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A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 39 Sayı: 3, 596 - 608, 27.12.2025
https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796

Öz

Cannabis sativa, a diploid plant from the Cannabaceae family, was traditionally cultivated for food, medicine, fiber, and industrial purposes. Pharmacologically, this plant is significant due to cannabinoid activity, especially in medicine, nutrition, and industry. Despite its diverse applications, C. sativa has faced legal challenges that have severely impeded research in the area and commercial applications. Scientometric analysis, which is the quantitative assessment of scientific literature, is the means employed in a systematic way to gather and understand how each field is moving, who is contributing more, and what subject matter emanates therefrom. This study aimed to analyze the last 24 years of global research trends on C. sativa using Scopus and PubMed databases. The methodology employed several advanced bibliometric analyses using VOS-viewer software. Our results show that a sharp growth has been observed in publication output, mainly after 2015 and peaking in 2024. Most studies revolved around medical, pharmacological, and neuroscientific fields. The principal authors were Raphael Mechoulam, and the institutions such as the University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School featuring strongly. The latter was also noted to provide major funds, along with The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and probably the major U.S. agencies. Nevertheless, keyword analysis revealed that dominant themes were medical cannabis, legalization, chronic pain, and cannabinoid pharmacology, while epigenotoxicity and genotoxicity came up as emerging areas. Our study concludes that C. sativa research becomes increasingly interdisciplinary and internationally collaborative, due to evolving legal frameworks and growing medical interest. Future research should bridge disciplinary silos, address under-refined areas such as environmental sustainability, and incorporate altimetric and policy data. Scientometric mapping hence yields actionable insight into scholarly and policy priorities in the developing field of C. sativa studies.

Kaynakça

  • Abdollahi, M., Sefidkon, F., Calagari, M., Mousavi, A., & Fawzi Mahomoodally, M. (2020). A comparative study of seed yield and oil composition of four cultivars of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) grown from three regions in northern Iran. Industrial Crops and Products, 152, 112397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112397
  • Asadi, S., Moghadam, H., Naghdi Badi, H., Naghdi Badi, H., Naghavi, M., & Salami, S. (2019). A review on agronomic, phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of cannabis (cannabis sativa L.). Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2(70), 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/jmp.2.70.1
  • Basas-Jaumandreu, J., & de Las Heras, F. X. C. (2020). GC-MS Metabolite Profile and Identification of Unusual Homologous Cannabinoids in High Potency Cannabis sativa. Planta medica, 86(5), 338–347. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1110-1045
  • Duggan, P. J. (2021). The chemistry of cannabis and cannabinoids. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 74(6), 369–387. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH21006
  • Falagas, M. E., Pitsouni, E. I., Malietzis, G. A., & Pappas, G. (2008). Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, web of science, and Google scholar: strengths and weaknesses. The FASEB journal, 22(2), 338-342. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.07-9492LSF
  • Gonçalves, J., Rosado, T., Soares, S., Simão, A. Y., Caramelo, D., Luís, Â., Fernández, N., Barroso, M., Gallardo, E., & Duarte, A. P. (2019). Cannabis and Its Secondary Metabolites: Their Use as Therapeutic Drugs, Toxicological Aspects, and Analytical Determination. Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 6(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines6010031
  • Haghani, M. (2023). What makes an informative and publication-worthy scientometric analysis of literature: A guide for authors, reviewers and editors. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 22, 100956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100956
  • Karche, T. (2019). The application of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for a green economy: a review. Turkish Journal of Botany, 43 (6): 710-723. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1907-15
  • Paul, R., Williams, R., Hodson, V. and Peake, C. (2019). Detection of cannabinoids in hair after cosmetic application of hemp oil. Scientific Reports, 9 (1): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39609-0
  • Pejić, B. M., Kramar, A. D., Obradović, B. M., Kuraica, M. M., Žekić, A. A. and Kostić, M. M. (2020). Effect of plasma treatment on chemical composition, structure and sorption properties of lignocellulosic hemp fibers (Cannabis sativa L.). Carbohydrate Polymers, 236: 116000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116000
  • Rasera, G. B., Ohara, A., & de Castro, R. J. (2021). Innovative and emerging applications of cannabis in food and beverage products: From an illicit drug to a potential ingredient for health promotion. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 115, 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.06.035
  • Ren, M., Tang, Z., Wu, X., Spengler, R., Jiang, H., Yang, Y., & Boivin, N. (2019). The origins of Cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs. Science advances, 5(6), eaaw1391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1391
  • Salami, S. A., Martinelli, F., Giovino, A., Bachari, A., Arad, N., & Mantri, N. (2020). It Is Our Turn to Get Cannabis High: Put Cannabinoids in Food and Health Baskets. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25(18), 4036. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25184036
  • Sanyal, D. K., Bhowmick, P. K., & Das, P. P. (2019). A review of author name Disambiguation Techniques for the PubMed Bibliographic Database. Journal of Information Science, 47(2), 227–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551519888605
  • Sorrentino G. (2021). Introduction to emerging industrial applications of cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.). Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze fisiche e naturali, 32(2), 233–243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-021-00979-1
  • Väisänen, T., Batello, P., Lappalainen, R. and Tomppo, L. (2018). Modification of hemp fibers (Cannabis sativa L.) for composite applications. Industrial Crops and Products, 111: 422-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.10.049
  • Van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for Bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3
  • Yahya, M. A. (2024). Trends and insights in Lavandula angustifolia research: A critical literature review (CLR) and bibliometric analysis of scopus and pubmed databases. International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.38001/ijlsb.1514950
  • Zuardi, A. W. (2006). History of cannabis as a medicine: a review. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 28: 153-157. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-44462006000200015.

