Dataset of search queries to map scientific publications to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Frédérique Bordignon (1)

1 DirDoc - Direction de la documentation ENPC

The dataset includes search queries that can be used to identify scientific publications related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We propose a new approach to mitigate the polysemy of terms as much as possible by targeting the most relevant subject areas for each SDG. In addition, we also used a text-mining tool to identify as many relevant phrases as possible. Publications identified through this process cannot be considered as evidence of the commitment of authors and their institutions to actions towards the targets established by the UN. However, they can be an accurate indicator of which research is relevant to the issues addressed by the SDGs, whether or not it is a direct contribution.

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals; Bibliometrics; Search queries; Information retrieval

Keywords: Objectifs de Développement Durable; Requêtes; Bibliométrie

Domains: Library and information sciences; Linguistics; Environmental Sciences

Frédérique Bordignon. Dataset of search queries to map scientific publications to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Data in Brief, 2021, 34, pp.106731. ⟨10.1016/j.dib.2021.106731⟩. ⟨hal-03105088⟩