NEViewer-based visual analysis of medical scientific research topics evolution / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

A co-words network for high frequency words was established using the title information of papers pub-lished in 22 medical journals from 2005 to 2013.The evolution of medical scientific research topics was analyzed with the visual analysis software NEViewer, which showed that medical research in China was focused on basic and application studies with the prevention and treatment of frequently encountered diseases and the associated technical methods as the two main directions, and that medical scientific research topics would remain their stable status in a rather long period.The hot medical topics were explained.