Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Valentin ȘERBAN, Adrian TUREK-RAHOVEANU

This paper aimed to analyze rural development in terms of publications in scientific journals and magazines indexed in international citation databases. The methodology consisted in choosing WoS database as information source, establishing "Rural development" as the key term, searching the bibliometric references in the period 1990-2022, and identifying 2,091 publications, collecting, processing and analyzing the data using VOS Viewer and Microsoft Excel, illustrating the results and making the corresponding comments. The results outline the evolution of the concept of rural development over time, with a focus on the transition from a traditional modernisation-based approach to a more local and quality- and sustainability-oriented perspective. The local perspective has been implemented at EU level through the creation of LEADER where the approach is bottom-up to identify the real problems facing the community.

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