CiteSpace Translated as "Citation Space", it is a citation that focuses on analyzing the potential knowledge contained in scientific analysis. It is gradually developed in the context of scientometrics and data visualization. Visual analysis software. Since the structure, regularity and distribution of scientific knowledge are presented through visual means, the visual graphics analyzed through such methods are also called "scientific knowledge maps".
CiteSpace download and installation
CIteSpace analysis preparation
Create a new folder in the appropriate location and name it freely
Create four subfolders in the newly created folder, named data, input, output, and project.
CiteSpace keyword map cluster analysis
Taking CNKI as an example, enter CNKI
Retrieve topics/authors/keywords/content that need to be analyzed and set filtering conditions
Select relevant papers to be analyzed
After selecting all, select Export and Analysis-Export Document-Rwfworks
Click Export
Get txt file
Save the txt file to the newly created input folder and rename it to download_xx
Due to CiteSpace restrictions, the file name here must be "download_xx"
Start CiteSpace
There will be a brief command line black box during software initialization, please wait patiently.
This command line cannot be closed while Citespace is running.
Enter the CiteSpace welcome interface
Click Agree at the bottom of the interface to enter the operation interface
Web of Science Section: Project Operation
Time Slicing Section: Time Selection
Text Processing Section: Text Processing
Node Types Section: Function Configuration
Select Data——Import/Export from the menu bar above
After entering the Data interface, select the corresponding data source.
The previous data comes from CNKI, so CNKI is chosen here.
Select the corresponding directory according to the previously created input/output folder.
Kewwords select Use Chinese and click CNKI Format Conversion (3.0)
Format conversion successful display
You can see the converted txt file in the output folder, with the suffix converted
Copy the converted txt file and paste it into the data folder
Then return to the CiteSpace main interface
Click New on the Web of Science interface to create a new project
Customize the title and select the corresponding directory according to the previously created project/data folder.
Select CNKI as the data source and Chinese as the preferred language.
After completing the project settings, click Save at the bottom
Check project information
Select the time period for analysis
Set up analysis functions
Click GO! Start analysis
After getting the analysis results, select Visualize to visualize the analysis results.
Enter the visualization interface, select cluster display as the display mode, and adjust the visualization parameters to obtain the required visualization results.
CiteSpace operation flow sample diagram
CiteSpace case sample picture