Visualization Analysis on the Transfer of Research Topics in Information Economics
Xukun Wang · Information Sciences · 2011
Based on the retrieval of Web of Science,together with the results of node documents from CiteSpace,this paper accurately divides the development of Information Economics into the following three stages: slow taking-off,fluctuating growth and high speed developing.This paper clarifies the topics of cluster through the visual cluster analysis of documentary of the different stages.By examining the transfer of research topics,this paper suggests that social demand highly promoted the development of Information Economics.It also suggests that the research topics of Information Economics have moved from Micro Information Economics to Macro Information Economics with a tendency of moving back to Macro Information Economics.