Bibliometric analysis of studies on different factors affecting egg quality

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This study is a bibliometric analysis using the keywords “egg quality”, “eggs”, “shell” and “laying hens” as part of the analysis of factors affecting egg quality using the bibliometric library R version 4.4.2 and the software VOSviewer version 1.6.20. This study considered 626 articles in the Scopus database from January 2014 to November 2024. China stood out for its publications in the field of egg quality. In terms of international collaboration, China was also the country with the most international collaborations. The study entitled “Productive performance, eggshell quality, and eggshell ultrastructure of laying hens fed diets supplemented with organic trace minerals”, initiated by Stefanello and other researchers in 2014 and published in the journal Poultry Science was the most cited. Poultry Science stands out as the journal with the most publications related to the keywords “egg quality”, “eggs”, “shell” and “laying hens”. This study also reveals that the most productive university in the field of egg quality is also a Chinese university called “Sichuan Agricultural University”. The researcher whose research and publications have attracted the most attention also comes from China and is known as “Wang J”. In this study, the most frequently used keywords are “egg quality”, “laying hens” and “laying hen”. The main trends show that research in the field of egg quality is growing steadily and provide clearer or less clearer directions for future research.