Research Hotspots and Trends of Knowledge Transfer in China Based on Visualization Analysis

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] In the era of knowledge economy, knowledge has become an important social resource. Effective knowledge transfer will promote the exchange and sharing of knowledge, and play an irreplaceable role in improving organizational knowledge applications and innovation capabilities. Research in the field of knowledge transfer has produced rich results. However, the research review of knowledge transfer from various perspectives in China needs to be improved. [Method/Process] This paper selects CiteSpace software and adopts the bibliometric method to present visualization analysis of 2,854 journal papers related to knowledge transfer from core journals, CSSCI, and CSCD in the CNKI database. The analysis includes the core authors, academic institutions, and keyword data of the sample literature, and draws a keyword knowledge map that reflects the dynamics of the research topics. [Results/Conclusions] Through the analysis of the emergent time series, co-occurrence and clustering maps, and timeline maps, the research constructs a knowledge transfer research system from four aspects: research object, principle analysis, process path and research method, and predicts the future research directions of knowledge transfer from the perspective of enterprises, libraries and innovation: enterprise knowledge transfer research will focus on emerging companies; library knowledge transfer research will gradually increase the intermediary effect; innovation knowledge transfer will introduce topics related to knowledge, technology, and information transfer to achieve interdisciplinary research and innovation.

Keywords

• knowledge transfer|research trends|visual analysis|bibliometric|citespace