Analysis of research status on grey system in the Chinese social science circle

Abstract

In this paper, papers about grey system recorded by CSSCI (1998 ~ 2007) are collected and analyzed with statistical analysis and bibliometric analysis such as year distribution, journal distribution, subject distribution, the core author and the geographical distribution of the author. So we can identify the core author, core journals, research institutes and the law of research on grey system in the Chinese social science circle, and reveal the review of grey system study and the main theme in the Chinese social science circle. In addition, this paper indicates some problems and trends about study on grey system.