Analysis of econometric research hotspots and application prospects —— visualization research based on citespace

Abstract

By analyzing scholars’ research on econometrics, we can understand the hot topics of related research and, based on the changes of research hotspots in different years, we can derive the future application prospects. In this paper, the literature related to econometrics in cnki and web of science is selected as the sample source, and the literature between 2010 and 2020 is analyzed by the visualization software citespace for authors, keywords, etc. Through the study, it is found that the application of spatial econometrics and the solution to practical problems are the focus of current scholars’ research, and the application of econometrics is very wide, and the solution to practical problems is the new trend of econometric research in the future.