Bibliometrics Analysis and Data Visualization of Archival Journal Literature in Chinese and English

Abstract

Literature publications in archival science have been critical to the recognition of archival science as an independent discipline. The public access to archives has been popularized with the rise of information freedom since 1970, and the research of international archival studies has increased year by year. In Taiwan, the passage of the Archives Act in 1999 has accelerated the establishment and promotion of public archives management system and professional education institutes. After more than 20 years, the considerable archives research results have accumulated, and several bibliometrics research papers have been published. There is still a lack of quantitative analysis to compare the differences between domestic and foreign archives research results. Therefore, this article uses a representative database of journal articles in Taiwan and abroad for literature retrieval, employed bibliometrics method to analyze the achievements of Taiwanese archival studies articles compared with international journal articles. The publication quantity, research topics, authors and journal characteristics included in analysis. The visualization tools were also taken to present keyword distribution in literature and the relationship of subject concepts. The comparison of archival literature in Taiwan and international journals can show the whole picture of research trends and changes of archival science in the past 50 years (1971-2020).

Keywords

• archival studies
• bibliometrics
• visualization analysis
• archival literature of taiwan
• international archival literature