articles.
To refine the results of the research, only the studies classified (document type)
as articles of congresses (proceedings paper) were considered as search criteria.
In addition, as it is a comprehensive research, only articles in the category (Web
of Science Categories) Education Educational Research were included. With the
application of these search criteria, 648 articles were found. These articles cited
8073 references. Thus, for this study, the most cited references in the sample were
analyzed.
Finally, after the analysis of all academic conferences from the Web of Science
Core Collection, one conference hosted by the University of Southern Santa Catarina (hereafter UNISUL), “World Sustainability Symposium, Bridge International
Conference 2019”, was selected for a more in-depth analysis, exploring its results
and contributions to promote sustainability. The website of the conference has been
analyzed for information like conference goals, profiles of participants, and partners. Likewise, several details of the papers approved for presentation were analyzed:
authors and their higher education institution’s geographic location, paper objectives
and results, and main terms.
4 Results
4.1 Citations Analysis from Conference Papers
on Sustainable Development
A list of the most frequently cited articles identified using the global citation score
(GCS), which is the total number of citations of a paper in the Web of Science, is
shown in Table 1. The cut-off point was based on the top 20 articles on the list. This
table also shows the percentage of citations in relation to the total citations of the
648 articles used as a sample.
The most frequently cited study was carried out by Chen in 2015, with twenty-two
citations. The next four most cited articles in the sample were: Pashby and Andreotti
(2016), Dzienkowski et al. (2016).
The conferences highlighted by the number of papers, considering the 648 in
the sample, are shown in Table 2. The ones that appeared most frequently were: 9th
International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies with 39 12th
International Technology, Education and Development Conference with 38 articles;
and 9th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation with 34
articles.
185
of keywords, used from 2015 to 2019, for detecting tendencies, possible paths and
the research front about this field, resulting in 3590 articles. The keywords used
by Boolean expression were: (“higher education” OR “campus” OR “university *”
OR “college *”) AND (“sustainab *” OR “sustainable development”). Using the
asterisk at the end of the keyword captures all possible variations of these in the
titles, abstracts and keywords (“topic” option) of the selected articles.
To refine the results of the research, only the studies classified (document type)
as articles of congresses (proceedings paper) were considered as search criteria.
In addition, as it is a comprehensive research, only articles in the category (Web
of Science Categories) Education Educational Research were included. With the
application of these search criteria, 648 articles were found. These articles cited
8073 references. Thus, for this study, the most cited references in the sample were
analyzed.
Finally, after the analysis of all academic conferences from the Web of Science
Core Collection, one conference hosted by the University of Southern Santa Catarina (hereafter UNISUL), “World Sustainability Symposium, Bridge International
Conference 2019”, was selected for a more in-depth analysis, exploring its results
and contributions to promote sustainability. The website of the conference has been
analyzed for information like conference goals, profiles of participants, and partners. Likewise, several details of the papers approved for presentation were analyzed:
authors and their higher education institution’s geographic location, paper objectives
and results, and main terms.
4 Results
4.1 Citations Analysis from Conference Papers
on Sustainable Development
A list of the most frequently cited articles identified using the global citation score
(GCS), which is the total number of citations of a paper in the Web of Science, is
shown in Table 1. The cut-off point was based on the top 20 articles on the list. This
table also shows the percentage of citations in relation to the total citations of the
648 articles used as a sample.
The most frequently cited study was carried out by Chen in 2015, with twenty-two
citations. The next four most cited articles in the sample were: Pashby and Andreotti
(2016), Dzienkowski et al. (2016).
The conferences highlighted by the number of papers, considering the 648 in
the sample, are shown in Table 2. The ones that appeared most frequently were: 9th
International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies with 39 12th
International Technology, Education and Development Conference with 38 articles;
and 9th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation with 34
articles.