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This work was supported by European Commission, Specific contract 154208.X16 Jobs & Growth in the agrifood sector.

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September 17, 2019
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A Re-Examination of the Structural Diversity of Biobased Activities and Regions across the EU

Publicated to:Sustainability. 10 (11): 4325- - 2018-11-01 10(11), DOI: 10.3390/su10114325

Authors: Philippidis, George; Sanjuan-Lopez, Ana I

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Ctr Agrofood Res & Technol Aragon CITA, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Ctr Agrofood Res Technol Aragon CITA, Aragonese Agcy Res & Dev ARAID, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author

Abstract

This study evaluates the performance of European Union (EU) member state biobased activities. More specifically, statistical clustering techniques, based on biobased sectors' demand and supply driven multipliers, identify regional EU typologies of biobased sector performance. The aim is to establish sector-region combinations of biobased driven economic growth. The study employs a consistent macroeconomic accounting dataset, known as a social accounting matrix (SAM). The dataset (dubbed BioSAM), is enriched with detailed accounts for agrifood activities, as well as further contemporary sources and uses of biomass. The results identify cases where biobased activities are potentially important engines of growth, although this result varies considerably by EU region. Confirming previous literature, the influence of biobased sectors is very much dominated by demand driven economic growth, whilst one-in-three biobased activities is defined as key'. Examining the regional EU cluster typologies, the Eastern and Mediterranean' region exhibits the strongest biobased wealth generation, whilst weak biobased economic performance is observed in the Mediterranean Islands and Luxembourg' regional cluster. Finally, a comparison with previous studies tentatively confirms that structural change, accelerated by the financial crisis, has elevated the relative economy-wide contribution of biobased sectors.

Keywords

Backward and forward linkagesBiobased activitiesBioeconomyEconomicsEuropean unionSocial accounting matrixStructural multipliers

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sustainability due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 44/116, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Environmental Studies. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 4.76, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 16
  • Scopus: 15
  • Google Scholar: 17

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-06:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 26.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 26 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Philippidis, George) and Last Author (Sanjuán López, Ana Isabel).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Philippidis, George.