A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of Rural Development Research

Rural development research integrates numerous theoretical and empirical studies has evolved over the past few decades. However, systematic literature reviews have explored changing landscape. This study aims to obtain an overview of rural by applying a bibliometric visual analysis. In this paper, we introduce four computer-based software tools, including HistCite™, CiteSpace, VOSviewer, Map Alluvial Generator, help with data collection, analysis, visualization. The dataset consists 6968 articles research, which were downloaded from database Web Science. period covers 1957 2020 analysis units include journals, categories, authors, references, keywords. Co-occurrence co-citation are conducted, results exported in format networks. We analyze trends publications explore discipline distribution identify most influential authors at different times. show that field attracted progressively more scholars variety fields become multidisciplinary interdisciplinary. knowledge domains also reflect dynamics complexity contexts.