Research Hotspots and Trends in Chinese Academic Abstracts (2000-2022): -- A Visualization Analysis Based on CiteSpace

Jingjing Zhao

doi:10.54097/g5tbbb92

Authors

Jingjing Zhao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/g5tbbb92

Keywords:

Academic Paper, Abstract Research, Genre Analysis, Comparative Research, Citespace Software

Abstract

As an integral part of academic papers, abstracts play a more and more role in the process of further internationalization and standardization of academic journals. In recent years, the academic circle of the academic paper abstract part of the research continues to heat up. This paper uses CiteSpace visualization tool to visually analyze the annual publication trend, highly cited literature and keyword frequency of the abstract of domestic academic papers from 2000 to 2022, aiming to sort out the research hotspots and research trends of the abstract of domestic academic papers. The research found that: (1) since 2000, the focus of domestic scholars on academic abstracts has changed from the writing standard of English and Chinese abstracts to genre analysis; (2) the research focus focuses on interdisciplinary comparative research and the comparative research of abstracts written by Chinese and foreign authors in the same discipline; (3) the genre research of popular subjects in artificial intelligence, big data and biotechnology has not been carried out in the world.

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