Cannabis sativa Araştırmalarının Bilimetrik Analizi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 39 Sayı: 3, 596 - 608, 27.12.2025
https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796

Öz

Cannabaceae familyasından diploid bir bitki olan Cannabis sativa, geleneksel olarak gıda, ilaç, lif ve endüstriyel amaçlar için yetiştirilmiştir. Farmakolojik olarak, bu bitki özellikle tıp, beslenme ve endüstri alanlarında kanabinoid aktivitesi nedeniyle önemlidir. Çeşitli uygulamalarına rağmen, C. sativa, bu alandaki araştırmaları ve ticari uygulamaları ciddi şekilde engelleyen yasal zorluklarla karşı karşıya kalmıştır. Bilimsel literatürün nicel değerlendirmesi olan bilimsel analiz, her alanın nasıl ilerlediğini, kimin daha fazla katkıda bulunduğunu ve hangi konu içeriğinin ortaya çıktığını sistematik bir şekilde toplamak ve anlamak için kullanılan bir yöntemdir. Bu çalışma, Scopus ve PubMed veritabanlarını kullanarak C. sativa üzerine son 24 yılın küresel araştırma trendlerini analiz etmeyi amaçlamıştır. Kullanılan metodoloji, VOS-viewer yazılımı kullanılarak çeşitli gelişmiş bibliyometrik analizler içermektedir. Sonuçlarımız, özellikle 2015'ten sonra ve 2024'te zirveye ulaşan yayın çıktısında keskin bir büyüme gözlemlendiğini göstermektedir. Çalışmaların çoğu tıp, farmakoloji ve nörobilim alanları etrafında yoğunlaşmıştır. Başlıca yazarlar Raphael Mechoulam'dı ve Toronto Üniversitesi ile Harvard Tıp Fakültesi gibi kurumlar önemli bir rol oynadı. Ayrıca, Ulusal Sağlık Enstitüleri (NIH) ve muhtemelen büyük ABD kurumlarıyla birlikte Harvard Tıp Fakültesi'nin de önemli fonlar sağladığı belirtildi. Bununla birlikte, anahtar kelime analizi, baskın temaların tıbbi kenevir, yasallaştırma, kronik ağrı ve kanabinoid farmakolojisi olduğunu, epigenotoksisite ve genotoksisitenin ise gelişmekte olan alanlar olarak ortaya çıktığını gösterdi. Çalışmamız, gelişen yasal çerçeveler ve artan tıbbi ilgi nedeniyle C. sativa araştırmalarının giderek daha disiplinlerarası ve uluslararası işbirlikçi hale geldiği sonucuna varmaktadır. Gelecekteki araştırmalar, disiplinler arası engelleri aşmalı, çevresel sürdürülebilirlik gibi yeterince geliştirilmemiş alanları ele almalı ve yükseklik ölçüm verilerini ve politika verilerini içermelidir. Bu nedenle, bilimsel ölçüm haritalaması, gelişmekte olan C. sativa çalışmaları alanındaki bilimsel ve politika önceliklerine ilişkin uygulanabilir bilgiler sağlar.

