农村居民点作为农村人口的聚居形态, 是人类按照生产生活需要而形成具有明确空间结构和具体功能的集聚定居区域。本研究采用文献计量分析软件Bibliometrix和Biblioshiny R语言软件包分析了Web of Science核心收集数据库1921—2023年期间2122篇农村居民点领域文章的发展历程和现状, 揭示其研究热点并预测未来发展趋势。结果表明: (1) 过去102年间, 农村居民点发表论文数量、年平均引用量持续增加。 (2) 74个国家/地区在农村居民点研究领域有科研产出, 发达国家在该领域具有强大的研究实力。中国、美国、爱尔兰是发文量前三的国家。此外, 5635位作 者中, 发文量前三的作者是JIANG GUANGHUI、QU YANBO 和ZHANG FENGRONG。 (3) 农村居民点领域排名前3的关键词是“Rural”“Settlements”和“Residential”。研究主题可分为三个阶段: 第一阶段 (1921—2006年) , 学者们多从“农村住宅”和“农村居民点”两个方面开始探索; 第二阶段 (2007—2013年) 农村居民点研究内容逐渐丰富, 主要与“农村移民”“农村人口”“农村居民点”等方面进行研究; 第三阶段 (2014—2023年) 农村居民点研究主要集中在“定居意向”“居住环境”和“农村居民点”等方面。总体而言, 从1921年到2023年“居民点”与“土地”一直是农村居民点领域的核心议题之一。

Rural settlements, as a form. of rural population concentration, are gathering and settling areas with clear spatial structure and specific functions formed by human beings according to production and living needs. . In this study, the bibliometric analysis software Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny R language package were used to analyze the development history and current status of 2122 articles in the field of rural settlements in the Web of Science core collection database during the period of 1921—2023, to reveal their research hotspots and to predict the future development trend. The results showed that: (1) the number of papers published in the field of rural settlements and the average number of citations per year have been increasing over the past 102 years. (2) Seventy-four countries/regions have scientific research outputs in the field of rural settlements, and developed countries have strong research strength in this field. China, the United States and Ireland are the top three countries in terms of the number of publications. In addition, among 5635 authors, the top three authors are JIANG GUANGHUI, QU YANBO and ZHANG FENGRONG. ( 3) The top three keywords in the field of rural settlements are “Rural”, “Settlements” and “Residential”. The research themes can be divided into three phases: in the first phase (1921—2006) , scholars began to explore the two aspects of “rural residence” and “rural settlement”. In the second phase (2007— 2013) , the research content of rural settlements was gradually enriched, mainly related to “rural migration”, “ rural population” and “rural settlements”. In the third stage (2014—2023) , rural settlement research mainly focuses on “settlement intention”, “living environment” and “rural settlement”. The research on rural settlements in this stage (2014—2023) focuses on “settlement intention”, “living environment” and “rural settlements”. In general, from 1921 to 2023, “settlement” and “land” have been one of the core issues in the field of rural settlements.