CiteSpace软件应用研究的回顾与展望

Review on the Application of CiteSpace at Home and Abroad

CiteSpace信息可视化软件工具是由华人学者陈超美博士于2004年开发的,凭借其强大和先进的功能,该软件在国内外得到了广泛的应用和关注。国外对该软件的应用主要分布在信息科学、生命科学等领域,国内则主要应用于管理学和技术科学领域。从应用领域来看,主要包括图书情报学、管理学、科技政策、教育学以及具体的技术科学(纳米科学与技术、能源技术、新材料技术、电子信息技术等);从使用功能来看,主要是基于知识图谱的研究前沿与研究热点分析,科学计量学与引文分析,关键词共词网络分析,作者共被引与作者合作网络分析等。最后,针对当前的应用状况,本文对CiteSpace的应用前景和趋势进行了分析和展望。

CiteSpoce was developed by Chinese American scholar Dr. Chaomei Chen in 2004. Since then, it has gained extensive application and attention at home and abroad due to its advanced and powerful functions. At abroad, it was used mainly in the field of information sciences and life sciences, while at home, it was generally used in management sciences and technology sciences instead. Specifically, in the terms of the application field of CiteSpace, library and information science, management science, science and technology policy, education science and technology sciences （e. g. nano science and technology, energy science and technology, new matieral science and technology, Electronic information technology） were most involved fields; in the terms of the application goal of the CiteSpace, research frontier and focus, scientometrics and citation analysis, co- woad network analysis, co-author analysis and author cocitation analysis, etc. In the end, we conclude the trends and prospect of the application d Cite, Space.