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Gracia-De-Renteria, PilarCorresponding AuthorFerrer-Perez, HugoAuthor

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June 27, 2023
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Sustainable development goals in the European Union and its regions: Are we moving forward in economic, social, and environmental dimensions?

Publicated to: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 31 (5): 3540-3552 - 2023-05-28 31(5), DOI: 10.1002/sd.2609

Authors:

Gracia-de-Renteria, Pilar; Ferrer-Perez, Hugo; Drabik, Dusan
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Affiliations

Agrifood Res & Technol Ctr Aragon CITA, Agrifood Econ Unit, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Dept Trade & Accounting, Prague, Czech Republic - Author
Grupo de investigación "Economía Agroalimentaria y de los Recursos Naturales". Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón - Author
Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2). Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón - Author
Unidad Transversal de Economía Agroalimentaria. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón - Author
Univ Zaragoza, AgriFood Inst Aragon IA2, CITA, Avda Montanana 930, Zaragoza 50059, Spain - Author
Wageningen Univ, Agr Econ & Rural Policy Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands - Author
Wageningen University - Author
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Abstract

We build a framework using Markov transition matrices to develop comparative analyses of the dynamics of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals across 20 EU Member States and three sustainability dimensions-economic, social, and environmental-over the period of 2011-2019. The results indicate that the European Union has significantly progressed in achieving sustainable development, and that this progress has been achieved in all dimensions of sustainability and all EU regions. Nevertheless, we have detected different dynamics of sustainability across some countries and dimensions. This can help policymakers identify where greater emphasis should be placed on putting global goals back on track.
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Keywords

European unionMarkov chainsSustainable development goalsTransition matrices

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 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, 2023, it was in position 1/63, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category DEVELOPMENT STUDIES. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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: 1.24. 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 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 10
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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 2026-04-05:

  • 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: 41.
  • 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: 41 (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: 1.
  • 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.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10532/6774
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Czech Republic; Netherlands.

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 (Gracia de Rentería, María Pilar) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Gracia de Rentería, María Pilar.

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Awards linked to the item

Pilar Gracia-de-Renteria and Hugo Ferrer-Perez acknowledge the funding received from the Department of Science, Technology and Universities of the Aragonese Government and the European Regional Development Fund under the consolidated reference research group S01_20R "Economia agroalimentaria y de los recursos naturales" (2020-2022). Pilar Gracia-de-Renteria also acknowledges the funding received from the Ibercaja-CAI Program for Research Visits (grant number CH6/22). Dusan Drabik acknowledges the support received from the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the Contract no. APVV-21-0174 and from Operational Program-Integrated Infrastructure (Project No. Drive4SIFood 313011V336).
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