Visualized mapping analysis of clinical nursing foundation-papers from 2012 to 2018

Objective To analyze the author and institutional cooperation of clinical nursing foundation-papers in recent years, and to explore the research hotspots and fronts so as to provide a reference for future research in this field. Methods This study took 11 998 clinical nursing foundation-papers as subjects published in 12 nursing core journals from 2012 to 2018. The information visualization software, CiteSpace Ⅴ, was used to analyze the authors, institutions and key words. Results The main collaborative team composed of Hu Yan, Jiang Qixia, Shen Yongyi, Wang Weili and Niu Meie was formed in clinical nursing research areas. Intensity of institutional cooperation needed to be strengthened; institutional cooperation of the same region was the mainstream; inter-regional cooperation began to take shape. The research hotspots focused on disease and nursing intervention; research fronts developed around the chronic disease and cluster nursing. Conclusions Clinical nursing researches have the rich diversity of content; hotspots and fronts reflect the modern social and people's needs. We should further strengthen the cross-team, interdisciplinary, interagency and inter-regional cooperation to realize a diversity of cooperative mode so as to promote the development of clinical nursing research. Key words: Nursing care; Clinical; Foundation-papers; Visualized mapping; Research hotspots; Research fronts