Analysis of Temporal Distribution, Research Power and Hot Topics of Physical Education Curriculum Research in Chinese Colleges and Universities

With the help of Cite Space software and data statistical analysis tools, the research employed bibliometric method and co-word analysis method to analyze the research on physical education curriculum in Chinese colleges and universities, which was included in CNKI from January 1, 1984 to December 31, 2022, in order to grasp the characteristics of its temporal distribution, research power, and hot topics. The findings showed that the research on physical education curriculum in Chinese colleges and universities had gone through a slow formation period, an initial growth period, a rapid growth period, and is currently in a mature and stable period in terms of temporal distribution. However, in terms of research power, there were lack of high-impact research institutions and researchers in China. Furthermore, the hot topics mainly focus on the reform of the physical education curriculum, teaching reform, ideological and political education, and resources in the physical education curriculum of the colleges and universities. Therefore, the research suggests that the further research is required to expand the ideas, methods, breadth, and depth, in order to promote the comprehensive and in-depth reformation and development of physical education curriculum practice in Chinese colleges and universities.