Bibliometric analysis of scientific research: bioeconomy and climate change

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study, is to offer a comprehensive bibliometric study of how bioeconomy research has been developed concerning climate change, finding the most researched issues, as well as the least researched issues and trends in scientific publications during the last ten years.

Design/methodology/approach: To conduct this study, the academic database Scopus was used. The selection criteria were the keywords "bioeconomy" and "climate change". The selected study period was ten years (2014-2024), considering all types of documents such as articles from scientific journals, reviews, book chapters, conferences, among others. The obtained data was processed in VOSviewer software tool to construct bibliometric network map.

Results: The bibliometric data analyzed was a total of 791 scientific publications related to bioeconomy and climate change in the last ten years. Production has shown a significant increase, with notable trends since 2016- 2023, being the year with major publications (165), reflecting a growing interest in the interaction of both fields. Subjects with major scientific production are environmental sciences, agriculture, biological sciences and energy, while the subjects with lesser scientific production are veterinary, psychology and nursing.

Limitations on study/implications: The scope´s study exclude another scientific databases.

Findings/conclusions: Some of the identified emerging trends are: interdisciplinarity, reflecting an increase in research combining environmental, economic and social sciences to address complex problems related to bioeconomy and climate change. And the focus on public policies, which presents a recent interest in how policies can integrate the bioeconomy to face climate challenges.