西方的中国科技史研究热点及发展趋势——对《爱西斯》的文献目录的关键词词频及共现的分析

An Analysis of Hotspots and Trends in Western Studies of the History of Chinese Science and Technology:Based on Keyword Frequency and Co-occurrence in ISIS Bibliography

本文以《爱西斯》1967-2014年文献目录中中国科技史研究的研究文献为主要对象,并对这些文献的关键词信息进行计量分析和可视化处理,分析英语世界里中国科技史研究的热点及发展趋势。研究认为,国外的中国科技史研究在学科方面主要关注医学、天文学和数学,医学是最为核心的关注点;日益关注中国科学发展的外部社会制度环境;对中国科技史的研究视角存在多元化趋势。

This paper analyzes the hotspots and trends in the studies of the history of Chinese science and technology in English-speaking countries by focusing on the bibliography of the relevant research papers in ISIS from 1967 to 2014,and through the analyzing and visualizing of the keyword information in those papers.The study shows that foreign studies of the history of science and technology in China mainly focus on medicine,astronomy and mathematics,with medicine as the core concern,that more and more attention has been paid to the external social and institutional environment of scientific development in China,and that there is a trend to adopt diversified perspectives in the study of the history of science and technology in China.