Controlled Environment Agriculture, Control Techniques, and Their Relationship with Essential Oil Extraction: A Scientometric Analysis
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Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), essential oils, scientometric, agricultural control techniques, precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, vertical farming, scientific collaborationAbstract
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) has emerged as a fundamental strategy to optimize agricultural production through precise management of environmental variables such as temperature, humidity, light, and nutrients. This research presents a scientometric analysis of the scientific evolution in CEA during the period 2004-2025, with particular attention to its application in specialized crops for essential oil production. Through a systematic search in Web of Science and Scopus databases, 862 unique records were identified and analyzed following the PRISMA methodology. The results reveal exponential growth in research from 2015 onwards, with three distinct periods: initial growth (2004-2009, 23.27%), decline (2010-2014, -15.91%), and accelerated expansion (2015-2025, 50.41%).
The United States leads scientific production with 339 publications (40.5%) and 5,998 citations, followed by Canada, India, Germany, and China. Predominant technologies include LED lighting systems, IoT sensors, automated monitoring, and vertical farming. The journal Frontiers in Plant Science positions itself as the main dissemination platform with 41 articles and an h-index of 246. International collaboration analysis evidences consolidated networks between European, Asian, and American countries, facilitating technology transfer. Although the specific relationship between CEA and essential oils remains underexplored, the consolidation of environmental control technologies and the growing demand for high-value products position this field as strategic for addressing global challenges of food security, climate change, and sustainability. It is concluded that CEA represents a research area with great projection, suggesting that future research should focus on the synergy between controlled systems and the production of secondary metabolites, essential oils, and bioactive compounds.
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