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Guerrero-Ocampo, SbAuthorYagÜe Blanco, Jose LuisAuthorDiaz-Puente, JmAuthorFernandez, SmAuthor

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April 11, 2024
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Evolution of multi-actor co-innovation partnerships: Key factors in 4 case studies in rural Iberia

Publicated to: JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES. 106 103194- - 2024-02-01 106(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103194

Authors:

Guerrero-Ocampo, SB; Blanco, JLY; Muñoz-Rojas, J; Díaz-Puente, JM; Rivera-Méndez, M; Fernández, SM
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Univ Evora Colegio Luis Antonio Verney, Dept Landscape Environm & Planning DPAO), Rua Romao Ramalho,59 - Author
Univ Evora, CHANGE Associated Lab, Polo Mitra,Apartado 94 - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Conservac Biodivers & Desarrollo Sostenible, ETSI Montes Forestal & Medio Nat, c-Jose Antonio Novais 10,2804 - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Agron Alimentaria & Biosis, Avda Puerta Hierro 2 - Author
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Abstract

Innovations in rural areas are increasingly informed by exemplary cases that contribute to sustainable rural development and tackle global challenges. The study of rural innovations requires approaches that reach beyond technology and include social and organisational aspects. One such approach is the relational perspective of organisational innovation systems. This paper examines four innovation initiatives in rural Iberia with the aim of identifying the characteristics of actors and networks key to consolidating multi-actor interactive innovation partnerships. Social Network Analysis (SNA) was applied at three different phases: before the innovation initiative (phase 0), during its implementation (phase 1), after its implementation (phase 2). We adopted as premise the need to optimise co-innovation initiatives and networks to attain sustainable rural development. Our results permitted to identify key factors that influence the consolidation of co-innovation rural initiatives: (i) preexisting relationships among actors, (ii) the design of networks around central actors with reputation in their territory, (iii) market orientation, and (iv) innovations focus on key sectors that are well established in a territory.
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Keywords

Agricultural innovationCo (interactive) innovationManagementMulti -actor partnershipMulti-actor partnershipNetworksOrganisational innovation systemsSocial network analysisSocial network analysis (sna)Systems

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES 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, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 10/174, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geography. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

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 2026-04-09:

  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 5
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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 2026-04-09:

  • 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: 37 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

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

    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 (GUERRERO OCAMPO, SUSANA BEATRIZ) and Last Author (MARTIN FERNANDEZ, SUSANA).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Blanco, JLY.

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