A bibliometric analysis of agarwood research and the impact of CITES listing

Agarwood is a renowned fragrant non-timber wood product primarily originating from the Indomalesiaregion. It also plays a pivotal role in the global industry due to its economic and cultural significance. As aresponse to illegal harvesting and trade activities leading to declining populations, all agarwood-producingspecies have progressively been incorporated into CITES Appendix II. We conducted an in-depthinvestigation into the temporal dynamics of the scientific literature pertaining to agarwood in this study. Theevolving trends in agarwood research and the influence of CITES listing on publication numbers wereelucidated by utilizing a bibliometric approach. The quantity of research activity was leveraged as anindicator of the engagement of a country, and the status of agarwood research before and after the CITESlisting was analyzed. A rigorous selection process yielded 704 articles from the Web of Science (WoS) coredatabase and 1,054 articles from Scopus, using four specific keywords: "agarwood," " Aquilaria ," " Gyrinops ,"and "gaharu," spanning the years 1995–2022. A notable upswing in the number of scientific publicationsfollowing the implementation of the CITES listing was identified, while China has been the leading countryin most publications and research work since 2009 and 2008 based on WoS and Scopus, respectively. Thejournal "Molecules" has received the most related articles over the years, and the most popular keyword usedis "agarwood." China is also, so far, the country with the most related patents filed. Furthermore, thediscussion also covered potential research initiatives that could address the existing knowledge gaps inagarwood research up to the present moment.

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