Qualitative methods and reviews
The topic gathers works based on qualitative methods and literature reviews: systematic reviews, focus groups, case studies, the Delphi method, content analysis and large questionnaire surveys. These are often the works that take stock of a research field and point to open questions, or that give a voice to actors such as farmers, consumers and experts to understand new phenomena. Recent research produces reviews on the digital transformation of firms, the effects of crises on food systems, acceptance of novel foods, the circular economy in agriculture and new forms of organic certification.
Description written by AI from the keywords, journals, most-cited works and recent works of the topic.
The last share tells how far the topic passes through few hands: in the field it ranges from 12% to 39%. 23% means that the topic has some reference groups but remains widespread. Signatures are counted, not papers: an article with four authors on the topic weighs four times, because the question is how much of the work passes through few people.
Trend over time and quality of outlets
Documents and citations per year
Journal quartiles (SJR · SCImago)
Attention in the last three years
The topic is in line with the field: citations received by its papers went from 3,799 (2020–2022) to 6,499 (2023–2025), while those of the whole field grew 1.55 times. Citations received in those years by all papers on the topic are counted, including older ones.
Who leads the topic in the last three years
- Riccardo Scarpa · VERONA · 521 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Alberto Zezza · Enti stranieri · 501 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Giovanni Sogari · PARMA · 407 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Cristina Mora · PARMA · 350 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
- Francesco Bimbo · FOGGIA · 251 citations received 2023–2025 from papers on the topic
Most active researchers on the topic
By papers on the topic. The last column still shows specialisation, to tell apart those who work on it a lot in absolute terms from those who work on it above all.
Who is most specialised in this topic
Not those who published the most on it, but those who devote the largest share of their output to it compared with the field average. Above 1 there is specialisation; the tick marks parity. Researchers with fewer than three papers on the topic are excluded.
| Name | Institution | Papers on the topic | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luca Altamore | Università degli Studi di Palermo | 10 | 11.22 |
| Alberto Zezza | Foreign institutions | 16 | 9.57 |
| Simona Bacarella | Università degli Studi di Palermo | 11 | 8.98 |
| Pietro Columba | Università degli Studi di Palermo | 10 | 8.16 |
| Marzia Ingrassia | Università degli Studi di Palermo | 15 | 8.11 |
| Stefania Chironi | Università degli Studi di Palermo | 13 | 7.98 |
| Deborah Bentivoglio | Università Politecnica delle Marche | 15 | 5.83 |
| Adele Finco | Università Politecnica delle Marche | 15 | 4.32 |
| Alessandro Paletto | CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia | 34 | 4.15 |
| Emilia Lamonaca | Università degli Studi di Foggia | 8 | 3.59 |
Most active institutions
The number tells how much work on the topic comes from each institution; specialisation tells how much the topic weighs within the institution compared with the field average. A small, focused institution can be more specialised than a large one that does everything.
| Institution | Papers on the topic | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|
| Università degli Studi di Palermo | 89 | 1.39 |
| Università Politecnica delle Marche | 76 | 2.44 |
| Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna | 63 | 1.05 |
| CREA – Centro di ricerca Politiche e Bioeconomia | 61 | 1.63 |
| Università degli Studi di Foggia | 50 | 1.23 |
| Università degli Studi di Padova | 47 | 0.90 |
| Università degli Studi di Catania | 43 | 0.65 |
| Foreign institutions | 42 | 1.02 |
| Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | 34 | 0.81 |
| Università degli Studi di Firenze | 31 | 0.73 |
Institutions in Italy
- CREA-PB (Roma)53
- Bologna45
- Padova (Legnaro)34
- Palermo28
- Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona)26
- Foggia25
- Napoli Federico II (Portici)23
- Pisa21
International collaboration
Related topics
The topics that most often appear in the same papers. The number is the papers in common.
Recurring keywords
Main journals
- Sustainability (Switzerland) · 45 papers
- British Food Journal · 16 papers
- International Journal of Wine Business Research · 16 papers
- Agricultural and Food Economics · 13 papers
- Economia Agro-Alimentare · 13 papers
- Food Policy · 11 papers
- Acta Horticulturae · 10 papers
- Forests · 8 papers
- Journal of Rural Studies · 8 papers
- Agriculture (Switzerland) · 6 papers
- Foods · 6 papers
- Forest Policy and Economics · 6 papers
Most cited publications on the topic
- Contemporary guidance for stated preference studies2017 · 1,422 citations
- Urban agriculture, poverty, and food security: Empirical evidence from a sample of developing countries2010 · 646 citations
- College students and eating habits: A study using an ecological model for healthy behavior2018 · 478 citations
- Towards better measurement of household food security: Harmonizing indicators and the role of household surveys2013 · 334 citations
- Consumer behaviour for wine 2.0: A review since 2003 and future directions2012 · 334 citations
- Citizens, consumers and farm animal welfare: A meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay studies2017 · 319 citations
- Review of factors affecting consumer acceptance of cultured meat2022 · 300 citations
- Artificial intelligence in the agri-food system: Rethinking sustainable business models in the COVID-19 scenario2020 · 278 citations
- Digitalization within food supply chains to prevent food waste. Drivers, barriers and collaboration practices2021 · 260 citations
- A Cross-Country Comparison of Rural Income Generating Activities2010 · 255 citations