An Analysis Based on Citespace III Knowledge Maps of Chinese Vocational Education Research

Abstract

As a strategic focus of talent cultivation in the new period, in recent years China’s vocational education practice has seen “leapfrog” style development. A systematic look at the current state of Chinese vocational education research and exploration of its core research institutions, most frequently cited works, research “hot topics,” and leading research is clearly needed and meaningful, and the method of using knowledge maps based on knowledge metrics provides an effective path to resolving this. Knowledge map software CiteSpace III was used to obtain quantitative statistics on works related to vocational education recorded in the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index database and to explore the date, distribution by journal, and characteristics of the works; draw institutional cooperation maps; examine the core research institutions and their influence; draw publication citation maps; reveal most frequently cited works and their characteristics; draw key word co-occurrence maps; and explore the distribution of research hot topics and leading research.

Keywords:

• core research institution
• knowledge map
• most frequently cited works
• research hot topics
• vocational education

Additional information

Funding

The research was supported by the Ministry of Education Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Major Subject Key Problems Project “Graduate Employment Rate, Employment Quality, Career Development, and Higher Education Development Research” staged result.

Notes on contributors

Yan Guangfen

Yan Guangfen is dean, professor, and doctoral student adviser in the School of Education at Tianjin University, China.

Zhang Dongke

Zhang Dongke is a PhD candidate at the School of Education, Tianjin University, China.