{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7203553101","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","title":"Mapping the global knowledge structure of artificial intelligence applications in horticultural production: A bibliometric analysis","display_name":"Mapping the global knowledge structure of artificial intelligence applications in horticultural production: A bibliometric analysis","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7203553101","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210179183","display_name":"Social Sciences & Humanities Open","issn_l":"2590-2911","issn":["2590-2911"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","norway-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Social Sciences & Humanities Open","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5159783569","display_name":"Mpfubhusa Fitina Laurent","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I15846685","display_name":"Mzumbe University","ror":"https://ror.org/02qrvdj69","country_code":"TZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I15846685"]}],"countries":["TZ"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Fitina Mpfubhusa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mzumbe University, P.O. Box 5, Mzumbe, Morogoro, Tanzania"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-2069","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mzumbe University, P.O. Box 5, Mzumbe, Morogoro, Tanzania","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I15846685"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Eliaza Mkuna","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I15846685","display_name":"Mzumbe University","ror":"https://ror.org/02qrvdj69","country_code":"TZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I15846685"]}],"countries":["TZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eliaza Mkuna","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mzumbe University, P.O. Box 5, Mzumbe, Morogoro, Tanzania"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mzumbe University, P.O. Box 5, Mzumbe, Morogoro, Tanzania","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I15846685"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5159783569"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I15846685"],"apc_list":{"value":1180,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1180},"apc_paid":{"value":1180,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1180},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.54328107,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"14","issue":null,"first_page":"103952","last_page":"103952"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.6288999915122986,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10102","display_name":"scientometrics and bibliometrics research","score":0.6288999915122986,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10616","display_name":"Smart Agriculture and AI","score":0.35420000553131104,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10111","display_name":"Remote Sensing in Agriculture","score":0.0013000000035390258,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/precision-horticulture","display_name":"precision horticulture","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-structure","display_name":"knowledge structure","score":0.5350000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crop-management","display_name":"crop management","score":0.503000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/soil-and-water-management","display_name":"soil and water management","score":0.9599999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/precision-diagnosis","display_name":"precision diagnostics","score":0.7770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/climate-smart-agriculture","display_name":"climate-smart agriculture","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/research-capacity-building","display_name":"research capacity building","score":0.5230000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/food-security","display_name":"food security","score":0.8169999718666077}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118518473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11451","display_name":"Agriculture","level":2,"score":0.7364000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191935318","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148","display_name":"China","level":2,"score":0.65420001745224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148383697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1781695","display_name":"Regional science","level":1,"score":0.5855000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178315738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603441","display_name":"Bibliometrics","level":2,"score":0.5774000287055969},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198082294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3399648","display_name":"Position (finance)","level":2,"score":0.4884999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4756999909877777},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128383755","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3816336","display_name":"Agricultural productivity","level":3,"score":0.47519999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017468152","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830170","display_name":"Knowledge production","level":2,"score":0.4507000148296356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778348673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739302","display_name":"Production (economics)","level":2,"score":0.39320001006126404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.39309999346733093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48824518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q396340","display_name":"Agricultural economics","level":1,"score":0.3596999943256378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107826830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929380","display_name":"Environmental resource management","level":1,"score":0.34389999508857727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.33390000462532043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54924851","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2751054","display_name":"Sustainable agriculture","level":3,"score":0.32910001277923584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C525823164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472342","display_name":"Scientometrics","level":2,"score":0.2849999964237213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778029865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25110998","display_name":"Patent analysis","level":2,"score":0.2816999852657318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2994134389","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283886","display_name":"Paper