TRENDS AND THEMES IN AGROECOSYSTEMS MULTIFUNCTIONALITY EVALUATION: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Idalia Zaragoza-Hernández, José Luis Romo-Lozano, Eduardo Valdés-Velarde, Daniel Vega-Martínez, Rufo Sánchez-Hernández

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Background: Agroecosystems provide a wide range of goods and services to society, whose complexity varies depending on the context in which they develop. These characteristics represent a challenge in their evaluation; however, understanding their functioning and identifying areas for improvement is crucial. In this regard, it is essential to consider advances in scientific research on the evaluation of these systems to properly guide future work in this field. Objectives: To identify scientific publications, their origins, citation frequency, and recurrent terms in the evaluation of agroecosystem multifunctionality through a review of articles registered in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, and to analyze the main thematic areas by creating bibliometric maps with the VOSviewer software. Methodology: A review of scientific articles addressing the evaluation of agroecosystem multifunctionality was performed. The initial search resulted in 302 manuscripts, which were reduced to 65 articles in English and one in Spanish after a screening process. This set of publications was systematized and analyzed using Excel and the Bibliometrix application to address the first objective. Additionally, the bibliometric technique of term co-occurrence was applied using VOSviewer to delineate thematic groups, whose characteristics were reviewed using Excel. Main Findings: The results reveal a significant increase in the publication of articles related to the topic of interest in the past seven years, with 73% of the articles published during this period. At the country level, China, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, India, and Portugal account for 64% of the study sites, with a clear predominance of work in China. The three main thematic groups in the research are: 1) Multidimensional evaluation of agroecosystems; 2) Evaluation of agroecosystems multifunctionality based on their biodiversity; 3) Evaluation of soil multifunctionality in agroecosystems. Implications: The accumulated experiences in this field offer diverse perspectives that should be considered when applying any methodology. A trend observed is the increasingly comprehensive nature of studies, which incorporate indicators from various dimensions and emphasize the importance of addressing agroecosystem multifunctionality holistically. Conclusion: The number of studies on this topic is increasing, with different approaches and multidisciplinary work, recognizing the complexity and importance of agroecosystems in the global sustainability agenda.

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agricultura multifuncional; servicios ecosistémicos; metodologías de evaluación; revisión de literatura

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