Academic impact and social media impact in Green and Sustainable Science and Technology publications

Abstract

Sustainability is one of the topics that has aroused most interest in recent years. The economic, social, environmental and political impact of this field makes it a interesting subject for the study trough different approaches. In the scientific field, this interest is evident in the growing number of R&D&i programmes funded by international organizations, scientific publications, cration of a new thematic category in Web of Science and mention in social media. This paper analyses whether there is a relationship between the academic impact and the social impact of research in this field considering bibliometrics and altmetrics indicators in Green and Sustainable Science and technology.