A Study of Healthy Aging Trends in China Based on Bibliometrics and Knowledge Mapping

Abstract:
This study aims to understand the research overview, hot spots and evolutionary trends of healthy aging in China and provide reference value for promoting in-depth research on geriatric health and healthy aging. Clustering visualization of authors, institutions and keywords in a sample literature on healthy aging research using bibliometric methods and CiteSpace visualization software. China's research in the field of healthy aging has gone through three stages: "budding", "slow development" and "rapid growth"; two major collaborative networks led by the Population and Development Research Center of Renmin University of China and the School of Medicine and Health Management of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology have been formed, with less collaboration among different authors; The keyword clustering formed a total of three categories, including the study of the current aging situation in China, the study of elderly services and health status. With the continuous in-depth of health aging, the research hotspots in the current field mainly include active aging, medical combination, pension services, etc; long-term care and healthy pension of the elderly are the main direction of future research.