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A bibliometric and scientometric analysis on the use of UAVs in agriculture, livestock and forestry

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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the agricultural and forestry sectors has constantly evolved due to its great versatility and applicability in the field. In this sense, this study provided a statistical overview of studies on the use of UAVs in agricultural and forestry through a bibliometric and scientometric analysis. For that, a research was carried out on the Scopus platform using the terms UAV, UAS, drone, and RPA, together with “agricult*” or “forest* or livestock”. Only manuscripts published in English and from January 2000 to December 2020 were selected. The VOSviewer software was used for the analyses. The USA and China were responsible for more than 38% of the publications worldwide. Furthermore, about 50% of the countries in the world showed some scientific record of the use of UAVs in agricultural and forestry studies. The term UAS was more used until 2016, while UAV was more mentioned between 2017 and 2018. Conversely, drone was more endorsed from 2019. The constant increase in scientific production reported in the research and the evolution of the co-occurrence of keywords corroborated two ideas: i) the use of UAVs is still undergoing transformations and is directly related to the advancement of technology included in these equipments; and ii) studies are still not enough to explore all the applicability of the UAVs in agriculture, livestock and forestry.
Moraes, Hugo Marcus Fialho E. (55955600100); Júnior, Marconi Ribeiro Furtado (57223990606); da Vitória, Edney Leandro (55768357100); Martins, Rodrigo Nogueira (57218820885)
A bibliometric and scientometric analysis on the use of UAVs in agriculture, livestock and forestry; [Uma análise bibliométrica e cientométrica sobre o uso de VANTs na agricultura, pecuária e silvicultura]
2023
10.1590/0103-8478cr20220130
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85149543513&doi=10.1590%2f0103-8478cr20220130&partnerID=40&md5=7037698001d9e4f5687f841ca866ddd1
Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), MG, Viçosa, 36570-900, Brazil; Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), ES, São Mateus, Brazil; Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais (IFNMG), MG, Araçuaí, Brazil
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