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This research was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 678024 for the Strength to Food Project.

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December 21, 2021
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Are Geographical Indication Products Fostering Public Goods? Some Evidence from Europe

Publicated to:Sustainability. 11 (1): 272- - 2019-01-08 11(1), DOI: 10.3390/su11010272

Authors: Arfini, Filippo; Cozzi, Elena; Mancini, Maria Cecilia; Ferrer-Perez, Hugo; Maria Gil, Jose

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2 ;‎ CREDA UPC IRTA, Parc Mediterrani Tecnol,ESAB Bldg, Barcelona 08860, Spain - Author
1 ;‎ Univ Parma, Dept Econ & Management, I-43125 Parma, Italy - Author
CREDA UPC IRTA, Parc Mediterrani Tecnol,ESAB Bldg, Barcelona 08860, Spain - Author
Economia Agroalimentaria - Author
Economia Agroalimentària. Medi Ambient i Canvi Global - Author
Univ Parma, Dept Econ & Management, I-43125 Parma, Italy - Author
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Abstract

Within the framework of multifunctional conceptualisation, the authors have investigated the level of public goods embedded in Agri-food geographical indication products. Moving from the concept of the local Agri-food system, the generation of public goods are observed both on the value chain and on the territory. Three different dimensions of public goods are considered: Cultural heritage issues, socio-economic themes, and natural resources. To pursue this aim, the FAO-SAFA method is adopted. A single index for the three dimensions is computed in order to provide an easy and quick interpretation of the three dimensions. Preliminary empirical evidence on two cases studies suggests different public goods levels embedded in geographical indications, depending on the dimensions analysed. The method proposed aims to be a simple and effective tool to support good practice for policy makers and indicate fields for intervention where indexes show that improvements could be made.

Keywords

Geographical indicationsParmigiano reggianoPublic goodsQualitySustainabilityTernasco de aragón

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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, 2019, it was in position 53/123, 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 Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.45. This 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: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.54 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 12.34 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-08, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 43
  • Scopus: 43
  • Google Scholar: 20

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 2025-07-08:

  • 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: 85.
  • 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: 90 (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: 3.

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.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/428

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Italy.