Research on Postgraduate Cultivation Quality in China: A Bibliometirc Analysis

Abstract

Cultivation quality has become an attracting topic in postgraduate education in the past few decades. Although many scholars have carried out a wide range of research, the researches did not provide a chronological picture of the themes. To give a comprehensive picture of China’s postgraduate cultivation quality, bibliometrics analysis methods were employed to analyze the 135 articles collected from Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) between 1998 and 2019. The distribution characteristics of documents, published journals, research institutions, authors and research methods were revealed in content analysis. The law of change on the research field and research topics were described in co-word analysis with VOSviewer. Based on the results, this study also suggests directions for further work. Keywords—cultivation quality; China’s postgraduate education; bibliometric analysis;co-word analysis; VOSviewer