中国大陆华侨华人研究的文献计量分析报告

The Literature Computation of Research Papers on Overseas Chinese Published in China's Mainland

为了如实、客观地反映改革开放以来大陆华侨华人研究的宏观水平和微观绩效,本文依托“华侨华人文献信息专题数据库”,利用文献计量学的理论和方法,重点对1980-2003年在大陆发表的华侨华人研究论文,从年代、主题、期刊、地区、作者等方面进行了分析和评价。结果表明1990年代中期论文数量最多,之后处于平稳期;研究主题上,“经济”、“文化”一直是研究热点,华侨史研究数量减少,侨务研究数量增加;研究地区以东南亚和北美为主;载文期刊分布广泛,核心期刊载文率较低;活跃作者群已经形成。由此得出结论,华侨华人研究经历起步、发展、高峰,现处于成熟平稳阶段,其研究的领域在不断扩大,多学科交叉的研究趋势凸显。但论文的质量还有待提高,“偏食现象”应引起重视。

Based on “the special database of the overseas Chinese documentation and information', this paper utilizes the theory and method of metrology of documents to emphatically analyze and appraise the papers on the overseas Chinese studies published between 1980 and 2003 from different respects, such as times, theme, periodical, area, author, etc., in order to accurately and objectively characterize the macroscopic level and micro performance of the overseas Chinese studies since reform and opening up. The result shows the most papers were published during the mid 1990s, followed by a period of stable development. The heated topics include “economy' and “culture', historical studies of the overseas Chinese have decreased while papers on the overseas Chinese affairs have increased. As for the area, the attention is focused on Southeast Asia and North America. The papers are widely published in various periodicals, but few in key academic journals. The study shows that with an active author group the overseas Chinese studies have gone through the start up and rise, and now reached a stage of maturity. The field is expanding constantly, and the approach of multi-disciplinary is prominent. However, the quality of the study remains to be improved and the scope should be further broadened.