Abstract:

[Objective] The aims of the present study were to comprehensively analyze the development history, hot topics and frontier dynamic of meat quality traceability research in China and abroad in the past two decades, and to provide visual data support. [Method] Using literature on meat quality traceability published from the year of 2000 to 2021 and indexed in the Web of Science （WOS） database as the research object, CiteSpace 6.0.R2 software was employed to conduct co-occurrence analysis, cluster analysis, emergence analysis and visual expression on the annual trend in the number of literature, countries, institutions, journals, keywords and cited literature. [Result] Under the set search criteria, a total of 199 English literature related to meat quality traceability were obtained. The overall number of internationally published documents related to meat quality traceability had an upward trend in the past two decades. The citation of the literature published by Chinese authors ranked first, but the academic impacts still lagged behind compared with the European and American countries. French Academy of Agricultural Sciences had significant international impacts in this research field, while Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences represented the advanced level in China. Meat Science represented the international mainstream academic journals. The research content covered food safety, meat quality identification, traceability testing technology, meat quality information management and pertinent laws and regulations. [Conclusion] China is at the international advanced level in the field of meat quality traceability research, and the impacts are gradually increasing. With focus on food safety, undertaking meat quality identification throughout the entire industrial chain, improving animal production performance and meat quality, optimizing traceability testing technologies, enhancing information management, and developing laws and regulations are the primary objectives of this research field. Selecting and breeding excellent animal varieties with fast growth rate, high meat yield and good meat quality is the hot research direction in this field at present and in the future.

Key words: meat quality, traceability, bibliometrics, CiteSpace