From publications to policy The impact of research towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

"SDG research has grown faster than the broader research market and is more likely to be used, cited, and downloaded, especially when published open access (OA). But the real question is, what impact does SDG research have beyond academia? While the UN’s 2030 Agenda calls for science to inform policy and deliver societal outcomes, there has been, until now, a paucity of evidence showing how published research is actually taken up in policy."