Trends in scientific research on precision farming in agriculture using science mapping method

Autor: Attila Bai, Péter Balogh, Donika Maloku, Zoltán Gabnai, Péter Lengyel
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Review of Applied Sciences and Engineering. 11:232-242
ISSN: 2062-0810
DOI: 10.1556/1848.2020.00086
Popis: The article highlights the worldwide dissemination of precision agriculture scientific researches published from the period of 1996–2018, data gathered in the Scopus citation database, using the science mapping method. The findings show that there is a constant rise in the number of publications in precision agriculture. The USA is not only leading in the adoption of precision agriculture technologies but also in the publication of papers, accompanied by China placed in second place. The most frequent keywords highlighted the main topics authors concentrated on more, and the national affiliation of most cited papers was the USA. The main prominence and contributions of the results present scientific research trends in precision agriculture in the last two decades, and demonstrate the main countries, authors and organizations who have contributed, and were more productive in this area.
Databáze: OpenAIRE