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Social Sustainability in the Lifecycle of Chilean Public Infrastructure

Publicated to: JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT. 142 (5): 05015020-1-05015020-13 - 2016-01-01 142(5), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001099

Authors:

Sierra-Varela, Leonardo Andres; Pellicer, E.; Yepes, V.
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Affiliations

Univ La Frontera, Dept Ingn Obras Civiles, Francisco Salazar 01145 - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, ICITECH, Camino Vera S-N - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Sch Civil Engn, Camino Vera S-N - Author
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Abstract

To enhance concern for the social aspects of sustainability and to delineate the criteria to be considered at each stage of the lifecycle of an infrastructure, this paper aims to determine the relevance of a set of criteria that evaluate social sustainability throughout the lifecycle of a public civil infrastructure. This research presents the results of a case study applying the Delphi method to 24 Chilean experts consulted in a series of three rounds. In addition, binomial statistical tests and Kendall's coefficient were used to show the convergence of the experts. Thus, it was identified that of 36 initial criteria assessed at each stage of the lifecycle, the consideration of 20 is required at the design stage, 29 at the construction stage, 33 during operation, and 27 at demolition. The most relevant criteria, per lifecycle stage, were Stakeholder Participation (design and demolition stages), External Local Population (design stage), Internal Human Resources (construction and demolition stages), Macro-Social Action of Socioenvironmental Activities (construction stage), and Macro-Social Action of Socioeconomic Activities (operation stage). (C) 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Keywords

AppraisalCase studyChallengesChileDelphiDemolitionDesignEconomic and social effectsFrameworkIndicatorsInfrastructureLife cycleLifecycleManagementModelOf-the-artProject planningProject planning and designProjects susaipSocial aspectsSocial sustainabilitySustainable development

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2016, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Building and Construction. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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: 2.61. 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 13, 2025)

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: 4.31 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-06, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 87
  • Scopus: 97
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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 2026-04-06:

  • 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: 123.
  • 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: 123 (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: 5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/64796
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Chile; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Yepes Piqueras, Víctor).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Pellicer Armiñana, Eugenio.

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