Table of contents
1. Introduction to CiteSpace features
2. CiteSpace installation tutorial
2. Configure java environment variables
1. Introduction to CiteSpace features
CiteSpace is a visualization tool for analyzing academic literature, designed to help researchers understand the evolution of academic fields and discover research hot spots and trends.
Here are some of the key features and capabilities of CiteSpace:
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Spatiotemporal evolution diagram: CiteSpace visualizes the development process of academic documents by generating a spatiotemporal evolution diagram. This helps users understand how research focus in a field has evolved over time.
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Keyword analysis: This tool can extract keywords in the literature and analyze the relationships between them. This helps identify key concepts within a topic or area.
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Co-citation relationships: CiteSpace can identify co-citation relationships between documents and reveal classic works and important academic perspectives in the research field.
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Collaboration network analysis: This tool can generate a collaboration network diagram between authors, institutions or countries, showing collaborative relationships within the research field.
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Cluster analysis: CiteSpace supports cluster analysis of documents, bringing together related studies to help users identify research topics and hot spots.
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Citation path analysis: Through citation path analysis, CiteSpace can reveal the citation relationships between different documents and help users understand the knowledge transfer and evolution process in the academic field.
2. CiteSpace installation tutorial
1. Install java
Go here Java Downloads | Oracle to install the Windows x64 version, which depends on your computer.
Just double-click to run it. However, it should be noted that the installation path can be selected other than the C drive. The path must be remembered. For example, the location I installed below is D:\software\document\java\jdk-21 .
2. Configure java environment variables
Turn on environment variables
Select Path in system variables.
Add the bin file path to the location we just downloaded.
Finally open cmd and enter java.
If the above content appears roughly, it means there is no problem.
3. Install CiteSpace
CiteSpace - Browse Files at SourceForge.net
Install the latest version of CiteSpace here. Then move the files into the new folder.
Double-click to run this file
Change the installation path.
Click Download and wait for the installation to complete.
4. Run CiteSpace
Double-click the icon that appears on the running computer. Please wait for a while because it is initializing. Click Agree when the following page appears.
Then enter the following page, indicating successful installation.
