Insights into Circular Horticulture: Knowledge Diffusion, Resource Circulation, One Health Approach, and Greenhouse Technologies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- (i)
- How has the dissemination of circular horticulture knowledge evolved worldwide, including countries, affiliations, and authors?
- (ii)
- What are the salient research topics of circular horticulture?
- (iii)
- What is the trend of crops, resource circulation strategies, implications of One Health, and greenhouse technologies in circular horticulture research?
- (iv)
- What are the challenges and directions for future research on horticulture toward the circular economy transition?
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Sampling, Collection, and Cleaning
2.2. Bibliometric Analysis
2.3. Text-Mining Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Interest in Research on Circular Agriculture and Horticulture
3.2. Most Outstanding Countries
3.3. Most Prolific Institutions and Authors
3.4. Research Hotspots: Keyword Frequency and Cooccurrence
3.5. Text-Mining Findings: Discovering Major Research Topics and Trends
4. Discussion
4.1. Knowledge Dissemination and Research Progress
4.2. Challenges and Directions for Future Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Salinas-Velandia, D.A.; Romero-Perdomo, F.; Numa-Vergel, S.; Villagrán, E.; Donado-Godoy, P.; Galindo-Pacheco, J.R. Insights into Circular Horticulture: Knowledge Diffusion, Resource Circulation, One Health Approach, and Greenhouse Technologies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912053
Salinas-Velandia DA, Romero-Perdomo F, Numa-Vergel S, Villagrán E, Donado-Godoy P, Galindo-Pacheco JR. Insights into Circular Horticulture: Knowledge Diffusion, Resource Circulation, One Health Approach, and Greenhouse Technologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912053
Chicago/Turabian StyleSalinas-Velandia, Diego Alejandro, Felipe Romero-Perdomo, Stephanie Numa-Vergel, Edwin Villagrán, Pilar Donado-Godoy, and Julio Ricardo Galindo-Pacheco. 2022. "Insights into Circular Horticulture: Knowledge Diffusion, Resource Circulation, One Health Approach, and Greenhouse Technologies" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912053