Bibliometric analysis on African Urbanization studies: patterns and trends of published articles

IF 1.1 4区社会学 Q3 GEOGRAPHY South African Geographical Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-25 DOI:10.1080/03736245.2021.2010590

Hang Ren, Zhenke Zhang, Priyanko Das

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ABSTRACT The process of urbanization in Africa is receiving global attention and is subject to comprehensive scientific research due to the wide socioeconomic influence of this continent. Adopting specific search terms and strategies, this paper conducts a statistical analysis of the research articles addressing African urbanization (n = 2046) from the Web of Science core collection. The results show that since 2006, research on African urbanization has entered a stage of rapid development. South Africa and the Global North are the main regions engaged in research on African urbanization. With the application of the bibliometric software HistCite, this paper tries to investigate the research streams and trends contributed by highly cited articles. The main research streams can be divided into 5 areas, with the relationship between disciplines becoming stronger. Population, economy and land-use are the core issues of African urbanization studies, with the largest volume of highly cited articles. Furthermore, the changes in research hotspots were explored based on keyword analysis by CiteSpace. The results indicate that the topics of research hot spots by African and Global North researchers are different, and the Global North has a stronger influence on African urbanization studies.

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非洲城市化研究的文献计量分析:已发表文章的模式和趋势

由于非洲大陆广泛的社会经济影响，非洲的城市化进程受到全球的关注，并受到全面的科学研究。本文采用特定的检索词和检索策略，对Web of Science核心馆藏中有关非洲城市化的研究文章(n = 2046)进行了统计分析。结果表明，2006年以来，非洲城市化研究进入快速发展阶段。南非和全球北方是从事非洲城市化研究的主要地区。本文运用文献计量软件HistCite，对高被引文章的研究流和趋势进行了调查。主要研究方向可划分为5个领域，学科之间的联系日益紧密。人口、经济和土地利用是非洲城市化研究的核心问题，高被引文章数量最多。通过CiteSpace的关键词分析，探讨了研究热点的变化。研究结果表明，非洲和全球北方研究人员研究热点的主题不同，全球北方对非洲城市化研究的影响更大。

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South African Geographical Journal GEOGRAPHY-

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期刊介绍： The South African Geographical Journal was founded in 1917 and is the flagship journal of the Society of South African Geographers. The journal aims at using southern Africa as a region from, and through, which to communicate geographic knowledge and to engage with issues and themes relevant to the discipline. The journal is a forum for papers of a high academic quality and welcomes papers dealing with philosophical and methodological issues and topics of an international scope that are significant for the region and the African continent, including: Climate change Environmental studies Development Governance and policy Physical and urban Geography Human Geography Sustainability Tourism GIS and remote sensing