<![CDATA[Introduction: Halal food research in Indonesia has expanded across consumer behaviour, halal certification, supply-chain management, food safety, authentication, technology, and sustainability, but the overall development and intellectual structure of these research streams remain fragmented. This study aims to examine publication trends, research characteristics, thematic structures, and emerging research directions in halal food research in Indonesia. Methods: This study applies bibliometric analysis to Scopus-indexed publications retrieved in August 2026 without publication-year restrictions. The search used the keywords “halal food” and “Indonesia”, while Bibliometrix/Biblioshiny and VOSviewer were used to analyse publication productivity, sources, affiliations, authors, citations, keyword co-occurrence, and thematic evolution. Results: The findings show substantial growth in publication output, particularly during 2023–2025. Three interconnected research streams were identified: halal food, consumers, certification, and the halal ecosystem; halal authentication, meat products, adulteration, and molecular identification; and advanced analytical and instrumental techniques. Recent research increasingly focuses on authentication, DNA analysis, polymerase chain reaction, chemometrics, spectroscopy, proteomics, and related technologies. Conclusion and suggestion: Halal food research in Indonesia is evolving toward an interdisciplinary, scientifically supported, and technology-enabled halal assurance ecosystem. Future research should integrate halal certification, consumer trust, scientific authentication, digital traceability, supply-chain integrity, halal–tayyib, and sustainability.]]>
