Transparency and Traceability in Food Supply Chain Resilience: : A Two-Decade Bibliometric Mapping and Network Analysis (2010–2025)

Karima CHTATBI; Mohammed RAJAA

doi:10.23882/ijdam.26300

Authors

Karima CHTATBI Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan, Morocco
Pr Mohammed Rajaa Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23882/ijdam.26300

Keywords:

Traceability, food supply chain, resilience, transparency, blockchain, Internet of things.

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of 947 peer, reviewed articles dealing with transparency and traceability in resilient food supply chains from 2010 to 2025. The study determines the trends of the publication, main authors, institutions, and thematic keywords by employing the Scopus data and the VOSviewer tool.

This research is different from the previously fragmented review works by filling the scientific gap and coupling the digital, technological, and sustainability aspects. The greatest contribution of the article, in fact, is the staging and the conceptual framework of the field which shows the usage of blockchain, digital innovation, and sustainability as the main sources of resilience along with providing a data, driven basis for research and practice in the future.

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