Global Viewpoint on Cultured Meat: A Bibliometric Assessment from 1952-2023

This study aimed to describe the global outlook of research publications on cultured meat using bibliometric assessment approach from 1952-2023. A total of 1108 research articles were collected from Scopus data archive with average citations per doc and co-authors per document ratio of 28.74 and 4.46. The results of focus for this study of discourse include author key words, keyword plus, leading authors in the discipline, top nations in terms of articles and citation numbers, leading organizations in the discipline, top leading journal sources as well as trending topics among others. The result showed that scientific research on cultured meat over the years was correlated to the annual increase in outputs of articles (R2 = 0.3905; y = 0.8224x14.628), which is indicative of growth in number of articles as the year increases. China topped the first position with respect to article publications (n = 145). While USA, Brazil and South Korea were in the second, third and fourth (n = 116; n = 59; n = 45) positions, respectively. In addition, China, UK, USA and Brazil were the leading nations (n = 25; n = 21; n = 20; n = 20) with the highest number of Multiply Country Publications (MCP), respectively. The trending topics from author keywords in this discipline include cultured meat, artificial meat, cell-based meat, in vitro meat, and cellular agriculture among others. Scientifically advanced and economically buoyant nations are more involved in research on cultured meat when compared to developing countries. Scientific publications initially appeared to concentrate largely on technical aspects (large production) of cultured meat but more recently on health perspectives, consumer's acceptance, as well as sustainability of production. Conversely, the potential environment-friendly implication of this innovative food are now investigated thereby suggesting the future research of this discipline in line with public health concerns thereby proffering a better clarity for practical implications for government and stakeholders policies.