Knowledge Mapping of Research on Land Use Change and Food Security: A Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace and VOSviewer

Peng Cheng, Houtian Tang, Yue Dong, Ke Liu, Ping Jiang and Yaolin Liu
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Peng Cheng: College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Houtian Tang: School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Yue Dong: College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Ke Liu: Graduate School of Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Ping Jiang: College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Yaolin Liu: College of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-22

Abstract: Many scholars have conducted in-depth research on the theme of land use change and food security, and formed fruitful research results, but there is a lack of quantitative analysis and comprehensive evaluation of research achievements. Therefore, based on the relevant literature on the theme of land use change and food security in the core collection of the Web of Science (WOS) database, this paper takes the advantage of CiteSpace and VOSviewer bibliometric software to draw the cooperative network and keyword cooccurrence map to analyze the research progress and frontier. The results reveal that: (1) The research started in 1999 and can be divided into three stages: initial research, rapid development, and a stable in-depth stage. This topic has increasingly become a research hotspot in the academic community. (2) The distribution of research institutions is concentrated and forms a small cluster, and the research networks between developed and developing countries have been established, and developed countries are in the core position, but the cooperation network is not prominent. (3) The research content is becoming increasingly organized and systematic, and the research hot topics are divided into seven aspects. (4) The research area of the subject covers multiple levels, such as global, national, and specific natural geographical regions, and has formed a research system of geographic information technology and satellite remote sensing technology. It also presents the trend of cross integration with economics, land management and soil science. In the future, theoretical innovation still needs to be strengthened, and we should strengthen the research on the impact of agricultural chemical fertilizers on food security and study the impact of urban expansion on land use change.

Keywords: land use change; food security; visual analysis; CtieSpace; VOSviewer; progress and frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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