Research on wine flavor: A bibliometric and visual analysis (2003-2022)

The flavor is a most important characteristic of wine, which is the hotspot of research all the time. The aim of this work was to conduct a meta-analysis to discover the extent of the research on wine flavor that has already been conducted and to understand the trends that point toward future research. Using the Web of Science database, 3812 papers (3519 articles and 293 reviews) on wine flavor published between 2003 and 2022, were identified and submitted to bibliometric and visual analysis using the VOSviewer software, CiteSpace and R-bibliometrix, highlighting the years of publication, the main authors, the institutions, the main journals and the country of origin of both the authors and the scientific production analyzed, as well as the future research topics, hotspots and frontiers etc.. The present work brings forward data in a unique and up-to-date way and provide important clues about research trends and frontiers.