CiteSpace-based visualization analysis of researches on transitional care at home and abroad

Abstract

Objective To comb the development of transitional care, analyze and compare the research hotspots and frontiers at home and abroad. Methods CNKI Database and Web of Science Core Collection were taken as data sources to retrieve the relevant literature published from 2000 to 2019; CiteSpace software was used to construct scientific knowledge maps for visualization analysis. Results A total of 285 Chinese and 1 179 English documents were retrieved, and the annual publications showed an upward trend from 2012. The high-yield institutions and authors were relatively scattered. Chinese papers focused on subjective indicators such as quality of life, and most of which were literature review. While English papers tended to focus on objective indicators, such as readmission and mortality rate, and the research type was mainly intervention study. The Chinese keywords and English were with the strongest citation bursts in recent years. Conclusions The domestic development of transitional care is relatively lagging; cooperation between institutions and authors should be strengthened. Future researches on palliative care or combined with WeChat platform may become hotspots in this field. Key words: Transitional care; Mapping knowledge domains; Visualization; CiteSpace software