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Riparian Zones-From Policy Neglected to Policy Integrated

Publicated to:Frontiers In Environmental Science. 10 868527- - 2022-04-28 10(), DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.868527

Authors: Urbanic, Gorazd; Politti, Emilio; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Patricia Maria; Payne, Robin; Schook, Derek; Alves, Maria Helena; Andelkovic, Ana; Bruno, Daniel; Chilikova-Lubomirova, Mila; Di Lonardo, Sara; Egozi, Roey; Garofano-Gomez, Virginia; Gomes Marques, Ines; Gonzalez del Tanago, Marta; Gueltekin, Yasar Selman; Gumiero, Bruna; Hellsten, Seppo; Hinkov, Georgi; Jakubinsky, Jiri; Janssen, Philippe; Jansson, Roland; Kelly-Quinn, Mary; Kiss, Timea; Lorenz, Stefan; Martinez Romero, Roberto; Mihaljevic, Zlatko; Papastergiadou, Eva; Pavlin Urbanic, Maja; Penning, Ellis; Riis, Tenna; Sibik, Jozef; Sibikova, Maria; Zlatanov, Tzvetan; Dufour, Simon

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Abstract

1. Riparian zones are vital areas of interaction between land and rivers and are often degraded by several pressures such as urbanisation, intensive agriculture and river engineering works. 2. This policy brief provides five key policy messages and recommendations to be considered by policy-makers, scientists, managers, and stakeholders to enhance riparian zone management. 3. Adopting an integrated socio-economic and environmentally dynamic view will ensure the sustainable management of riparian zones. 4. In light of climate change, it is critically important to conserve and/or restore the ecological integrity of riparian zones. 5. European Union Directives and national-scale legislation and regulations need updating to ensure coordinated implementation of riparian zone-related policies. 6. Stakeholder knowledge exchange, policy co-creation and adaptive management are key to enhancing riparian zone functions.

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Adaptive managemenAdaptive managementBiodiversity conservationClimate changeEcosystem servicesFreshwater resourcesKnowledgKnowledge co-creationVegetation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Frontiers In Environmental Science 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, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Science (Miscellaneous).

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: 1.26. 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: 2.29 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 6.61 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-26, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 15
  • Scopus: 22
  • OpenCitations: 15

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 2025-06-26:

  • 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: 78.
  • 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: 78 (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: 18.08.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 17 (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.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Israel; Italy; Netherlands; Portugal; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States of America.