Countries' research priorities in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals
Countries' research priorities in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals
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DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2023.104950
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发表时间：
2024-04
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Hugo Confraria;Tommaso Ciarli;E. Noyons
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作者：
Hugo Confraria;Tommaso Ciarli;E. Noyons
我们分析各国的研究重点如何与其最大的可持续发展目标 (SDG) 挑战保持一致，以及某些可持续发展目标中的不一致是否更严重。我们采用一种新颖的方法，通过检查 WoS 中包含与可持续发展目标政策渠道相关文本的出版物所占比例较高的研究领域来识别与可持续发展目标相关的研究。然后，我们使用可持续发展目标指标创建一个新的分数，以评估各国在可持续发展目标方面相对于表现最佳国家的表现。我们在全球层面的分析揭示了严重的偏差。尽管低收入和中低收入国家往往面临更高的可持续发展目标挑战，但只有不到 10% 的可持续发展目标相关研究是在这些地区进行的。在可持续发展目标国家层面，我们观察到各国的研究重点与可持续发展目标挑战之间存在积极的一致性，仅针对可持续发展目标1（无贫困）、可持续发展目标2（零饥饿）、可持续发展目标6（清洁水和卫生设施）和可持续发展目标9（工业、创新和基础设施）。这意味着可持续发展目标挑战较高的国家在与这些具体目标相关的研究方面相对专业。相反，对于所有其他可持续发展目标，我们的研究结果表明可持续发展目标挑战与研究优先顺序之间存在不一致或不确定的关系。 SDG12（负责任的消费和生产）存在明显的失调，其中消费/生产模式最不可持续的国家是不专门从事与 SDG12 相关研究的高收入国家。我们的结论强调研究重点需要与国家可持续发展目标挑战更加一致，并主张将更多研究资金投向低收入和中低收入国家。
We analyse how countries' research priorities align with their greatest Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) challenges and whether misalignments are worse in certain SDGs. Employing a novel method, we identify research related to an SDG by examining research areas in WoS with a higher share of publications containing text related to SDG policy outlets. Then, we use the SDG indicators to create a new score to assess the performance of countries in SDGs in relation to the top performers. Our analysis at the global level reveals a substantial misalignment. Although low and lower-middle income countries tend to face higher SDG challenges, only <10 % of SDG-related research is conducted in these regions. At the SDG-country level, we observe a positive alignment between countries' research priorities and SDG challenges only for SDG1 (No poverty), SDG2 (Zero hunger), SDG6 (Clean water and sanitation), and SDG9 (Industry, innovation, and infrastructure). This means that countries with higher SDG challenges are relatively specialised in research related to these specific goals. Conversely, for all other SDGs, our findings indicate a misalignment or an inconclusive relationship between SDG challenges and research prioritisation. A notable misalignment occurs in SDG12 (Responsible consumption and production), where the countries with the most unsustainable consumption/production patterns are high income countries that are not specialised in research related to SDG12. Our conclusions, underscore the need for research priorities to be more aligned with national SDG challenges, and advocate for more research funds to be directed towards low and lower-middle income countries.