Scientometrics Analysis on the Research Field of Wenchuan Earthquake

Many academic researches about Wenchuan earthquake have been carried out since 2008 till now. This paper aims to analyze the research field of the Wenchuan Earthquake by using scientometrics and scientific visualization techniques. CiteSpace II was used to map the intellectual structure of the research field of the Wenchuan Earthquake based on 1075 documents that appear in academic literatures on this topic between 2008 and 2012 and the co-citation maps analyzed and visualized here show the major areas of research, prominent articles, major knowledge producers and journals in the research field of the Wenchuan Earthquake.