Kaynakça

  • Abdollahi, M., Sefidkon, F., Calagari, M., Mousavi, A., & Fawzi Mahomoodally, M. (2020). A comparative study of seed yield and oil composition of four cultivars of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) grown from three regions in northern Iran. Industrial Crops and Products, 152, 112397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112397
  • Asadi, S., Moghadam, H., Naghdi Badi, H., Naghdi Badi, H., Naghavi, M., & Salami, S. (2019). A review on agronomic, phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of cannabis (cannabis sativa L.). Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2(70), 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/jmp.2.70.1
  • Basas-Jaumandreu, J., & de Las Heras, F. X. C. (2020). GC-MS Metabolite Profile and Identification of Unusual Homologous Cannabinoids in High Potency Cannabis sativa. Planta medica, 86(5), 338–347. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1110-1045
  • Duggan, P. J. (2021). The chemistry of cannabis and cannabinoids. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 74(6), 369–387. https://doi.org/10.1071/CH21006
  • Falagas, M. E., Pitsouni, E. I., Malietzis, G. A., & Pappas, G. (2008). Comparison of PubMed, Scopus, web of science, and Google scholar: strengths and weaknesses. The FASEB journal, 22(2), 338-342. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.07-9492LSF
  • Gonçalves, J., Rosado, T., Soares, S., Simão, A. Y., Caramelo, D., Luís, Â., Fernández, N., Barroso, M., Gallardo, E., & Duarte, A. P. (2019). Cannabis and Its Secondary Metabolites: Their Use as Therapeutic Drugs, Toxicological Aspects, and Analytical Determination. Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 6(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines6010031
  • Haghani, M. (2023). What makes an informative and publication-worthy scientometric analysis of literature: A guide for authors, reviewers and editors. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 22, 100956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100956
  • Karche, T. (2019). The application of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for a green economy: a review. Turkish Journal of Botany, 43 (6): 710-723. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1907-15
  • Paul, R., Williams, R., Hodson, V. and Peake, C. (2019). Detection of cannabinoids in hair after cosmetic application of hemp oil. Scientific Reports, 9 (1): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39609-0
  • Pejić, B. M., Kramar, A. D., Obradović, B. M., Kuraica, M. M., Žekić, A. A. and Kostić, M. M. (2020). Effect of plasma treatment on chemical composition, structure and sorption properties of lignocellulosic hemp fibers (Cannabis sativa L.). Carbohydrate Polymers, 236: 116000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116000
  • Rasera, G. B., Ohara, A., & de Castro, R. J. (2021). Innovative and emerging applications of cannabis in food and beverage products: From an illicit drug to a potential ingredient for health promotion. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 115, 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.06.035
  • Ren, M., Tang, Z., Wu, X., Spengler, R., Jiang, H., Yang, Y., & Boivin, N. (2019). The origins of Cannabis smoking: Chemical residue evidence from the first millennium BCE in the Pamirs. Science advances, 5(6), eaaw1391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1391
  • Salami, S. A., Martinelli, F., Giovino, A., Bachari, A., Arad, N., & Mantri, N. (2020). It Is Our Turn to Get Cannabis High: Put Cannabinoids in Food and Health Baskets. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25(18), 4036. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25184036
  • Sanyal, D. K., Bhowmick, P. K., & Das, P. P. (2019). A review of author name Disambiguation Techniques for the PubMed Bibliographic Database. Journal of Information Science, 47(2), 227–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551519888605
  • Sorrentino G. (2021). Introduction to emerging industrial applications of cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.). Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze fisiche e naturali, 32(2), 233–243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-021-00979-1
  • Väisänen, T., Batello, P., Lappalainen, R. and Tomppo, L. (2018). Modification of hemp fibers (Cannabis sativa L.) for composite applications. Industrial Crops and Products, 111: 422-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.10.049
  • Van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2010). Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for Bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3
  • Yahya, M. A. (2024). Trends and insights in Lavandula angustifolia research: A critical literature review (CLR) and bibliometric analysis of scopus and pubmed databases. International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.38001/ijlsb.1514950
  • Zuardi, A. W. (2006). History of cannabis as a medicine: a review. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 28: 153-157. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-44462006000200015.
Toplam 19 adet kaynakça vardır.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Tarımsal Biyoteknoloji (Diğer)
Bölüm Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar

Mina Hakimi 0009-0005-3154-6852

Jamila Azimi 0009-0004-9006-5760

Farzaneh Razmju 0009-0008-2445-7714

Mir Abdullatif Yahya 0000-0002-3699-2983

Gönderilme Tarihi 18 Mayıs 2025
Kabul Tarihi 23 Ekim 2025
Yayımlanma Tarihi 27 Aralık 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 39 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA Hakimi, M., Azimi, J., Razmju, F., Yahya, M. A. (2025). A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 39(3), 596-608. https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796
AMA Hakimi M, Azimi J, Razmju F, Yahya MA. A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. Aralık 2025;39(3):596-608. doi:10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796
Chicago Hakimi, Mina, Jamila Azimi, Farzaneh Razmju, ve Mir Abdullatif Yahya. “A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 39, sy. 3 (Aralık 2025): 596-608. https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796.
EndNote Hakimi M, Azimi J, Razmju F, Yahya MA (01 Aralık 2025) A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 39 3 596–608.
IEEE M. Hakimi, J. Azimi, F. Razmju, ve M. A. Yahya, “A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research”, Selcuk J Agr Food Sci, c. 39, sy. 3, ss. 596–608, 2025, doi: 10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796.
ISNAD Hakimi, Mina vd. “A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 39/3 (Aralık2025), 596-608. https://doi.org/10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796.
JAMA Hakimi M, Azimi J, Razmju F, Yahya MA. A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. 2025;39:596–608.
MLA Hakimi, Mina vd. “A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, c. 39, sy. 3, 2025, ss. 596-08, doi:10.15316/selcukjafsci.1701796.
Vancouver Hakimi M, Azimi J, Razmju F, Yahya MA. A Scientometric Analysis of Cannabis sativa Research. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. 2025;39(3):596-608.

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