Difference between Bibliometric and Grey Data. Transdisciplinary Bioeconomy Research

Indra Muizniece,Anna Kubule,Lauma Zihare,Dagnija Blumberga

doi:10.2478/rtuect-2020-0058

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https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0058

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Abstract

Abstract This study is a follow-up to previous research on the use of a transdisciplinary approach in the analysis of factors that influence bioeconomy development and interactions between them. It is very important to consider the significance of public opinion while performing transdisciplinary research. This study integrates public opinion in the bibliometric analysis method by using grey data from information available in the public information space: mass media and social networks. The network of factors influencing the development of bioeconomy, created with the help of social network analysis method, was compared with the one obtained from bibliometric analysis of SCOPUS database in order to find out the difference between scientific tendencies and the overall atmosphere in the information space. Although the structure of these networks varies, there is a common tendency in literature to identify the following factors as the key factors in the development of the bioeconomy: research and innovations; technology; energy and energy consumption.

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Bioeconomy is rapidly becoming the backbone of economy and promotes a sustainable, knowledge and advanced technologies-based use of bioresources to produce higher valueadded products [1], [2]
The results demonstrate that nearly half of the cases where bioeconomy is mentioned is in the context of sustainability
The option of MediaToolkit tool, which allows determination of sentiment ratio of the published information, shows that more than 90 % of claims related to the bioeconomy have been positive, which demonstrate that publicly available information contributes to a positive social attitude towards the bioeconomy

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Introduction

Bioeconomy is rapidly becoming the backbone of economy and promotes a sustainable, knowledge and advanced technologies-based use of bioresources to produce higher valueadded products [1], [2]. It contributes to the development and reaping of greater economic, social and environmental benefits, from the primary production of bioresources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and from macroeconomics at the national level [3]. Biomass production cannot be increased in unlimited quantities, secondary use of bioresources in accordance with bioeconomy principles depends on the sustainable extraction of primary resources. Concrete empirical evidence on the overall economic, environmental and social impact of bioeconomy on agriculture, forestry and fisheries is still lacking [5]

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