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 country opens in new tab/window Research in Globalization

• Inclusion and equity in educational services for children with rare diseases: Challenges and opportunities opens in new tab/window Children and Youth Services Review

• COVID-19 information-related digital literacy among online health consumers in a low-income country opens in new tab/window International Journal of Medical Informatics

• The mind, the heart and the joule in the crown: A holistic approach to lifelong learning opens in new tab/window Thinking Skills and Creativity

• High points of learning behind bars: Characteristics of positive correctional education experiences for incarcerated girls opens in new tab/window International Journal of Educational Development

• Social participation of students with autism spectrum disorder in general education settings opens 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 behaviour opens 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 study opens 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 review opens in new tab/window Vaccine

• Assessing Differential Impacts of COVID-19 on Black Communities opens in new tab/window Annals of Epidemiology

• SDGs in action: A novel framework for assessing energy projects against the sustainable development goals opens in new tab/window Energy Research & Social Science

• Does Internet use help reduce rural cropland abandonment? Evidence from China opens in new tab/window Land Use Policy

• Biomass use and COVID-19: A novel concern opens in new tab/window Environmental Research

• The United Citizens Organization: Public-private partnerships in global governance opens in new tab/window Research in Globalization

• Development and initial validation of the COVID Stress Scales opens 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 perspective opens in new tab/window International Business Review

• How countries link forest monitoring into policy-making opens 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 framework opens 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 violence opens 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 authorities opens 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 Africa opens in new tab/window Child Abuse & Neglect

• The Batek's dilemma on indigenous tourism opens in new tab/window Annals of Tourism Research

• An increasing risk of family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic: Strengthening community collaborations to save lives opens 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 NBN opens in new tab/window Telecommunications Policy

• The problem of disparities in surgical outcome: Towards a common world opens in new tab/window Ethics, Medicine and Public Health

• Gendered energy poverty and energy justice in rural Bangladesh opens in new tab/window Energy Policy

• The chilling effects of algorithmic profiling: Mapping the issues opens in new tab/window Computer Law & Security Review

• “Let justice roll down like waters”: Reconnecting energy justice to its roots in the civil rights movement opens 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 Engine opens in new tab/window ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

• Combining conservation value with conservation filters to guide forest management for avian biodiversity opens in new tab/window Forest Ecology and Management

• Beyond restorative benefits: Evaluating the effect of forest therapy on creativity opens in new tab/window Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

• Mangrove forest ecotourism: Participatory ecological learning and sustainability of students’ behavior through self-efficacy and self-concept opens in new tab/window Social Sciences & Humanities Open

• Drug trafficking, cattle ranching and Land use and Land cover change in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve opens 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 reduction opens 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 land opens in new tab/window Journal of Environmental Management

• Making space for birds: Sourcing solutions from the mountain gorilla conservation model in Rwanda opens 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 littoralis opens in new tab/window Scientific African

• Soil functional biodiversity and biological quality under threat: Intensive land use outweighs climate change opens 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 biodiversity opens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

• Fishers' solutions for hammerhead shark conservation in Peru opens in new tab/window Biological Conservation

• Promoting sustainable and inclusive oceans management in Pacific islands through women and science opens in new tab/window Marine Pollution Bulletin

• Contributions of tourism-based Marine Conservation Agreements to natural resource management in Fiji opens in new tab/window Ecological Economics

• Social capital reduces vulnerability in rural coastal communities of Solomon Islands opens in new tab/window Ocean & Coastal Management

• Transforming traditional management into contemporary territorial-based fisheries management rights for small-scale fisheries in Indonesia opens in new tab/window Marine Policy

• Successfully cultured and reared coral embryos from wild caught spawn slick in the Philippines opens in new tab/window Aquaculture

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

• Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass towards the production of omega-3 fatty acids by the heterotrophic marine microalga Crypthecodinium cohnii opens in new tab/window Bioresource Technology

• Application of a long-range camera to monitor fishing effort on an offshore artificial reef opens in new tab/window Fisheries Research

• Building resilience in practice to support coral communities in the Western Indian Ocean opens in new tab/window Environmental Science & Policy

March 2020 Atlas Nominations dedicated to SDG 13 Climate action

Winning article

Global climate change and mental health opens 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 example opens in new tab/window Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

• Climate change impacts on critical urban infrastructure and urban resiliency strategies for the Middle East opens in new tab/window Sustainable Cities and Society

• Global climate change and mental health opens in new tab/window Current Opinion in Psychology

• Narratives of change and the co-development of climate services for action opens 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 support opens in new tab/window Science of The Total Environment

• Conservation as an education medium for the age of distraction – the ‘Art of Range’ podcast opens in new tab/window Rangelands

• Stakeholder awareness of climate adaptation in the commercial seaport sector: A case study from Ireland opens 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 countries opens 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 impacts opens in new tab/window Resources, Conservation and Recycling

User perspectives in the design of interactive everyday objects for sustainable behavior opens 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 consumption opens in new tab/window Gaceta Sanitaria

• The political economy of relationship banking opens 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 detection opens in new tab/window Resuscitation

• Like parent, like child: Intergenerational transmission of energy consumption practices in Denmark opens in new tab/window Energy Research & Social Science

• A maize hydrolase with activity against maize insect and fungal pests opens in new tab/window Plant Gene

• An intelligent Edge-IoT platform for monitoring livestock and crops in a dairy farming scenario opens in new tab/window Ad Hoc Networks

• The determinants of consumer engagement in restaurant food waste mitigation in Poland: An exploratory study opens in new tab/window Journal of Cleaner Production

• Reading a short story changes children’s sustainable behavior in a resource dilemma opens 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 model opens in new tab/window Environment International

• Crowdsourcing of environmental noise map using calibrated smartphones opens in new tab/window Applied Acoustics

• The potential of social learning in community gardens and the impact of community heterogeneity opens in new tab/window Learning, Culture and Social Interaction

• Indicators for evaluating sustainability in Bogota’s informal settlements: Definition and validation opens 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 cities opens 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 Colombia opens in new tab/window Ecological Economics

• Modelling the relationship between urban expansion processes and urban forest characteristics: An application to the Metropolitan District of Quito opens 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 platform opens in new tab/window Government Information Quarterly

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

• Smart water grid: A smart methodology to detect leaks in water distribution networks opens 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 study opens in new tab/window International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health