Frontiers of Chinese Mechanical Engineering and Technology

The sustainable development of forestry resources has attracted more and more attention from countries all over the world. In order to explore the research status, hot spots and development trends of forestry resources research, Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny, a bibliometric tool, were used to analyze the relevant literature in the field of forestry machinery included in the core collection of Web of Science from 2000 to 2022. The quantitative and visual analysis was carried out from five aspects: annual publication quantity, research institutions and their countries, journal sources, main authors and keywords. The results of the study show that: (1) Since 2000, the number of publications in forestry machinery research has increased exponentially, but it is still less than that of other industries; (2) European and American countries have paid more attention to forestry machinery research and are at the leading international level; (3) The mainstream journals in this field include Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, Forests, Forest Ecology and Management, etc; (4) The scholars with more research include Spinelli R, Dickey JP, Horn R, Marchi E, Picchio R, and Uusitalo J; (5) In the past 20 years, the research hotspots of forestry machinery has shifted from forest management, logging, biomass, ergonomics, soil compaction, etc. , to agricultural machinery as well as productivity and precision forestry, reflecting the development trend of forestry machinery from extensive forestry to refined forestry. In the future, China needs to increase its investment in the field of forestry machinery, pay attention to and carry out cooperative research on forestry machinery with developed countries in Europe and the USA. This study can provide reference for researchers to grasp the research status, hot issues and development trends of forestry machinery, and provide basis for further research.