production","level":2,"score":0.28060001134872437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C552854447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131201","display_name":"Sustainable development","level":2,"score":0.2782000005245209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.2727999985218048},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66204764","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219416","display_name":"Sustainability","level":2,"score":0.2689000070095062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37621935","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3606845","display_name":"Agricultural science","level":1,"score":0.2590999901294708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78780964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7233193","display_name":"Position paper","level":2,"score":0.2572000026702881}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210179183","display_name":"Social Sciences & Humanities Open","issn_l":"2590-2911","issn":["2590-2911"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","norway-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Social Sciences & Humanities Open","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"doi:10.2139/ssrn.7292277","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7292277","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7292277","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"posted-content"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2026.103952","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210179183","display_name":"Social Sciences & Humanities Open","issn_l":"2590-2911","issn":["2590-2911"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","norway-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Social Sciences & Humanities Open","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Zero hunger","score":0.958299994468689,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2029088861","https://openalex.org/W2131681506","https://openalex.org/W2755950973","https://openalex.org/W3125707221","https://openalex.org/W3139269311","https://openalex.org/W3160856016","https://openalex.org/W4395466652"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7092502358","https://openalex.org/W4409495512","https://openalex.org/W3161382854","https://openalex.org/W7161258997","https://openalex.org/W4415516145","https://openalex.org/W7171444550","https://openalex.org/W4281626851","https://openalex.org/W4409667285","https://openalex.org/W4393602690","https://openalex.org/W4406183018"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Artificial":[0],"intelligence":[1],"(AI)":[2],"is":[3,176,271],"increasingly":[4],"important":[5],"for":[6,99,107,218,225],"precision":[7],"horticulture,":[8],"yet":[9],"research":[10,345],"on":[11],"its":[12,274],"applications":[13,36],"remains":[14],"fragmented":[15],"across":[16,73,213,235,351],"crops,":[17],"technologies,":[18],"and":[19,40,63,106,123,131,140,148,155,166,169,189,196,203,244,288,298,309,324,332,342],"production":[20,39],"challenges.":[21],"This":[22,259],"study":[23],"uses":[24],"bibliometric":[25],"analysis":[26,186],"to":[27,303,347],"map":[28],"the":[29,51,144,158,247,257,284,305,330,352],"recent":[30],"(2020\u20132025)":[31],"knowledge":[32],"structure":[33],"of":[34,79,103,119,187,220,227,264],"AI":[35],"in":[37,88,129,134,152,283,320],"horticultural":[38],"assess":[41],"Africa's":[42,262,316],"position":[43],"within":[44],"it.":[45],"Bibliographic":[46],"records":[47,81],"were":[48,96,157,210,254],"retrieved":[49],"from":[50,84,199,256,329],"Dimensions":[52],"database":[53],"using":[54],"artificial-intelligence":[55],"terms":[56,83,191],"(\u201cartificial":[57],"intelligence,\u201d":[58],"\u201cmachine":[59],"learning,\u201d":[60,62],"\u201cdeep":[61],"\u201ccomputer":[64],"vision\u201d)":[65],"combined":[66],"with":[67,125,179,238],"horticulture-related":[68],"terms,":[69],"yielding":[70],"7519":[71],"documents":[72,105,280],"1070":[74],"sources.":[75],"Because":[76],"only":[77],"6.8%":[78],"these":[80],"contain":[82],"both":[85],"query":[86],"blocks":[87],"their":[89,299],"title":[90,188],"or":[91],"abstract,":[92],"all":[93],"headline":[94],"indicators":[95],"also":[97],"computed":[98],"a":[100,115,126],"validated":[101],"subset":[102],"726":[104],"two":[108],"further":[109],"corpus":[110,236],"definitions.":[111],"Output":[112],"grew":[113],"at":[114,291],"compound":[116],"annual":[117],"rate":[118],"54.3%":[120],"between":[121],"2020":[122],"2025,":[124,135],"sharp":[127],"rise":[128],"2024":[130],"slower":[132],"growth":[133],"driven":[136],"primarily":[137],"by":[138,143],"China":[139,163],"India,":[141],"followed":[142],"United":[145],"States,":[146],"Italy,":[147],"Australia.":[149],"Agronomy,":[150],"Frontiers":[151],"Plant":[153],"Science,":[154],"Agriculture":[156,168],"most":[159],"productive":[160],"sources,":[161],"while":[162,250],"Agricultural":[164],"University":[165,171],"Northwest":[167],"Forestry":[170],"led":[172],"institutional":[173,322],"output;":[174],"authorship":[175],"highly":[177,285],"dispersed,":[178],"no":[180],"author":[181],"exceeding":[182],"18":[183],"documents.":[184],"Co-word":[185],"abstract":[190],"separated":[192],"an":[193],"image-based":[194],"detection":[195],"diagnostics":[197],"theme":[198],"crop":[200],"production,":[201],"management,":[202],"sustainability":[204],"themes,":[205],"although":[206],"finer":[207],"cluster":[208],"boundaries":[209],"not":[211],"stable":[212],"runs.":[214],"International":[215],"co-authorship":[216,300],"accounted":[217,224],"27.93%":[219],"publications.":[221],"African":[222,252],"countries":[223,253],"8.09%":[226],"country\u2013document":[228],"occurrences":[229],"(6.93%":[230],"under":[231],"fractional":[232],"counting;":[233],"6.4\u20138.4%":[234],"definitions),":[237],"Egypt,":[239],"Nigeria,":[240],"South":[241],"Africa,":[242],"Ethiopia,":[243],"Morocco":[245],"as":[246,293,295],"leading":[248],"contributors,":[249],"16":[251],"absent":[255],"dataset.":[258],"share":[260,263,276],"exceeds":[261],"global":[265],"scientific":[266],"publications":[267],"(about":[268,277],"3.5%)":[269],"but":[270],"well":[272],"below":[273],"population":[275],"16\u201318%);":[278],"African-affiliated":[279],"are":[281,289],"present":[282],"cited":[286,290],"core":[287],"least":[292],"often":[294],"other":[296],"documents,":[297],"links":[301],"extend":[302],"Asia,":[304],"Middle":[306],"East,":[307],"Europe,":[308],"North":[310],"America.":[311],"The":[312],"findings":[313],"indicate":[314],"that":[315],"gap":[317],"lies":[318],"mainly":[319],"leadership,":[321],"depth,":[323],"scale":[325],"rather":[326],"than":[327],"absence":[328],"field,":[331],"they":[333],"support":[334],"targeted":[335],"funding,":[336],"local":[337],"datasets,":[338],"interdisciplinary":[339],"capacity":[340],"building,":[341],"stronger":[343],"South\u2013South":[344],"collaboration":[346],"advance":[348],"AI-enabled":[349],"horticulture":[350],"continent.":[353]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-05T12:25:35.769452","created_date":"2026-08-16T00:00:00"}