Evolution of the Global Scientific Research on the Environmental Impact of Food Production from 1970 to 2020

Food production and consumption account for a significant share of the impact of various pressing and important environmental concerns such as climate change, eutrophication, and loss of biodiversity. In this work, a bibliometric analysis of the last 50 years of research papers, written in English a...

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Autor principal:	Alessio Cimini
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	environmental analysis food production bibliometric study citation number authors affiliations Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fc499f80b22d4bf3b22e3b274134c0552021-11-11T19:23:27ZEvolution of the Global Scientific Research on the Environmental Impact of Food Production from 1970 to 202010.3390/su1321116332071-1050https://doaj.org/article/fc499f80b22d4bf3b22e3b274134c0552021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11633https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Food production and consumption account for a significant share of the impact of various pressing and important environmental concerns such as climate change, eutrophication, and loss of biodiversity. In this work, a bibliometric analysis of the last 50 years of research papers, written in English and indexed on Scopus database, was carried out to highlight the evolution of the global scientific research in the environmental assessment of food production (EAFP). The research papers in EAFP started to significantly increase from 2005, being most frequently published by the <i>Journal of Cleaner Production</i> and <i>International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment</i>. The United States of America was the first publishing country, followed by China, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Wheat, rice, fish, maize, and milk were the food items mainly studied, with different importance depending on the authors’ publishing country. <i>Life Cycle Analysis, Carbon Footprint</i>, and <i>Water Footprint</i> were the first three standard methods used to assess <i>c</i><i>limate change, energy consumption,</i> and <i>environmental impact</i>. The <i>Wageningen University, Chinese Academy of Sciences</i> and <i>Research Centre</i>, and <i>China Agricultural University</i> were the main publishing research centers. All the papers published worldwide received 18.1 citations per paper, the UK and Chinese papers being those mostly and minimally cited, respectively. Over the last five years, this research field largely aimed to managing the agricultural practices, mitigating global warming and water use, assuring food security and sustainable food consumption, while minimizing food waste formation. Such an objective evaluation of this research topic might help guide researchers on where to address their future research work.Alessio CiminiMDPI AGarticleenvironmental analysisfood productionbibliometric studycitation numberauthorsaffiliationsEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11633, p 11633 (2021)
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description	Food production and consumption account for a significant share of the impact of various pressing and important environmental concerns such as climate change, eutrophication, and loss of biodiversity. In this work, a bibliometric analysis of the last 50 years of research papers, written in English and indexed on Scopus database, was carried out to highlight the evolution of the global scientific research in the environmental assessment of food production (EAFP). The research papers in EAFP started to significantly increase from 2005, being most frequently published by the <i>Journal of Cleaner Production</i> and <i>International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment</i>. The United States of America was the first publishing country, followed by China, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Wheat, rice, fish, maize, and milk were the food items mainly studied, with different importance depending on the authors’ publishing country. <i>Life Cycle Analysis, Carbon Footprint</i>, and <i>Water Footprint</i> were the first three standard methods used to assess <i>c</i><i>limate change, energy consumption,</i> and <i>environmental impact</i>. The <i>Wageningen University, Chinese Academy of Sciences</i> and <i>Research Centre</i>, and <i>China Agricultural University</i> were the main publishing research centers. All the papers published worldwide received 18.1 citations per paper, the UK and Chinese papers being those mostly and minimally cited, respectively. Over the last five years, this research field largely aimed to managing the agricultural practices, mitigating global warming and water use, assuring food security and sustainable food consumption, while minimizing food waste formation. Such an objective evaluation of this research topic might help guide researchers on where to address their future research work.
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Evolution of the Global Scientific Research on the Environmental Impact of Food Production from 1970 to 2020

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