Bibliometric Analysis of Trends in Mulberry and Silkworm Research on the Production of Silk and Its By-Products
Autor: | Domenico Giora, Giuditta Marchetti, Silvia Cappellozza, Alberto Assirelli, Alessio Saviane, Luigi Sartori, Francesco Marinello |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | Insects, Vol 13, Iss 7, p 568 (2022) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 13070568 2075-4450 |
DOI: | 10.3390/insects13070568 |
Popis: | Traditionally, sericulture is meant as the agricultural activity of silk production, from mulberry (Morus sp.pl.) cultivation to silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) rearing. The aim of the present work is to analyze the trends and outputs of scientific research on sericulture-related topics during the last two decades, from 2000 to 2020. In this work the authors propose a text-mining analysis of the titles, abstracts and keywords of scientific articles focused on sericulture and available in the SCOPUS database considering the above-mentioned period of time; from this article collection, the 100 most recurrent terms were extracted and studied in detail. The number of publications per year in sericulture-related topics increased from 87 in 2000 to 363 in 2020 (+317%). The 100 most recurrent terms were then aggregated in clusters. The analysis shows how in the last period scientific research, besides the traditional themes of sericulture, also focused on alternative products obtainable from the sericultural practice, as fruits of mulberry trees (increment of +134% of the occurrences in the last five years) and chemical compounds as antioxidants (+233% of occurrences), phenolics (+330% of occurrences) and flavonoids (+274% of occurrences). From these considerations, the authors can state how sericulture is an active and multidisciplinary research field. |
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