Progress in Chinese Agricultural Technology:Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace
Zhang Yaru1,2, Zhang Junbiao1,2, Zhang Zhao3
1.College of Economics & Management,Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430070,China; 2.Hubei Rural Development Research Center,Wuhan 430070,China; 3.Development Center for Science and Development,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,PRC,Beijing 100122,China
Abstract:Taking 3102 articles on agricultural technology from CSSCI (2000—2017) as samples,this paper conducts the cluster analysis,the keywords co-occurrence analysis and the burst analysis of keywords with adopting bibliometric analysis.The study finds that the literature on agricultural technology increased rapidly from 2000 to 2017.The field of agricultural technology has initially formed a core publication,however does not own a stable core author group.The research institutions are mainly distributed in universities and research institutes in Wuhan,Beijing,Nanjing and other big cities.The main research hotspots are agricultural technology promotion,agricultural technological progress and agricultural technology efficiency and so on.Different angles to explore the influencing factors,in order to promote the popularization,improve the efficiency of agricultural technology and promote agricultural technological progress,is the main trend of agricultural technology research.At the same time,nurturing a new type of agricultural management body and strengthening agricultural technology promotion are also the frontiers of research in the field of agricultural technology.