Visualization analysis of teaching research literatures on nursing teachers of China and America

Abstract

Objective To explore the research hotspots and frontiers of nursing faculty in China and the United States from 2009 to 2018, and to predict the development trend of related research on nursing faculty in China in the future. Methods Using Citespace, the literatures published on Web of Science core collection and China National Knowledge Internet(CNKI)from 2009 to 2018 were analyzed visually since 2019, and the knowledge map of keyword co-occurrence of nursing faculty in China and the United States from 2009 to 2018 was displayed. Results A total of 2 817 American literature and 1 478 Chinese literature were extracted; the number of American teaching research literatures on nursing teachers increased year by year from 2009 to 2018, while that of China declined; the research hotspots on nursing faculty in the United States mainly focused on faculty's evidence-based knowledge, faculty development, faculty's own conditions, and the research frontiers were interprofessional education, transition and incivility behavior; the research hotspots in China were faculty's types and levels, faculty training, faculty teaching situation research, research frontier for nursing faculty were standardized patients, higher vocational and competency. Conclusions The future research direction of our country should focus on the effect of applying scientific and technological means to nursing faculty, incivility behavior between faculty and students, and the integration of evidence-based knowledge and classroom teaching. Key words: Nursing faculty; Knowledge mapping; Bibliometrics; Visualization analysis; China; America