Application Analysis of Scientific Mapping Based on CiteSpace's Digital Economy Literature Review

Abstract

Digital Economy, a driving force of global economic and social development, has been an important topic in international economic research. This paper uses CiteSpace to analyze the literature relating to Digital Economy from 2006 to 2021 contained in Web of Science Core Collection. Besides, this paper visualizes and analyzes current status, hotspots and trends of Digital Economy from perspectives of the number of posts, countries,keywords, etc. Findings from this paper indicate that: China and the United States are two main players of Digital Economy. Universities are major contributors to digital economy researches. Researches concerned blockchain seems to be a trend in the future. Digital Economy is undoubted with digital divide and digital governance.