Yafetto Levi
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Heliyon. 2022 Mar 24;8(3):e09173. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09173. eCollection 2022 Mar.
This paper reviews the pertinent literature from 1970 to 2020 and presents a bibliometric analysis of research trends in the application of solid-state fermentation in the bioprocessing of agro-industrial wastes. A total 5630 publications of studies on solid-state fermentation that comprised of 5208 articles (92.50%), 340 book chapters (6.04%), 39 preprints (0.69%), 32 proceedings (0.56%), 8 edited books (0.14%) and 3 monographs (0.05%) were retrieved from Dimensions database. A review of the literature indicated that (i) fermentation of solid substrates is variously defined in the literature over the past 50 years, where "solid-state fermentation" is the most dominant research term used, and (ii) key products derived from the valorization of agro-industrial wastes through solid-state fermentation include, among others, enzymes, antioxidants, animal feed, biofuel, organic acids, biosurfactants, etc. Bibliometric analyses with VOSviewer revealed an astronomic increase in publications between 2000 and 2020, and further elucidated the most frequently explored core research topics, the most highly cited publications and authors, and countries/regions with the highest number of citations. The most cited publication between 2010 and 2020 had 382 citations compared to 725 citations for the most cited publication from 1970 to 2020. Ashok Pandey from India was the most published and cited author with 123 publications and 8,613 citations respectively; whereas was the most published and cited journal with 233 publications and 12,394 citations. Countries with the most publications and citations are Brazil, France, India, and Mexico. These findings suggest that research in the application of solid-state fermentation for bioprocessing of agro-industrial wastes has gained prominence over the past 50 years. Future perspectives and implications are discussed.
本文回顾了1970年至2020年的相关文献，并对固态发酵在农业工业废弃物生物处理中的应用研究趋势进行了文献计量分析。从Dimensions数据库中检索到了总共5630篇关于固态发酵的研究出版物，其中包括5208篇文章（92.50%）、340章书籍章节（6.04%）、39篇预印本（0.69%）、32篇会议论文（0.56%）、8本编著书籍（0.14%）和3部专著（0.05%）。文献综述表明：（i）在过去50年里，文献中对固体底物发酵的定义各不相同，其中“固态发酵”是使用最广泛的研究术语；（ii）通过固态发酵实现农业工业废弃物增值而获得的关键产品包括酶、抗氧化剂、动物饲料、生物燃料、有机酸、生物表面活性剂等。使用VOSviewer进行的文献计量分析揭示了2000年至2020年间出版物数量的大幅增长，并进一步阐明了最常探索的核心研究主题、被引用次数最多的出版物和作者，以及被引用次数最多的国家/地区。2010年至2020年间被引用次数最多的出版物有382次引用，而1970年至2020年间被引用次数最多的出版物有725次引用。来自印度的阿肖克·潘迪是发表论文和被引用次数最多的作者，分别有123篇论文和8613次引用；而 是发表论文和被引用次数最多的期刊，有233篇论文和12394次引用。发表论文和被引用次数最多的国家是巴西、法国、印度和墨西哥。这些发现表明，在过去50年里，固态发酵在农业工业废弃物生物处理中的应用研究已变得日益重要。文中还讨论了未来的前景和影响。
