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Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in European higher education institutions - Top-down versus participatory approaches

Publicated to:JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION. 31 80-90 - 2012-08-01 31(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.034

Authors: Disterheft, Antje; Ferreira da Silva Caeiro, Sandra Sofia; Ramos, Maria Rosario; de Miranda Azeiteiro, Ulisses Manuel;

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Univ Aberta, Dept Sci & Technol, P-1269001 Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Univ Coimbra, CFE, P-3001401 Coimbra, Portugal - Author
Univ Lisbon, CMAF Ctr Math & Fundamental Applicat, P-1649003 Lisbon, Portugal - Author
Univ Nova Lisboa, CENSE Ctr Environm & Sustainabil Res, Fac Sci & Technol, P-2829516 Caparica, Portugal - Author

Abstract

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) have been implemented on a large scale to improve companies' environmental performance and to certify their achievements. More recently, universities are following this trend, which has been brought forward by the debate about campus sustainability. This empirical international research investigates EMS development and implementation processes in universities around Europe, providing an overview about European higher education institutions with EMS implemented at their campuses, and focuses on a comparison of top-down versus participatory implementation approaches. In addition to regional differences, this article discusses in which aspects an EMS at the campus can be seen as a tool that goes beyond operational aspects to tackle campus sustainability. Furthermore, it provides implications for the professional practice. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords

CampusCampus sustainabilityEmpowermentEnvironmental management systemsHigher educationPublic participationSustainable developmentSustainable universityUniversities

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 29/210, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 5.23. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 7.47 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-18, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 178
  • Scopus: 195

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-18:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 502.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 525 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.