Research Progress on Application of Synthetic Microbial Communities in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace

ZHANGYincui, LIUXiaoting, YAOTuo

Chin Agric Sci Bull ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (20) : 143-156.

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Chin Agric Sci Bull ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (20) : 143-156. DOI: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0805

Research Progress on Application of Synthetic Microbial Communities in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace

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By visually analyzing the research literature in the field of synthetic microbial communities in the past 10 years (2014-2024), this paper explores the research process, research strength, main research contents and deficiencies in this field, and provides a reference for the application research of synthetic microbial communities in the agricultural field. By using bibliometric methods and CiteSpace and VOSviewer software, 1017 literatures related to synthetic microbial communities in the CNKI and WOS databases were visualized, including domestic and international publication trends, cooperation networks, co-occurrence and emergent analysis of high-frequency keywords. The results show that the research on synthetic microbial communities at home and abroad shows a fluctuating upward trend, and the growth rate of foreign language papers is greater than that of Chinese papers. A research pattern has been formed globally, with China and the United States taking the lead and other countries participating together. There is a lack of cooperation between research institutions and researchers, with cooperation rates of 10.12% and 21.70% respectively. However, the quality of research institutions is relatively high, such as Tianjin University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Northwest A&F University, University of California, Chinese Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy (DOE), etc. The research on synthetic microbial communities mainly focuses on the construction of bacterial flora, interspecific interactions within the community and their applications, lacking related mechanism studies. In the future, attention should be paid to the construction of cross-border synthetic flora and the mechanism research on the advantages of flora. The research on synthetic microbial communities is in the development stage and has great research potential. Future research should still focus on constructing microbiota, interspecific interactions and enhancing the practical application effects of synthetic microbial communities based on practical applications.

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ZHANGYincui , LIU Xiaoting , YAO Tuo. Research Progress on Application of Synthetic Microbial Communities in Agriculture: A Bibliometric Analysis Based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace[J]. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin. 2025, 41(20): 143-156 https://doi.org/10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2024-0805

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