Idamokoro Emrobowansan Monday, Hosu Yiseyon Sunday
Small-Scale Agribusiness and Rural Non-farm Enterprise, Niche Area, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa.
Department of Economics and Business Sciences, Faculty of Commerce and Administration, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa.
Front Res Metr Anal. 2022 Jan 13;6:793853. doi: 10.3389/frma.2021.793853. eCollection 2021.
Meat production plays a vital socioeconomic role for sustainable development and for promoting food security in most countries. However, not much is known about research agendas done globally and the advancement of knowledge-generating networks in this area of study. The present study aims to reveal and analyze scientific research outputs on meat production linked with recent nanotechnology research work done till date. A compilation of research advancement and development within the sphere was realized through a scientometric study to comprehend the trend of research outputs, scientific impacts, authors' involvement, collaboration networks, and the advancement of knowledge gaps for future research endeavors on the current subject matter. Scholarly published articles were retrieved from the web of science (WOS) and Scopus databases from 1985 to 2020 and they were merged together using bibliometric package in R studio. All duplicated articles (438) from both data bases were excluded. A combination of terms (nano AND (livestock OR meat OR beef OR mutton OR pork OR chevon OR chicken OR turkey)), and conversely analyzed for scientometric indices. A collection of 656 peer-reviewed, research articles were retrieved for the study period and authored by 2,133 researchers with a collaboration index of 3.31. The research outputs were highest in the year 2020 with total research outputs of 140 articles. The topmost three authors' keywords commonly used by authors were nanoparticles, meat, and chitosan with a respective frequency of 75, 62, and 57. China, Iran, and India ranked top in terms of meat production research outputs linked to nanotechnology and total citation with respective article productivity (total citations) of 160 (3,193), 111 (1,765), and 37 (552). Our findings revealed an increasing trend in research (with an annual growth rate of 25.18%) tending toward advancing meat production with the use of nanotechnology. Likewise, there is an increasing pointer to the fact that research work on nanotechnology and meat production has the prospect to influence positively, decision-making on research direction, and collaborations, hereby increasing the production of meat and its products in the future.
肉类生产在大多数国家的可持续发展和促进粮食安全方面发挥着至关重要的社会经济作用。然而，对于全球范围内开展的研究议程以及该研究领域知识生成网络的进展情况，人们了解得并不多。本研究旨在揭示和分析与迄今为止所做的最新纳米技术研究工作相关的肉类生产科研成果。通过科学计量学研究实现了该领域研究进展与发展的汇编工作，以了解研究成果的趋势、科学影响、作者参与情况、合作网络以及当前主题未来研究工作知识差距的进展。从1985年至2020年从科学网（WOS）和Scopus数据库中检索学术发表文章，并使用R studio中的文献计量软件包将它们合并在一起。排除了两个数据库中的所有重复文章（438篇）。使用术语组合（纳米 AND（家畜 OR 肉 OR 牛肉 OR 羊肉 OR 猪肉 OR 山羊肉 OR 鸡肉 OR 火鸡）），并对科学计量指标进行反向分析。在研究期间检索到656篇经过同行评审的研究文章，由2133名研究人员撰写，合作指数为3.31。2020年的研究成果最多，共有140篇研究成果。作者最常用的前三个关键词是纳米颗粒、肉和壳聚糖，其出现频率分别为75、62和57。在与纳米技术相关的肉类生产研究成果和总被引频次方面，中国、伊朗和印度排名靠前，各自的文章产出量（总被引频次）分别为160（3193）、111（1765）和37（552）。我们的研究结果显示，研究呈增长趋势（年增长率为25.18%），倾向于利用纳米技术推进肉类生产。同样，越来越多的迹象表明，纳米技术与肉类生产的研究工作有望对研究方向的决策和合作产生积极影响，从而在未来增加肉类及其产品的产量。
