Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF CROP IMPROVEMENT, 2026 (ESCI, Scopus)
Orphan crop species are recognized for food and nutrition security under climate change. Yet they remain under-researched, and their evidence base is fragmented. This study provides a map of orphan-crop climate-change research and traces its evolution. It identifies leading and emerging contributors and characterizes thematic clusters and the structure of collaboration. We analyzed 1614 Web of Science publications (1975-2025) using VOSviewer and Bibliometrix (R) to quantify trends, rank contributors by output, citations, link strength, and map co-authorship and keyword networks. The dataset yielded a h-index of 89 and 30,566 citations. Output rose after 2008, accelerated from the mid-2010s, and peaked in 2024. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) was the most productive institution. However, the United States of America and India dominated publication output and collaboration intensity, alongside contributions from African countries. Frontiers in Plant Science was the leading journal in terms of output and citations. Keyword and thematic analyses showed a shift from climate and food-security framing toward more applied themes, including stress resilience, genetics, nutrition, and farmer- and community-oriented research. Compared with staple-cereal bibliometric patterns, orphan-crop research exhibited fragmented funding signals. This suggested a persistent visibility investment gap that may constrain translation into breeding, seed, and extension systems. Sustained funding, shared breeding, and phenotyping platforms can improve seed systems, and research-to-extension linkages would support integration of orphan crops into efforts toward the following Sustainable Development Goals, 2 (Zero Hunger), 13 (Climate Action), and 15 (Life on Land), especially in under-resourced regions.