Abstract:

By combing and summarizing the academic research results on the “Belt and Road” strategy, this paper clarifies the current research hotspots and gaps, in order to provide the basis and reference for future research. By using the bibliometric method and CiteSpace software, we make a quantitative analysis on the research frontiers, directions, hotspots, the evolution trend of hotspots, the disciplines involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, and the country where the author belongs to, and other aspects of the relevant literature in the Web of Science core collection database. It is found that the total amount of relevant literatures shows a trend of fluctuation growth. It has the characteristics of multiple disciplines. In the future, “networks” will continue to be a research hotspot in the short term, together with the other three clusters of foreign direct investment, inclusive development and current trend, the four hot topics are expected to continue to be hot topics or emerging subdivisions in them.

Key words: “the Belt and Road”, bibliometrics, CiteSpace