Research on the Regional Development and Transformation in Development Geography

At present,due to the rapid development of economic globalization and informatization,the process of urbanization,industrialization and modernization in many countries has accelerated.With the innovation and improvement of research methods and technologies,as well as the society's high attention to the development and transformation of underdeveloped countries and regions,the related research on the regional development and transformation has become a hot spot in recent developmental geography research. In order to objectively reveal the research status in the field of the regional development and transformation, this paper uses Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny to analyze the relevant literature in the past 30 years in the Web of Science Database.The results indicate:(1) In the past three decades,the number of papers published in the field of regional development and transformation has generally shown an upward trend,which can be divided into three stages:1991—2005 is the initial period,2006—2014 is the rising period, and 2015—2021 is the high-yield period.(2) The research in the field of the regional development and transformation covers 97 countries and regions with the top three countries as China,the United States and South Korea,while China,the United States and the United Kingdom have played important roles in international cooperation on the regional development and transformation.(3) The high-frequency keywords in this research field mainly include management,impact,policy,etc.The keyword "China" appears 61 times, indicating that China is one of the main research countries in the field.Finally,this paper suggests that future development in the field of the regional development and transformation should further explore new methods for assessment to strengthen research on multidisciplinary integrated systems,and explore new transformation paths for developing countries and regions.