Atención en los medios sociales de la investigación sobre aceite de oliva: opinión pública e investigación

Montesi, Michela and Fernández Bajón, María Teresa Atención en los medios sociales de la investigación sobre aceite de oliva: opinión pública e investigación. Revista General de Información y Documentación, 2020, vol. 30, n. 2, pp. 401-422. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

Measurement of societal impact of research in agriculture can be carried out through impact pathways, evaluative tools that allow to reflect innovation as a systemic process, influenced by social factors and driven by the contribution of different actors. However, the multiplicity and diversity of potentially influential actors in innovation processes pose a problem of participation, as it is difficult to involve them in the evaluation processes of agricultural research. This study proposes alternative metrics or altmetrics to measure of the attention that scientific literature receives on social media and as a way to introduce public opinion into evaluation processes. Results suggest that public opinion perceives olive oil research as more significant when it is interdisciplinary.

Spanish abstract

La necesidad de medir el impacto social de la investigación ha planteado diferentes formas fe evaluación, y en agricultura se habla de impact pathways, como herramientas que permiten reflejar el proceso sistémico de la innovación, así como los factores sociales y la contribución de diferentes factores en el mismo. Sin embargo, la multiplicidad y diversidad de actores potencialmente influyentes en los procesos de innovación plantea dificultades de participación para incluirlos en los procesos de evaluación de la investigación agraria. Este estudio propone las métricas alternativas o altmétricas, es decir, relativas a la atención que la literatura científica genera en los medios sociales, como una forma para introducir en los procesos de evaluación la opinión pública. Los resultados apuntan a que la opinión pública percibe la investigación sobre aceite de oliva como más significativa cuando es interdisciplinaria.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Societal impact of research; alternative metrics; impact pathways; olive oil; interdisciplinarity
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BC. Information in society.
Depositing user: Michela Montesi
Date deposited: 11 Feb 2026 07:18
Last modified: 11 Feb 2026 07:18
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/47621

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