国外微博研究热点、趋势及研究方法:基于信息计量学的视角

Focuses,Trends,and Methods of Microblogging Research Abroad: A Perspective of Informetrics

本文以Web of Science作为数据来源,采用聚类分析和战略坐标图对国外微博研究的热点、趋势及研究方法进行了分析发现:国外微博研究热点主要集中在Web 2.0下的社交媒体研究、信息伦理研究、微博政治研究、电子口碑研究等10个方面;其中,Web 2.0下的社交媒体研究为核心研究热点,信息伦理研究有可能成为未来的研究热点,微博政治研究、电子口碑研究、微博与灾难预警及处理研究等主题具有发展为核心研究热点的潜力;文本挖掘、信息可视化、社会网络分析等是微博研究涉及的主要研究方法与技术。

Taking the Web of Science as data source, this paper analyzes the research focuses and trends of microblogging abroad by using cluster analysis and strategic diagram. The result shows that, the research fields are counted as 10 clusters, such as social media, information ethics, microblogging politics, electronic word-of-mouth, etc.; social media is the core focus; information ethics is likely to be the core research in the future; microblogging politics, electronic word-of-mouth, disaster warning ＆ processing, and others possess the potential to become the cores. Text mining, information visualization, social network analysis, and others are the main methods in the research of microblogging.