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Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Analysis of institutional authors

Grijalvo Martin, Maria MercedesAuthorMartín MgAuthorálvarez A.p.AuthorOrdieres-Meré J.Corresponding AuthorVillalba-Diez JAuthorMorales-Alonso G.Author

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January 22, 2021
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New business models from prescriptive maintenance strategies aligned with sustainable development goals

Publicated to: Sustainability. 13 (1): 1-26 - 2021-01-01 13(1), DOI: 10.3390/su13010216

Authors:

Grijalvo Martin, Mercedes; Pacios Alvarez, Antonia; Ordieres-Mere, Joaquin; Villalba-Diez, Javier; Morales-Alonso, Gustavo
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Affiliations

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales - Author
Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Informaticos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - Author
Hochschule Heilbronn - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
‎ Hsch Heilbronn, Fak Management & Vertrieb, Campus Schwabisch Hall, D-74523 Schwabisch Hall, Germany - Author
‎ Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Artificial Intelligence, Escuela Tecn Super Ingenieros Informaticos ETSIIn, Madrid 28660, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingenieros Aeronaut & Espacio, Plaza Cardenal Cisenros 3, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
‎ Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingenieros Ind ETSII, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author
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Abstract

© 2020 by the authors. Li-censee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The industry has entered on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the so-called Industry 4.0, with global markets and strong competition, some traditional manufacturing firms are implementing new maintenance innovations and policies, based on digitalisation and data driven approach, but also based on servitisation. The implementation of these new equipment maintenance business models, could require new organisational approach at different levels. Different sorts of integration are arranged, in vertical with a flat structure of intelligent, flexible and autonomous units working inte-grated, in horizontal with a strong external and internal supply chain integration, and in transverse, with an integrated approach that link internal and external stakeholders. A new prescriptive maintenance business model for equipment exploiting digitalisation opportunities, including stakeholder relationship is proposed. Different perspectives such as organisational, innovation and sustainability have been adopted to discuss the implications of the proposal. The social value potentially gained as well as the alignment with the SDGs are discussed as well.
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Keywords

Digital twinDistributed ledger technologiesIndustry 4.0Industry, innovation and infrastructurePrescriptive maintenanceSustainable business models innovationTechnology systems

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sustainability 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, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development.

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: 2.31. 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: 2.61 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-26, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 47
  • Scopus: 52
  • Google Scholar: 105
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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 2026-04-26:

  • 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: 383 (PlumX).

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

    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/93263/

    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: 37
    • Downloads: 10
    Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure, with a probability of 65% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

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

    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 (MARTIN MUÑOZ, M. GEMA) and Last Author (MORALES ALONSO, GUSTAVO).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ORDIERES MERE, JOAQUIN BIENVENIDO.

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    Project objectives

    Los objetivos perseguidos en esta aportación son analizar las innovaciones y políticas de mantenimiento basadas en digitalización y servitización dentro de la Industria 4.0; evaluar los nuevos modelos de negocio prescriptivos para el mantenimiento de equipos que aprovechan oportunidades digitales; determinar las implicaciones organizativas de la integración vertical, horizontal y transversal en dichos modelos; caracterizar las perspectivas organizativas, de innovación y sostenibilidad relacionadas con la propuesta; y discutir el valor social generado y su alineación con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS).
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    Most relevant results

    El estudio presenta un análisis detallado de nuevos modelos de negocio basados en estrategias de mantenimiento prescriptivo alineadas con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Los resultados más relevantes incluyen: la propuesta de un modelo de mantenimiento prescriptivo que aprovecha las oportunidades de digitalización y la relación con los grupos de interés; la identificación de integraciones verticales con estructuras planas de unidades inteligentes, flexibles y autónomas; la integración horizontal fortalecida de cadenas de suministro internas y externas; y una integración transversal que vincula a los actores internos y externos. Además, se discuten las implicaciones organizativas, innovadoras y de sostenibilidad, así como el valor social potencial generado por estos modelos.
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