Progress,hotspots,and trends in research on popular science journals in China:Visual analysis based on CiteSpace
[Purposes]By quantitatively analyzing relevant research literature on popular science journals from 2001 to 2022,we aim to understand the progress,hotspots,and development trends of research on popular science journals in China,so as to promote the capacity building of these journals.[Methods]The articles with the theme of popular science journals were retrieved from CNKI,and then CiteSpace was employed to conduct the knowledge mapping on the progress,hotspots,and trends in the research of popular science journals.[Findings]The research on popular science journals in China demonstrates unique characteristics in terms of quantity of achievements,distribution of journals,distribution of authors,publishing institutions,highly cited articles,high-frequency keywords,keyword clustering,etc.[Conclusions]The research on popular science journals in China presents a trend of combining theoretical interpretation with practice.The research topics are increasingly emphasizing the deep integration and innovation of media.The research focuses more on the health science popular journals,agricultural science popular journals,and youth science popular journals,with increasing application of interdisciplinary and diversified research methods.
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