Abstract
This study aims to understand the research status and development trend of crisis and risk communication research (CRCR) through a visual analysis in CiteSpace, thereby providing a more comprehensive perspective for future research agenda. First, we retrieved published papers from Web of Science (1986–2020) and Scopus (1979–2020) with a title search. Subsequently, we analyzed the main research strengths and main topics of CRCR from two dimensions: co-authorship network and co-citation network. We conducted an in-depth co-citation network analysis from four perspectives: cluster analysis, high co-cited literature analysis, burst analysis, and turning points analysis. These results revealed the main research topics in the CRCR field, the most eye-catching research literature, the emerging research hotspots in each period, and the turning points of the overall development. Finally, we suggested further research directions for future avenues.
Highlights
IntroductionRapid vaccine development and communication strategies are challenges in the face of major public health emergencies [3]
Risk Communication Research UsingSince the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, human societies have been facing a crisis caused by variants of the virus, such as Delta and Omicron [1,2].Rapid vaccine development and communication strategies are challenges in the face of major public health emergencies [3]
We found that journals published after 2000 were were cited cited more
Summary
Rapid vaccine development and communication strategies are challenges in the face of major public health emergencies [3]. The government and the media should use risk communication strategies to warn citizens about a potential epidemic development and flexibly use crisis communication to address the outbreak risks [4]. Crisis communication and risk communication are essential aspects and approaches of risk management and emergency management, respectively [5]. The fundamental reason is that the boundary between these two concepts is clear in definition, the operable boundary in practical applications is fuzzy and mutually transformative in nature. (a) when the risk communication fails, the potential threat will be directly transformed into a crisis. Follow-up risk communication is still needed to prevent a second crisis [8]. Even in crisis communication, there are potential risks. With the emergence of the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) model [9], academic research on crisis and risk communication has entered a new stage
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