Skip to main content

Unfortunately we don't fully support your browser. If you have the option to, please upgrade to a newer version or use Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Safari 14 or newer. If you are unable to, and need support, please send us your feedback.

We'd appreciate your feedback.Tell us what you think!opens in new tab/window

Publish with us

Atlas Nominations 2020

December 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 4, Quality Education

Winning article

Sudden change of pedagogy in education driven by COVID-19: Perspectives and evaluation from a developing countryopens in new tab/window Research in Globalization

Inclusion and equity in educational services for children with rare diseases: Challenges and opportunitiesopens in new tab/window Children and Youth Services Review
COVID-19 information-related digital literacy among online health consumers in a low-income countryopens in new tab/window International Journal of Medical Informatics
The mind, the heart and the joule in the crown: A holistic approach to lifelong learningopens in new tab/window Thinking Skills and Creativity
High points of learning behind bars: Characteristics of positive correctional education experiences for incarcerated girlsopens in new tab/window International Journal of Educational Development
Social participation of students with autism spectrum disorder in general education settingsopens in new tab/window Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Do spatial characteristics influence behavior and development in early childhood education and care?opens in new tab/window Journal of Environmental Psychology
Teaching traditional indoor school lessons in nature: The effects on student learning and behaviouropens in new tab/window Landscape and Urban Planning
Can an online educational game contribute to developing information literate citizens?opens in new tab/window Computers & Education
Can education as an ‘International Commodity’ be the backbone or cane of a nation in the era of fourth industrial revolution? - A Comparative studyopens in new tab/window Technological Forecasting and Social Change

July/August 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 17 Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Winning articles

Factors limiting data quality in the expanded programme on immunization in low and middle-income countries: A scoping reviewopens in new tab/window Vaccine
Assessing Differential Impacts of COVID-19 on Black Communitiesopens in new tab/window Annals of Epidemiology
SDGs in action: A novel framework for assessing energy projects against the sustainable development goalsopens in new tab/window Energy Research & Social Science
Does Internet use help reduce rural cropland abandonment? Evidence from Chinaopens in new tab/window Land Use Policy
Biomass use and COVID-19: A novel concernopens in new tab/window Environmental Research
The United Citizens Organization: Public-private partnerships in global governanceopens in new tab/window Research in Globalization
Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scalesopens in new tab/window Journal of Anxiety Disorders
MNE-NGO partnerships for sustainability and social responsibility in the global fast-fashion industry: A loose-coupling perspectiveopens in new tab/window International Business Review
How countries link forest monitoring into policy-makingopens in new tab/window Forest Policy and Economics
Ambient air pollutant monitoring and analysis protocol for low and middle income countries: An element of comprehensive urban air quality management frameworkopens in new tab/window Atmospheric Environment

June 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 16 Peace, Justice, and strong Institutions

Winning article

Voicing versus silencing: education for peace in contexts of violenceopens in new tab/window International Journal of Educational Research

Legal Remedies For a Forgiving Society: Children's rights, data protection rights and the value of forgiveness in AI-mediated risk profiling of children by Dutch authoritiesopens in new tab/window Computer Law & Security Review
Trauma-informed art and play therapy: Pilot study outcomes for children and mothers in domestic violence shelters in the United States and South Africaopens in new tab/window Child Abuse & Neglect
The Batek's dilemma on indigenous tourismopens in new tab/window Annals of Tourism Research
An increasing risk of family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic: Strengthening community collaborations to save livesopens in new tab/window Forensic Science International: Reports
Implementing policy on next-generation broadband networks and implications for equity of access to high speed broadband: A case study of Australia's NBNopens in new tab/window Telecommunications Policy
The problem of disparities in surgical outcome: Towards a common worldopens in new tab/window Ethics, Medicine and Public Health
Gendered energy poverty and energy justice in rural Bangladeshopens in new tab/window Energy Policy
The chilling effects of algorithmic profiling: Mapping the issuesopens in new tab/window Computer Law & Security Review
“Let justice roll down like waters”: Reconnecting energy justice to its roots in the civil rights movementopens in new tab/window Energy Research & Social Science

May 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 15 Life on Land

Winning article

Global high-resolution mountain green cover index mapping based on Landsat images and Google Earth Engineopens in new tab/window ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Combining conservation value with conservation filters to guide forest management for avian biodiversityopens in new tab/window Forest Ecology and Management
Beyond restorative benefits: Evaluating the effect of forest therapy on creativityopens in new tab/window Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
Mangrove forest ecotourism: Participatory ecological learning and sustainability of students’ behavior through self-efficacy and self-conceptopens in new tab/window Social Sciences & Humanities Open
Drug trafficking, cattle ranching and Land use and Land cover change in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserveopens in new tab/window Land Use Policy
Potential benefits of using Hermetia illucens frass as a soil amendment on food production and for environmental impact reductionopens in new tab/window Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
High biomass production with abundant leaf litterfall is critical to ameliorating soil quality and productivity in reclaimed sandy desertification landopens in new tab/window Journal of Environmental Management
Making space for birds: Sourcing solutions from the mountain gorilla conservation model in Rwandaopens in new tab/window Journal for Nature Conservation
Toxic effect of Spirulina platensis and Sargassum vulgar as natural pesticides on survival and biological characteristics of cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralisopens in new tab/window Scientific African
Soil functional biodiversity and biological quality under threat: Intensive land use outweighs climate changeopens in new tab/window Soil Biology and Biochemistry

