Global Trends in Wood Heritage Research: A Bibliometric and Scientometric Analysis

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Publié dans:Forests vol. 16, no. 2 (2025), p. 326
Auteur principal: João Carlos Ferreira de Melo Júnior
Autres auteurs: Vicario, Margherita, Macchioni, Nicola
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Résumé:The cultural use of wood, historically grounded in the understanding of ancient artefacts, has garnered increasing interest from researchers, as it enables the exploration of relationships between biodiversity, ancestral knowledge, and the cultural materiality of distinct human societies. The main objective of this article is to provide an overview and identify the main global trends in studies on the cultural use of wood. The article analyses documents from the Web of Science Core Collection from 1976 to 2024, highlighting the characteristics of scientific production, collaboration networks, keywords, and high-impact literature through bibliometric and scientometric methods. The choice was made for WoS as it is one of the largest databases in the world with complete scientific articles, considering the year with the oldest publication on the topic. The results reveal a growing academic interest in wooden heritage, with notable contributions from Italy, China, France, Spain, and England. With their remarkable cultural expression in wood, Latin countries such as Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina hold significant potential in this field. Areas such as wood chemistry and materials science are predominant, underscoring the need for collaboration with researchers, such as plant anatomists, who can integrate botanical and forestry information on culturally significant species and better contribute to global wooden heritage preservation efforts. This study can contribute to the circulation and integration of researchers interested in the topic and encourage the advancement of underexplored but culturally essential subjects.
ISSN:1999-4907
DOI:10.3390/f16020326
Source:Agriculture Science Database