Call for Papers

As the global community strives to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), bibliometric analysis offers valuable insights into research trends, impact, and collaboration patterns related to these critical areas.

We are excited to announce a special issue focused on "Fostering SDG-related Research through the Lens of Bibliometrics."

Types

Reviews / Original research articles / Case studies/ Data papers

Topics

• Bibliometric methodologies for assessing SDG-related research output
• Trends and patterns in scholarly publications addressing the SDG

• The role of collaboration and networks in advancing SDG-related research

• The impact of funding mechanisms that promote SDG-related research 
• Corporate commitments to sustainability and their relation with SDG-related research
• Challenges and opportunities in using bibliometrics to foster SDG research

Submission

https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/jdis 

Deadline: December 31, 2026

For more information, please contact us at jdis@mail.las.ac.cn.

Editors

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André Brasil 

André Brasil Varandas Pinto is a researcher at CWTS (Leiden University) and UNESCO Co-Chair for Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science. 

He is also a core member of a government working group analyzing how Brazilian research and graduate education contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of the country’s preparations for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), which Brazil will host in 2025.

Tommaso Ciarli

Tommaso Ciarli is Senior Researcher in Economics of Innovation at UNU-MERIT, United Nations University, and SPRU, University of Sussex. 

He has led research and published on a wide range of associated areas, ranging from computational models of economic development; inclusive innovation; science studies; modelling sustainable transitions and estimating the impact of violent conflict on economic activity.

Hugo Confraria

Hugo Confraria is an economist at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Seville. He contributes to the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard and conducts broader analyses using science and innovation-related data. Prior to joining the JRC in February 2023, Hugo was a postdoctoral researcher at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex (UK), where he co-developed the STRINGS team's approach to mapping research related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). His research has been published in journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Technology Transfer, Scientometrics, and Research Evaluation.

Dmytro Filchenko

Dmytro Filchenko is Senior Director at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Clarivate. ISI is the R&D arm of many Clarivate solutions in research intelligence, including SDG classification scheme in Web of Science and InCites. As a Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of Benchmarking, among other functions, he was responsible for reinforcing and monitoring the performance of several Eastern European universities to meet SDG targets and indicators.

Ed Noyons

Ed Noyons is a senior researcher at CWTS, Leiden University. He has been bibliometric analyst for decades, focusing on the science society interactions in the most recent years. He has been involved in the high profile SDG project STRINGS and developed in that context a tool to map research to SDGs from different perspectives.

Phillip Purnell

Phillip Purnell studied methods of identifying SDG related research publications as part of his PhD in bibliometrics and policy at Leiden University. Prior to that, he worked for Thomson Reuters on the launch of article-level citation indicators, the book and conference proceedings citation indexes, and led a range of thought leadership activities. Philip has also been regional ORCID Ambassador, advisor to university rankings organizations, and a strategy consultant to a number of universities.

Juergen Wastl

Juergen Wastl is the VP Research Evaluation and Global Challenges at Digital Science. He drives initiatives that align research capabilities with global challenges and the Sustainable Development Goals. His expertise is in data-driven insights and strategic project management to empower research institutions, governments, and funders to address research in the context of sustainability.

Alfredo Yegros

Alfredo Yegros is a senior researcher at CWTS, Leiden University, specialising in scientometrics and patent analysis. His research explores the dynamics of scientific and technological production, with a focus on funding distribution and research performance. He also examines research landscapes across various domains, the co-production of knowledge between sectors, and knowledge flows.

期刊介绍：

JDIS致力于为不同领域的科学家搭建交流平台，通过基于数据的洞察来提升各界对科学研究活动基础机制的量化认识。期刊聚焦跨学科的共性议题，涵盖基金资助策略、国际合作模式、科学家的职业发展与流动、学科演变、学术交流、研究评估体系、技术转移、科研诚信建设，以及科学界与其他社会系统的互动。

欢迎所有领域的研究者投稿，收文类型包括原创研究、综述、数据论文、观点、通讯、笔记等八种长短文。

平均审稿周期6周，文章录用后10个工作日线上出版。

ImpactFactor：1.8，Q2 

CiteScore：3.7，Q1

中国科学院期刊分区表 2区

投稿：www.j-jdis.com

联络：jdis@mail.las.ac.cn