Abstract:

Thanks to the cultural turn in human geography and the spatial turn in sociology, the space of "home," is a multi-dimensional assemblage full of material, social and emotional elements. This paper utilizes CiteSpace and Bibliometric to analyze the papers on the geographies of "home" in the WoS core collection and CNKI Chinese core journal. By figuring out its current developments, including the number of papers, researchers and their institutions, published journals, research topics and important achievements, we summarize the overall characteristics and latest progress of Chinese and international researches on the geography of "home". It is found that this research has witnessed great development since the 21^st century, while most focused on Western developed countries and regions. Besides, a number of research groups have been formed in many universities and research institutions. On the other hand, the geography of "home" in China is in its infancy for its insufficient researchers and outputs. In international academia, the journals of the geography of "home" have stronger academic influence, but the average citation frequency is low. In China, the journals are mainly hosted by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS. The average citation frequency of papers is significantly higher than the journal's impact factor. Research topics of the geographies of "home" are variable, such as mobility, transnational migration, gender and family. In recent years, there have been more research hotspots which have close relationships with the latest international current affairs. Chinese scholars tend to focus on mobility, the home of commerce and spatial practice and share many similar research interests with international researchers. However, discussions on "home" in the context of Chinese culture are still under-explored.

Key words: home, space, cultural geography, research progress, bibliometrics, CiteSpace

摘要：

在西方人文地理学的文化转向和社会学的空间转向背景下，“家”是承载着物质、社会与情感要素的多元空间综合体。运用CiteSpace和Bibliometric文献计量分析方法，以WoS核心合集和CNKI中文核心期刊中“家”的地理学文献为对象，通过对文献数量、研究机构、发文期刊、研究学者、研究主题、重要成果、最新进展的分析，全面梳理总结国际与国内“家”的地理学研究的总体特征与研究进展。发现：国际“家”的地理学研究起步较早，近年来文献数量稳步增长，目前已形成了一批稳定的高校研究机构和团队，国内“家”的地理学尚处于起步发展阶段。国际“家”的地理学主要发文期刊学术影响力较高，但论文的平均被引频次较低；国内“家”的地理学发文期刊的主办单位以中科院地理科学与资源研究所为主，相关论文的平均被引频次显著高于期刊的影响因子。在关注话题方面，国际“家”的地理学研究话题丰富，流动性、跨国移民、性别与家等话题是传统的关注热点，近年来研究热点不断增多，更迭速度加快，并注重与国际时事相结合；国内重点关注流动性、商业的家、空间实践等话题，相关研究具有一定的国际热点延续性，同时注重立足国情发展需要，但对于中国文化背景下“家”的探讨仍有所欠缺。

关键词: 家, 空间, 文化地理学, 研究进展, 文献计量, CiteSpace