Top Action Tips
“Just imagine a world where the practitioners, publishers, policymakers, researchers and educators are all talking to each other about sustainable development.”
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Authors must actively choose to create the knowledge humankind needs to fuel growth that is sustainable and make change that is positive.
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Journal editors guide and curate the academic record. To drive sustainability in the research agenda, journal editors can support policies that give authors the platform to focus on sustainability.
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The academic publishing community must create the systems through which research and education can drive global achievement of the SDGs.
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Research alone will not make the SDGs reality. Each member of scholarly community must work to put research in the hands of practitioners.
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Libraries must ensure that the knowledge required to achieve the SDGs can be recognized, discovered and made available to those who will build upon it and put it into action.
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The new generations of researchers, beginning their careers in a time of change and action, must integrate sustainability into the agenda of future scholarship.
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Top action tips for promoting equity in research and publishing: for collaborative use by researchers, publishers, editors, funders and higher education institutions.
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Educators can inform students of sustainability challenges and solutions, and inspire and empower them to take action and find new and better solutions to our biggest challenges.
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Guidance in the form of an applications guide for academic book authors and editors to help them reference SDGs in their work, addressing the 17 goals one-by-one.
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To drive real world change, the practical implications of SDG related research must be accessible to policymakers, journalists and the public.
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To drive real world change, the practical implications of SDG related research must be accessible to professionals and practitioners.
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A 'waiver' is a discounted or free Article Processing Charge (APC). Be aware that waivers do not always translate into offers for removing all Article Processing Charges for a particular author or submitted manuscript type.
For background information on increasing equity and open access see OASPA.
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Co-creation involves collaboration between researchers and practitioners and aims to jointly generate knowledge by involving stakeholders from various sectors throughout the research process to ensure that real-world needs and challenges are addressed effectively.
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Academic societies can enhance how research can help solve urgent societal issues, connect researchers to policymakers and practitioners to improve the utilization of research results and inform the research agendas, and cultivate a culture of action for a sustainable society by researchers, educators, and other society members.
Research and education are at the core of all progress, and can now be aimed at helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline.
The Top Action Tips are a comprehensive resource designed to empower the research, education and publishing community to support and promote sustainable development. The tips provide actionable and easy-to-use ideas and best practices for integrating sustainability into research and publishing processes, educational content, and outreach to practitioners and policy makers. DOI citations for the tips can be found here.
We acknowledge that the tips cover a range of important and evolving topics. From time to time, we may issue updated versions of these documents, and we welcome feedback via hesicompactfellows@gmail.com.