Analysis of Educational Research Using CiteSpace Applications in CSSCI Journals (2012-2016)

Abstract

This paper adopts content analysis to assess the current state and the trends of educational research using CiteSpace applications in China. 89 peer-reviewed articles are retrieved from Chinese Social Science Citation Index (CSSCI) journals that appeared from 2012 to 2016. Our results show that higher education is the main research setting for these educational studies. CiteSpace applications are mainly used to release research hot topics and trends in the field of educational research. Keywords co-occurrence knowledge maps have a dominant position as presentations of knowledge maps of educational research. The authors believe that this review can facilitate fruitful discussions of future educational research using CiteSpace applications.