Scientific research on honey has grown substantially over the past decades, accumulating more evidence on its role in complementary and alternative medicine. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of honey research from 2011 to 2020 to see the trend of publications in this study area. Based on the keywords used, which are related to honey in the article title, the study retrieved 4,433 documents for further analysis. VOSviewer software was used to create maps based on network data of scientific publications displaying relationships among researchers, countries, and scientific journals. Author keywords were used to explore the co-occurrence of different terms connected to honey research. Results reveal close and strong interconnections between the top authors suggesting a considerable strong research link. The top country researching on honey was the United States, while the top journal was Food Chemistry. In terms of co-occurrence, the top author keywords were “honey”, “antioxidant”, “chemometric”, “Manuka honey” and “antibacterial”. These analyses of the existing work provide a valuable and important reference for researchers and practitioners in honey research communities.

在过去的几十年中，有关蜂蜜的科学研究有了长足的发展，积累了更多关于蜂蜜在补充医学和替代医学中作用的证据。我们对2011年至2020年的蜂蜜研究进行了文献计量分析，以了解该研究领域的出版物趋势。根据所使用的与文章标题中的蜂蜜相关的关键字，该研究检索了4,433个文档以进行进一步分析。VOSviewer软件用于根据科学出版物的网络数据创建地图，这些数据显示研究人员，国家和科学期刊之间的关系。使用作者关键字来探索与蜂蜜研究相关的不同术语的同时出现。结果显示顶尖作者之间紧密而紧密的相互联系，这表明存在相当强的研究联系。食品化学。在共现方面，最重要的作者关键词是“蜂蜜”，“抗氧化剂”，“化学计量学”，“ Manuka蜂蜜”和“抗菌”。这些对现有工作的分析为蜂蜜研究社区的研究人员和从业人员提供了宝贵而重要的参考。