Understanding Research Trends and Topics on Organic Agriculture based on Scientific Literature in Social Science

Abstract

This study focuses on detecting trends and topics in social science research on organic agriculture. We applied scientometric methods, such as keyword co-occurrence analysis and burst detection to keywords assigned to scientific literature related to the social sciences from 2002 to 2021. As a result, various research topics on organic agriculture from production to consumption aspects were detected. Furthermore, recent trends in social science research were detected quantitatively. These trends included meta-analysis through case study accumulation and research topics related to organic agriculture and sustainability.