Peer-Reviewed Literature on Grain Legume Species in the WoS (1980–2018): A Comparative Analysis of Soybean and Pulses

Marie-Benoît Magrini, Guillaume Cabanac, Matteo Lascialfari, Gaël Plumecocq (), Marie-Josephe Amiot, Marc Anton, Gaelle Arvisenet, Alain Baranger, Laurent Bedoussac, Jean-Michel Chardigny, Gérard Duc, Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy, Etienne-Pascal Journet, Hervé Juin, Colette Larré, Hugues Leiser, Valérie Micard, Dominique Millot, Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel, Christophe Nguyen-Thé, Tristan Salord, Anne-Sophie Voisin, Stéphane Walrand and Jacques Wery
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Marie-Benoît Magrini: AGIR, INRA, Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
Guillaume Cabanac: IRIT, Université de Toulouse, 31062 Toulouse, France
Matteo Lascialfari: AGIR, INRA, Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
Marie-Josephe Amiot: MOISA, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAAM, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier, France
Marc Anton: BIA, INRA, 44000 Nantes, France
Gaelle Arvisenet: CSGA, AgroSup Dijon, CNRS, INRA, Université Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Alain Baranger: IGEPP, INRA, Agrocampus-Ouest, Université Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu, France
Laurent Bedoussac: AGIR, INRA, ENSFEA, Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
Jean-Michel Chardigny: DPTI, INRA, 75338 Paris, France
Gérard Duc: Agroecologie, INRA, AgroSup Dijon, Université Bourgogne France-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy: Agronomie, INRA, AgroparisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
Etienne-Pascal Journet: AGIR, INRA, Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
Hervé Juin: EASM, INRA, 17700 Surgères, France
Colette Larré: BIA, INRA, 44000 Nantes, France
Hugues Leiser: IST, INRA, 84140 Avignon, France
Valérie Micard: IATE, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, CIRAD, Université Montpellier, 34060 Montpellier, France
Dominique Millot: Agroecologie, INRA, AgroSup Dijon, Université Bourgogne France-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel: IGEPP, INRA, Agrocampus-Ouest, Université Rennes 1, 35653 Le Rheu, France
Christophe Nguyen-Thé: SQPOV, INRA, 84140 Avignon, France
Tristan Salord: AGIR, INRA, Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
Anne-Sophie Voisin: Agroecologie, INRA, AgroSup Dijon, Université Bourgogne France-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Stéphane Walrand: INRA, UNH, Unité de Nutrition Humaine, CRNH Auvergne, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Jacques Wery: ICARDA, Ismail El-Shaaer Building, Maadi 11728, Egypt

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 23, 1-37

Abstract: Grain-legume crops are important for ensuring the sustainability of agrofood systems. Among them, pulse production is subject to strong lock-in compared to soya, the leading worldwide crop. To unlock the situation and foster more grain-legume crop diversity, scientific research is essential for providing new knowledge that may lead to new development. Our study aimed to evaluate whether research activity on grain-legumes is also locked in favor of soya. Considering more than 80 names grouped into 19 main grain-legume species, we built a dataset of 107,823 scholarly publications (articles, book, and book chapters) between 1980 and 2018 retrieved from the Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) reflecting the research activity on grain-legumes. We delineated 10 scientific themes of interest running the gamut of agrofood research (e.g., genetics, agronomy, and nutrition). We indexed grain-legume species, calculated the percentage of records for each one, and conducted several analyses longitudinally and by country. Globally, we found an unbalanced research output: soya remains the main crop studied, even in the promising field of food sciences advanced by FAO as the “future of pulses”. Our results raise questions about how to align research priorities with societal demand for more crop diversity.

Keywords: knowledge dynamics; science and technology studies (STS); research trajectories; scientometrics; bibliometric data; agricultural sciences; food sciences; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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