TY - JOUR
T1 - A correlation study of sustainable development goal (SDG) interactions
AU - Pakkan, Sheeba
AU - Sudhakar, Christopher
AU - Tripathi, Shubham
AU - Rao, Mahabaleshwara
N1 - Funding Information:
The corresponding author is thankful for the financial assistance from the DST project entitled “Influence of Government Policies and Funding on the Research Output of Government and Private Institutions in INDIA: A Bibliometric and Scientometric Study, Ref. (No. DST/NSTMIS/ 05/41/2017-18 dated 28.02.2019). For Data and Metrics, we are thankful to Scopus and SciVal
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - As universities are the change agent of society, institutions from all nations set their goals to transform the world by exploring various societal challenges that humans are facing. Together, the higher education systems across the world developing strategies based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The current study aimed to provide policymakers, academics, and researchers an insight on the influence of 16 SDGs on each other paving the way for the universities to set a clear goal in attaining Sustainable Development goals by 2030. To analyze the SDGs’ interactions towards each other, 201,844 research publications from India during five years on 16 SDGs are retrieved from the Scopus database. Spearman Rank Correlation is applied to understand the correlation of each SDG towards one another. We could observe converging results out of the interactions among the SDGs. A significant positive and moderately positive correlation between pairs of SDGs are identified. While a significant number of negative correlations is also classified which need deep thinking among researchers to develop healthy relationships. The most frequent interactions between SDGs is a positive sign for any university in strategizing the goal towards SDGs. The association of all university stakeholders and some constitutional and cultural changes are necessary to put SDGs at the core of the management of the university. Embracing this task by researchers will improve the overall performance of universities. The analysis presented in the present study is useful for academics, governments, funding agencies, researchers, and policy-makers.
AB - As universities are the change agent of society, institutions from all nations set their goals to transform the world by exploring various societal challenges that humans are facing. Together, the higher education systems across the world developing strategies based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The current study aimed to provide policymakers, academics, and researchers an insight on the influence of 16 SDGs on each other paving the way for the universities to set a clear goal in attaining Sustainable Development goals by 2030. To analyze the SDGs’ interactions towards each other, 201,844 research publications from India during five years on 16 SDGs are retrieved from the Scopus database. Spearman Rank Correlation is applied to understand the correlation of each SDG towards one another. We could observe converging results out of the interactions among the SDGs. A significant positive and moderately positive correlation between pairs of SDGs are identified. While a significant number of negative correlations is also classified which need deep thinking among researchers to develop healthy relationships. The most frequent interactions between SDGs is a positive sign for any university in strategizing the goal towards SDGs. The association of all university stakeholders and some constitutional and cultural changes are necessary to put SDGs at the core of the management of the university. Embracing this task by researchers will improve the overall performance of universities. The analysis presented in the present study is useful for academics, governments, funding agencies, researchers, and policy-makers.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11135-022-01443-4
DO - 10.1007/s11135-022-01443-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131879481
SN - 0033-5177
VL - 57
SP - 1937
EP - 1956
JO - Quality and Quantity
JF - Quality and Quantity
IS - 2
ER -