Bibliometric study on food security and climate change research from 2000 to 2020

Abstract

Recent years have seen a steady rise in scientific interest in global issues such as food security (FS) and climate change (CC). According to the Web of Science (WoS) database's number of published publications (e.g., journal articles, reviews, and conference papers), this is evident. This field has changed throughout the years, but few systematic studies show how it has progressed over time. This study's goal is to use an applied bibliometric technique to examine the research trends in the areas of food security and climate change from the years 2000 to 2020. Research into FS and CC has grown fast in the previous 20 years, but especially in the last eight years, as shown by our examination of the WoS database. 5626 research publications have been published, with over 95% of them published in the recent decade. In this area, the United States, the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China and Germany are the top research producers. Researchers and scientists will benefit from this bibliometric study, but so will policymakers since they will be able to utilize up-to-date data to see how FS and CC research has evolved and trended, allowing them to get a sense of the overall state of the field.