Mapping the scientific research in organic farming: a bibliometric review Articles uri icon

authors

  • ALEIXANDRE, JOSE LUIS
  • ALEIXANDRE TUDÓ, JOSE LUIS
  • BOLAÑOS PIZARRO, MAXIMA
  • ALEIXANDRE BENAVENT, RAFAEL

publication date

  • October 2015

start page

  • 295

end page

  • 309

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 105

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0138-9130

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1588-2861

abstract

  • The main aim of this study was to analyze the scientific productivity, collaboration and impact of research on organic agriculture through bibliometric analyses of articles included in the Science Citation Index Expanded database for the period 1954-2013. A number of 1009 research articles were published in 359 journals belonging to several subject areas, being Agriculture Multidisciplinary, Agronomy and Environmental Sciences the most productive. A social network analysis of collaboration between small countries and co-words was performed in order to analyze the most powerful scientific cooperation. The results highlight the important of the collaboration between small countries from north and eastern of Europe, as well as four non-European countries along with the US: Canada, Australia, Brazil and China, which is consistent with the importance that the consumption of products derived from organic farming has in these countries.

keywords

  • agriculture; health; wine; sustainability; benefits; austria; world