A decade of probiotic aquaculture practice: bibliometric insights into trends, players, and emerging topics

Abdul Razak, Rashidah and Yusof, Muhammad Fitri and Ahmad Ariffin, Syamsul and Jaapar, Muhamad Zudaidy and Md Ali, Amatul Samahah (2026) A decade of probiotic aquaculture practice: bibliometric insights into trends, players, and emerging topics. Indonesian Aquaculture Journal, 21 (1). pp. 57-68. ISSN 0215-0883 E-ISSN 2502-6577

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Abstract

Probiotics in aquaculture gain research interest due to their potential to improve production and promote sustainable aquaculture. This study aims to systematically identify the trend, topic of interest, key players and collaboration in probiotic aquaculture research field for past 10 years. We conducted a bibliometric analysis using Scopus to collect and analyse scholarly publications related to probiotic in aquaculture. The sample is composed by 1467 articles in total with increase trends pattern in number of publications per year. Metrics such as citation counts, co-authorship networks, and keyword co-occurrence were employed to unveil the research landscape. The VOSviewer tool was utilized for network visualizations, offering insights into collaboration patterns and thematic clusters. Preliminary findings indicate increasing trend in terms of documents per year, with countries such as China, India, Spain and US playing pivotal roles in number of publications. Keyword co-occurrence analysis uncovers central themes is probiotic and aquaculture, while emerging topics such as intestinal health, Penaeus vannamei, bacteria, and water quality start to be explored. Citation analysis discovers most contributing authors, countries, institution, and journals in this research area. The co-authorship network analysis reveals clustering of collaborations between countries, emphasizing the global interest research of probiotic in aquaculture. We concluded that global theme will remain the major focus with new collaborations focus on specific niche in this research will emerge as it benefits the contributing countries.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Probiotic; aquaculture; gut microbiota; immune response; growth
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SF Animal culture S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling > SH151 Aquaculture - Fish Culture S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling > SH370 Fisheries - Shellfish fisheries-Shellfish Culture
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Marine Science Kulliyyah of Science > Institute of Oceanography and Maritime Studies
Depositing User:	Dr Fitri Yusof
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2026 12:26
Last Modified:	09 Jul 2026 12:26
Queue Number:	2026-07-Q4022
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/129610

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