Abstract:

In the past 30 years， the theoretical results and practices of deserticulture have made remarkable progress. Based on the CNKI journal literature database， this paper uses the bibliometric method to search for the literature with deserticulture as the key word， and quantitatively analyzes the research status of deserticulture so far， including the number of publications， journals， research authors， and literature citations. In terms of the number of publications， the literature in the sand industry research field from 1984 to 2020 shows an overall upward trend over time. The fluctuations in the publication volume and the research content are roughly divided into three stages： 1984-2001， a period of slow increase， which is the early stage， theoretical research and exploration stage； 2002-2016， a period of rising volatility， which is the development stage of the sand industry； 2017-2020， a period of falling volatility， which is the re-study stage to solve the problems in the development of the sand industry. The journals that publish research literature in the field of desert industry are mainly "Inner Mongolia Forestry"， "Journal of Desert Research"， "Western Development"， "Gansu Forestry"， "China Forestry"， et al. The main research authors are Hao Chengzhi， Liu Shu， and Tu Erxuntoheti·Maitusong， et al， who have the highest number of publications. In terms of the frequency of literature citations， most of the high-cited documents of the deserticulture are theoretical connotations， development status， development prospects and development strategies.The classification analysis of the word co-occurrence knowledge map has obtained four kinds of hot keywords in the field of deserticulture research： "desert prevention and control"， "spatial distribution"， "corporate management"， and "development countermeasures"， respectively explaining the question of "why， where and how to develop deserticulture ". The deserticulture originated in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu， and grew up in the Kubuqi Desert and the Ulan Buh Desert in Inner Mongolia. It has also developed rapidly in Xinjiang， Ningxia and other western provinces that are severely affected by desertification， and achieved certain ecological benefits. Economic benefits have become the most effective way to prevent desertification and develop the economy in sandy areas. Future research on the deserticulture should follow the new development concepts of innovation， coordination， greenness， openness， and sharing， strengthen technological innovation and the transformation and application of results， and attach importance to the quantitative evaluation and benefit evaluation of natural conditions for the development of the deserticulture. Therefore， the desert areas should make full use of local development advantages and combine with national policies to promote faster and better development of the deserticulture.

Key words: deserticulture, bibliometric method, knowledge map, research hotspot