A Bibliometric Analysis of Study on Seaweed Industry for Strengthening Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia

Abstract

The Indonesian seaweed industry is currently experiencing a paradox that comparatively superior in the view of local production but inferior in the global market. Moreover, the strategic geographical location with the longest coastline the meeting of the world's largest coral triangle is not contributing to increase the local production. This work aims to develop the landscape of study on seaweed industry using bibliometric analysis. While historical of seaweed production in Indonesia is reflected to develop the required pre-condition in strengthening seaweed-based nation competitiveness.Research shows the biological study on this field that still in prevalent attention based on 500 article and less attention on the study on the upstream. The research on carrageenan as the raw material of seaweed have been developed widely. The actor of research and regulator in Indonesia needs to recognize more upstream strategy to strengthen the capacity of each actor in the supply chain.

Keywords: bibliometric, competitiveness, supply chain, seaweed, technology diffusion, upstream

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-6-06

Publication date:March 31^st 2021