Analysis of Dragon Boat Racing Research Based on CiteSpace.

Using the CiteSpace visual literature analysis tool, 802 relevant literature on dragon boat racing research were analyzed to map the knowledge structure of research hotspots, core author groups and research institutions from 1980-2022 in CNKI General Library. The results show that dragon boat racing research has experienced a stagnant period, a recovery period and a rapid development period, and it was expected that after 2023, dragon boat racing research would usher in new development opportunities. Dai Yu, Wang Saishi and Wang Junqi were the main authors of publications, but there was not much cooperation among research authors, mainly relying on academic relationships and not much cross-regional cooperation; Guangxi University for Nationalities, Shanxi Normal University and Minzu University of China were the institutions with more publications, and universities were the foundation of dragon boat culture research. Keyword co-occurrence analysis formed a total of 765 nodes with 1372 connections, (density = 0.0047), S=0.9124, which was close to 1, indicating that the homogeneity of the network was high and the research perspectives in the field of dragon boat racing tend to be diversified. Analyzed by the time of appearing keywords, dragon boat racing research shows a trend of migrating from cultural research to competitive sports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]