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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2025, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (11): 93-100.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2024-0139

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Bibliometric Analysis and Research Hotspots of Smart Agriculture Development in China

LI Yunchun(), WANG Jiaping, ZHANG Xiaomei, LU Ting, TAN Hua()   

  1. College of Architecture and Engineering, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201
  • Received:2024-07-16 Revised:2024-10-23 Online:2025-11-20 Published:2025-11-19

Abstract:

Through a bibliometric analysis of literature on the development of smart agriculture in China, this study aims to understand the publication status, research hotspots, emerging trends, and development directions within this field. Based on data collected from CNKI, the study retrieved and analyzed 94 articles published over the past five years (2019-2023) in core journals indexed in NU, CSSCI, and CSCD under the theme of "smart agriculture development." The results revealed the following: (1) publications on smart agriculture began to surge in 2019, reaching a peak in 2021; (2) universities and research institutions served as the primary centers for research on smart agriculture development; (3) most Chinese scholars focused their research on aspects such as development logic, development models, strategic frameworks, bidirectional mechanisms, and optimization paths within smart agriculture development; (4) the majority of research achievements in this field had been supported by project funding. Research on smart agriculture development is currently in a growth phase, with universities and research institutes contributing the largest volume of publications. In future, the development of smart agriculture should be explored from more novel perspectives in alignment with national strategic requirements.

Key words: smart agriculture, agricultural development, bibliometrics, visual analysis, CiteSpace