Brazilian scientific production on agricultural price hedging: a bibliometric study

Abstract

In the face of the relevance of research on the risk management of agricultural commodity prices through the use of hedge operations in futures markets, a lack of information on Brazilian scientific production in this field was identified. This includes the impact, evolution, productivity, visibility, and relevance of studies, which motivated the conduct of this research. Therefore, the present study aimed to describe and analyze the bibliometric indicators of Brazilian scientific production on “agricultural price hedging” available in freely accessible online journals. The study was conducted in accordance with the bibliometric laws of Bradford (1934), Lotka (1926), and Zipf (1949), encompassing articles published in freely accessible scientific journals over the last 25 years, available online through the CAPES and Google Scholar portals. The results contributed valuable information regarding the evolution, impact, productivity, visibility, and relevance of Brazilian scientific production on “agricultural price hedging”. Additionally, they highlighted a greater willingness to conduct studies encompassing a broader diversity of agricultural and livestock products.