A Quantitative Analysis on Machine Learning and Smart Farm with Bibliographic Data from 2013 to 2023

The convergence of machine learning and smart farm is becoming more and more important. The purpose of this research is to quantitatively analyze machine learning and smart farm with bibliographic data from 2013 to 2023. This study analyzed the 251 articles, filtered from the Web of Science, with regard to the article publication trend, the article citation trend, the top 10 research area, and the top 10 keywords representing the articles. The quantitative analysis results reveal the four points: First, the number of article publications in machine learning and smart farm continued growing from 2016. Second, the article citations in machine learning and smart farm drastically increased since 2018. Third, Computer Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Telecommunications, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences Ecology, Material Science, Instruments Instrumentation, Science Technology Other Topics, and Physics are top 10 research areas. Fourth, it is 'machine learning', 'smart farming', 'internet of things', 'precision agriculture', 'deep learning', 'agriculture', 'big data', 'machine', 'smart' and 'smart agriculture' that are the top 10 keywords composing authors' keywords in the articles in machine learning and smart farm from 2013 to 2023.