Bibliometric study on tobacco production: references for sustainable local development

Abstract

Tobacco is a plant cultivated throughout almost the entire planet. Despite being harmful to human health, its cultivation and preparation means the generation of jobs for thousands of families and a great significance for the economy. For better yields of tobacco crops and greater effectiveness in its processing, the scientific community strives in researches that allow the achievement of superior results. For this reason, the objective of this work was to describe the behavior of scientific publications in Scopus about tobacco production, as a reference to promote sustainable local development. A descriptive, non-experimental, retrospective and descriptive bibliometric study was carried out with a quantitative approach, using theoretical and empirical methods. The results showed that in the study period 2012-2021, the scientific production of this topic increased, with articles predominating among the types of documents, highlighting the authors Baldwin, Fischer, Schillberg and Commandeur, with Baldwin coinciding as the author with the greatest impact on the topic. The journal with the highest number of contributions was Frontiers in Plant Science, while those with the highest impact index were PLoS ONE and Plant Biotechnology Journal. The bibliometric study carried out constituted a reference for entrepreneurs to consult bibliographies on successful experiences in terms of current trends in tobacco production, with the generation of employment, increased income in the communities and the creation of capacities being the most important effects of sustainable local development.