Bibliometric analysis of the “sustainable” research by Chinese geographers (1994－2021)
YANG Mengmeng1， GONG Shengsheng1,2
(1.School of Urban and Environmental Sciences， Institute of Sustainable Development， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430079， China；2.Key Laboratory of Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation of Hubei Province， Wuhan 430079， China)
Abstract：The sustainable development of geographical research aims at building a community of life for man and nature and realizing the sustainable development of human society. Based on CNKI database， Duxiu database and the “Web of Science? Core Collection”， in this paper the subject terms are limited to “sustainability”， “sustainable development” or “sustainability”. CiteSpace software is utilized to make a bibliometric analysis of the core strengths， key areas and important fields of “sustainable” research by Chinese geographers from 1994 to 2021. The results are shown as follows 1) The process of “sustainable” research conducted by Chinese geographers can be divided into three stages： rapid emergence (1994－2001)， stable development (2002－2011) and consolidation and deepening (2012－2021). 2) There are 624 geographers in China who engaged in “sustainable” research， mainly physical geographers and human geographers， and 258 research institutions， largely geographical units affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The inter-institutional cooperations had spatial proximity， and the spatial distribution of institutions exhibits gradient differentiation of east， middle and west. The target areas of “sustainable” research by Chinese geographers are mainly local administrative regions， which serve the development strategy of major national regions with distinctive characteristics. 3) The important fields of “sustainable” research conducted by Chinese geographers include sustainable utilization of resources， protection and construction of ecological environment， sustainable agricultural development， sustainable tourism development， education for sustainable development， ethics for sustainable development， poverty eradication and sustainable livelihood， coordination of regional man-land relationship， sustainable urban development， sustainable rural development， regional sustainable development strategy and evaluation， and so on. 4) Chinese geographers should focus on the cultivation of sustainable development professionals， the improvement of sustainable development theory system， the expansion of sustainable development research fields， and the enhancement of sustainable development service capacity in the future.
杨萌萌,龚胜生,. 中国地理学者“可持续”研究的文献分析(1994—2021)[J]. 华中师范大学学报(自然科学版), 2024, 58(2): 264-278.
YANG Mengmeng,GONG Shengsheng,. Bibliometric analysis of the “sustainable” research by Chinese geographers (1994－2021). journal1, 2024, 58(2): 264-278.
2024, Vol. 58 
