International Competition Situation and Research Focus on Agricultural Drones

Taking SCI papers related to agricultural drone research as the object，comprehensively using bibliometrics methods，paper content analysis methods and expert consultation methods，through the analyses of paper output trends，hot research topics，leading countries and key research content，etc.，the development trend，international competition situation and hotspot directions of agricultural drones were revealed，with a view of providing decision support for optimizing research layout and project management.