Food Supply Chain Traceability
Food Supply Chain Traceability is a research topic within Food Science. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 17.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the traceability of food products throughout the supply chain, emphasizing the use of RFID technology, cold chain monitoring, and quality assurance. It explores topics such as consumer perception, logistics management, and the integration of Internet of Things for ensuring transparency and efficient temperature management. The cluster also addresses challenges and opportunities in implementing traceability systems in the food industry.
- Traceability
- Food Supply Chain
- RFID Technology
- Cold Chain Monitoring
- Quality Assurance
- Logistics Management
- Consumer Perception
- Internet of Things
- Temperature Management
- Supply Chain Transparency
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +57% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Food Supply Chain Traceability research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1k and 842 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1k works
- 2 India 842 works
- 3 United States 353 works
- 4 Indonesia 247 works
- 5 Italy 154 works
- 6 United Kingdom 111 works
- 7 Türkiye 102 works
- 8 Germany 96 works
- 9 Malaysia 90 works
- 10 South Korea 78 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Food Supply Chain Traceability research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China Agricultural University publishes the most Food Supply Chain Traceability research, followed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Vellore Institute of Technology University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China Agricultural University China 29 works
- 2 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 22 works
- 3 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 20 works
- 4 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China 20 works
- 5 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 20 works
- 6 Saveetha University India 19 works
- 7 Chitkara University India 19 works
- 8 IPB University Indonesia 15 works
- 9 South China Agricultural University China 14 works
- 10 Northwest A&F University China 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Food Supply Chain Traceability?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Food Supply Chain Traceability include Da‐Wen Sun.
- 1 Da‐Wen Sun 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Food Supply Chain Traceability research done?
The largest centres of Food Supply Chain Traceability research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Pune (India) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wageningen and Hohhot.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WageningenNL · 20.0 works11×
- HohhotCN · 27.8 works7.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Food Supply Chain Traceability than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Food Supply Chain Traceability?
Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, China Agricultural University and University of Miyazaki score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wageningen University & Research Netherlands | 76.6 | 44.6% | 11.6× | 20 | -18.0% |
| 2 | China Agricultural University China | 68.2 | 34.5% | 11.1× | 29 | -49.3% |
| 3 | University of Miyazaki Japan | 60.7 | 40.8% | 25.5× | 11 | — |
| 4 | South China Agricultural University China | 55.9 | 41.5% | 8.7× | 14 | -71.8% |
| 5 | Inner Mongolia Agricultural University China | 52.1 | 29.9% | 18.2× | 11 | 0.0% |
| 6 | Northwest A&F University China | 50.2 | 36.1% | 7.3× | 13 | -20.7% |
| 7 | Vellore Institute of Technology University India | 50.1 | 35.3% | 4.4× | 20 | — |
| 8 | Chitkara University India | 50.0 | 4.5% | 10.4× | 19 | — |
| 9 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology India | 47.5 | 12.0% | 11.1× | 12 | — |
| 10 | Beijing Technology and Business University China | 47.5 | 41.7% | 8.6× | 8 | -42.3% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Food Supply Chain Traceability research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Food Supply Chain Traceability.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.