Mapping The Research Landscape Of Consumer Behavior In Street Food Consumption (2016–2025): A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis Using Dimensions

Abstract

The expansion of street food culture in cities has gotten more and more academic attention, especially when it comes to figuring out the subtle ways that people act when they buy food from informal sources. This study uses Dimensions data from 2016 to 2025 to do a full bibliometric analysis of all the research that has been done around the world on how people act when they eat street food.  Using the Bibliometrix R program and its GUI Biblioshiny, this study maps out the structural, conceptual, and collaborative aspects of the discipline.  It looks at changes in the number of publications from important countries, institutions, and writers, as well as how topic areas including food safety, convenience, cultural identity, and behavior after the epidemic have changed over time.  The results show that academic interest has grown a lot since 2020. They also show that marketing, public health, urban planning, and sociology are all coming together in new ways.  This bibliometric review not only points out important areas of knowledge, but it also shows where there is not enough research on how people think about hygiene, how much they trust vendors, how men and women buy things, and how to make policies that last.  It gives researchers, policymakers, and others in the food sector who want to improve street food systems in a world after the pandemic strategic advice.