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April 24, 2023
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Learning Activities with Plants and Technology: A Systematic Literature Review

Publicated to: Applied Sciences-Basel. 13 (6): 3377- - 2023-03-01 13(6), DOI: 10.3390/app13063377

Authors:

Leo-Ramírez, A; Alvarez, J; Pérez, M; Greller, W; Tabuenca, B
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Univ Alfonso X El Sabio, Escuela Politecn, Madrid 28691, Spain - Author
Univ Coll Teacher Educ, Inst Interdisciplinary Teacher Educ Vienna, A-1100 Vienna, Austria - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn Agroforestal, ETSIAAB, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Sistemas Informat, ETSISI, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author
Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
University College of Teacher Education Vienna - Author
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Abstract

The increase in remote work and study modalities in recent years has changed our indoor physical spaces. Key variables such as air quality, temperature, or well-being in general have acquired special relevance when designing workspaces. In this context, plants can play an active role in moderating these variables and providing well-being to the people who live in these spaces. UNESCO, when framing its 2030 agenda, highlighted the importance of promoting environmental awareness at the educational level (Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, and 11). The scientific literature shows that the potential of plants is not sufficiently well addressed in educational contexts. Therefore, this review explores activities in which plants are used as a deliberate object of attention in learning contexts. The results show what learning activities have been carried out, what kind of plants have been used in the activities, and what technologies have supported those activities. The results provide a clear vision of the potential of plants to naturalize indoor learning spaces and to promote environmental awareness. This work aims to provide cues for further research on green education towards a sustainable society.
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Keywords

plantstechnology-enhanced learningwell-beingLearning activitiesPlantsScienceTechnology-enhanced learningWell-being

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 44/181, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • Google Scholar: 2
  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 6
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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 2026-04-25:

  • 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: 51.
  • 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: 50 (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: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (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: https://oa.upm.es/92576/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 31
  • Downloads: 40
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Austria.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (LEO RAMIREZ, ALEJANDRO) and Last Author (TABUENCA ARCHILLA, BERNARDO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been LEO RAMIREZ, ALEJANDRO.

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