Bioeconomy and Livestock Production Nexus: A Bibliometric Network Analysis

Aikaterini Paltaki, Anastasios Michailidis, Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, Konstantinos Zaralis and Efstratios Loizou
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Aikaterini Paltaki: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasios Michailidis: Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Konstantinos Zaralis: Department of Agriculture, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, 53100 Florina, Greece

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-12

Abstract: Over the last couple of decades, the livestock production systems of the agri-food sector increase meat production in order to meet the demand and adapt to satisfy the food preferences of the continuously increasingly world population. This fact, along with the promotion of sustainable production, has brought to light the topic of bioeconomy. The rapid increase in publications on the research area of bioeconomy has become the motivation for this study in order to analyze its relation with livestock production. This study provides a thorough review of the scientific literature on the bioeconomy of livestock production. The bibliometric network analysis (i.e., software VOSviewer) were performed over the time frame of 2004–2021. The results identified 624 documents bioeconomy of livestock production by 160 research organizations from 83 countries. This paper visualizes the strongest links about livestock production bioeconomy, main research topics, most influential countries, authors, and organizations, as well as high-frequency keywords. Therefore, this study contributes to building global bioeconomy policies and encouraging the livestock sector to implement bioeconomy practices. The research gap identified in many countries should be the trigger for future research in this subject.

Keywords: bioeconomy; livestock production; bibliometric analysis; VOSviewer; literature review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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