April 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 14 Life below Water

Winning article

Where Marine Protected Areas would best represent 30% of ocean biodiversityopens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

Fishers' solutions for hammerhead shark conservation in Peruopens in new tab/window Biological Conservation
Promoting sustainable and inclusive oceans management in Pacific islands through women and scienceopens in new tab/window Marine Pollution Bulletin
Contributions of tourism-based Marine Conservation Agreements to natural resource management in Fijiopens in new tab/window Ecological Economics
Social capital reduces vulnerability in rural coastal communities of Solomon Islandsopens in new tab/window Ocean & Coastal Management
Transforming traditional management into contemporary territorial-based fisheries management rights for small-scale fisheries in Indonesiaopens in new tab/window Marine Policy
Successfully cultured and reared coral embryos from wild caught spawn slick in the Philippinesopens in new tab/window Aquaculture
Where Marine Protected Areas would best represent 30% of ocean biodiversityopens in new tab/window Biological Conservation
Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass towards the production of omega-3 fatty acids by the heterotrophic marine microalga Crypthecodinium cohniiopens in new tab/window Bioresource Technology
Application of a long-range camera to monitor fishing effort on an offshore artificial reefopens in new tab/window Fisheries Research
Building resilience in practice to support coral communities in the Western Indian Oceanopens in new tab/window Environmental Science & Policy

March 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 13 Climate action

Winning article

Global climate change and mental healthopens in new tab/window Current Opinion in Psychology

Pathways to climate change mitigation and stable energy by 100% renewable for a small island: Jamaica as an exampleopens in new tab/window Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Climate change impacts on critical urban infrastructure and urban resiliency strategies for the Middle Eastopens in new tab/window Sustainable Cities and Society
Global climate change and mental healthopens in new tab/window Current Opinion in Psychology
Narratives of change and the co-development of climate services for actionopens in new tab/window Climate Risk Management
Climate adaptation for rural water and sanitation systems in the Solomon Islands: A community scale systems model for decision supportopens in new tab/window Science of The Total Environment
Conservation as an education medium for the age of distraction – the ‘Art of Range’ podcastopens in new tab/window Rangelands
Stakeholder awareness of climate adaptation in the commercial seaport sector: A case study from Irelandopens in new tab/window Marine Policy
Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: Experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal World Development
Extreme weather disasters challenges for sustainable development: Innovating a science and policy framework for disaster-resilient and sustainable opens in new tab/window Quezon City, Philippines Progress in Disaster Science
Disease surveillance using online news: Dengue and zika in tropical countriesopens in new tab/window Journal of Biomedical Informatics

February 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to dedicated to SDG 12 Responsible Production and Consumption

Winning articles

Circular economy strategies for adaptive reuse of cultural heritage buildings to reduce environmental impactsopens in new tab/window Resources, Conservation and Recycling

User perspectives in the design of interactive everyday objects for sustainable behavioropens in new tab/window International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Urban organic community gardening to promote environmental sustainability practices and increase fruit, vegetables and organic food consumptionopens in new tab/window Gaceta Sanitaria
The political economy of relationship bankingopens in new tab/window Research in International Business and Finance
Improving emergency call detection of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in the Greater Paris area: Efficiency of a global system with a new method of detectionopens in new tab/window Resuscitation
Like parent, like child: Intergenerational transmission of energy consumption practices in Denmarkopens in new tab/window Energy Research & Social Science
A maize hydrolase with activity against maize insect and fungal pestsopens in new tab/window Plant Gene
An intelligent Edge-IoT platform for monitoring livestock and crops in a dairy farming scenarioopens in new tab/window Ad Hoc Networks
The determinants of consumer engagement in restaurant food waste mitigation in Poland: An exploratory studyopens in new tab/window Journal of Cleaner Production
Reading a short story changes children’s sustainable behavior in a resource dilemmaopens in new tab/window Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

January 2020 Atlas nominations dedicated to SDG 11 Sustainable Cities

Winning article

Changing the urban design of cities for health: The superblock modelopens in new tab/window Environment International

Crowdsourcing of environmental noise map using calibrated smartphonesopens in new tab/window Applied Acoustics
The potential of social learning in community gardens and the impact of community heterogeneityopens in new tab/window Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
Indicators for evaluating sustainability in Bogota’s informal settlements: Definition and validationopens in new tab/window Sustainable Cities and Society
The nexus between tourism and urban risk: Towards inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable outdoor tourism in African citiesopens in new tab/window Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
Payments for ecosystem services or collective stewardship of Mother Earth? Applying deliberative valuation in an indigenous community in Colombiaopens in new tab/window Ecological Economics
Modelling the relationship between urban expansion processes and urban forest characteristics: An application to the Metropolitan District of Quitoopens in new tab/window Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Does citizen coproduction lead to better urban services in smart cities projects? An empirical study on e-participation in a mobile big data platformopens in new tab/window Government Information Quarterly
Changing the urban design of cities for health: The superblock modelopens in new tab/window Environment International
Smart water grid: A smart methodology to detect leaks in water distribution networksopens in new tab/window Measurement
The effect of residential greenness and city park visiting habits on preschool Children's mental and general health in Lithuania: A cross-sectional studyopens in new tab/window International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health