10.18710/98CMDR Armitage, Caroline Caroline Armitage https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-5935 University of Bergen Lorenz, Marta Marta Lorenz https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-5948 University of Bergen Mikki, Susanne Susanne Mikki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-7126 University of Bergen DataverseNO 2020 Computer and Information Science Sustainable Development Goals SDG Bibliometrics Scientometrics University of Bergen University of Bergen University of Bergen Armitage, Caroline Caroline Armitage University of Bergen Lorenz, Marta Marta Lorenz University of Bergen Mikki, Susanne Susanne Mikki University of Bergen 2020-01-13 2020-05-25 2023-09-28 10.1162/QSS_A_00071 10.5281/ZENODO.7241689 10.18710/98CMDR/Y1DS1L 10.18710/98CMDR/4MWAO0 10.18710/98CMDR/713GMS 10.18710/98CMDR/97IDKD 10.18710/98CMDR/NA7DIG 10.18710/98CMDR/EKVQXJ 10.18710/98CMDR/GWAAWC 10.18710/98CMDR/BYMSGO 10.18710/98CMDR/GMBXV1 10.18710/98CMDR/T1YFDL 10.18710/98CMDR/TOCLS1 10.18710/98CMDR/AVHYJA 10.18710/98CMDR/TIKZAR 10.18710/98CMDR/9SUBWW 10.18710/98CMDR/PMJJKB 10.18710/98CMDR/3MIYNW 10.18710/98CMDR/9FRSN6 10.18710/98CMDR/ZO4UH9 10.18710/98CMDR/KMBCZH 10.18710/98CMDR/M4JGPP 10.18710/98CMDR/BWDDWB 10.18710/98CMDR/Q3ICEF 10.18710/98CMDR/GMLUW9 10.18710/98CMDR/HGM913 22299 15870 292281 120409 9107 120903 8940 10915 8448 13311 18309 17883 20987 290712 14825 5578 13701 29458 21684 23810 15057 13227 34353 8277 5633 31968 text/plain text/plain text/tab-separated-values text/plain text/tab-separated-values text/tab-separated-values text/plain text/plain text/plain text/plain text/plain text/tab-separated-values text/tab-separated-values text/plain text/tab-separated-values text/plain text/plain text/plain text/plain text/tab-separated-values text/plain text/plain text/tab-separated-values text/tab-separated-values text/plain text/plain 2.1 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. <i>Note Oct 2022: A new version of these strings are available at Armitage, Caroline S, Bjerkan, Håkon Magne, Byholm, Leena Pirit, Gåsemyr, Inger, Lorenz, Marta, & Seland, Eli Heldaas. (2022). Search strings for finding SDG-related research, Bergen-approach. (1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7241690</i> <br><br> This dataset consists of 25 numbered files, associated with the article: <i>Mapping scholarly publications related to the Sustainable Development Goals: Do independent bibliometric approaches get the same results?" (2020) Quantitative Science Studies</i>. This includes bibliometric search queries aiming to find publications linked to SDG 1 (No poverty), SDG 2 (Zero hunger), SDG 3 (Good health and well-being), SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 13 (Climate action) and SDG 14 (Life below water). <br><br> The files are numbered as follows:<br> 00 - Readme<br> 01 - Vocabulary reference list of common terms<br> 02 - Queries (BAA & BTA, simple format) collected into one file; formatted for copying into Web of Science<br> 03-08 - Queries (BAA & BTA, expanded format); formatted for reading with notes and comments<br> 09 - Results of testing (see article). File provided in tab-delimited txt format.<br> Unless otherwise stated, two copies of each file are provided (one in table format and one in txt format). See <i>Readme</i> for more information. <br> <i>Article abstract: </i><br> Many research and higher education institutions are interested in their contribution to achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Commercial services from Elsevier and Times Higher Education are addressing this by developing bibliometric queries for measuring SDG-related publications and SDG university rankings. However, such services should be evaluated carefully before use due to the challenging nature of interpreting the SDGs, delimiting relevance and building queries. The aim of this bibliometric study was to build independent queries to find scholarly publications related to SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 7, SDG 13, and SDG 14 using a consistent method based on SDG targets and indicators (the Bergen approach), and compare sets of publications retrieved by the Bergen and Elsevier approaches. Our results show that approach made a large difference, with little overlap in publications retrieved by the two approaches. We further demonstrate that different approaches can alter resulting country rankings. Choice of search terms, how they are combined and query structure play a role, related to differing interpretations of the SDGs and viewpoints on relevance. Our results suggest that currently available SDG rankings and tools should be used with caution at their current stage of development.