Research Status about the Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms Based on Bibliometric

Abstract

By using web of science as data source, this paper investigated the international research papers about genetically engineered safety based on bibliometric research method. Several key search terms from International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications were applied to retrieve a total of 9836 genetically modified papers from 1981 to 2014, and the developing trends of international transgenic security research papers in 33 years were studied from the perspective of bibliometric, including annual trends, research fields and results, and the focus of research in different countries. The results showed that researchers from countries in approval of GM commercial cultivation paid more attention to biological safety compared with researchers from countries in against of GM commercial cultivation; in addition to the overall research level of different countries, the study of transgenic organisms security also related to the corresponding crop's position in the national agricultural economy.