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A Review of the Development of Foreign Crisis Informatics and Its Implications from a Citation Analysis Perspective

  • Li Rui ,
  • Li Chengcheng
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  • 1 School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064;
    2 Chengdu Vocational & Technical College of Industry, Chengdu 610203

Received date: 2025-04-27

  Revised date: 2025-07-22

  Online published: 2026-02-12

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This work is supported by the key program of National Social Science Fund of China, titled “the underlying Logic of ‘Citation’ in the Perspective of Technological Philosophy and its Application in Innovation Evaluation” (Grant No. 23ATQ008).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] The underlying logic of citations is interpreted as a footprint of academic development. “Crisis informatics” is gaining momentum globally. A review of its development under the citation logic framework can provide insights for the advancement of information resource management disciplines in China. [Method/Process] This paper retrieved relevant research papers and their citation information from the Scopus database, constructed citation logic chains for extended citation analysis, fitted the literature growth curve of crisis informatics through regression, and divided it into three growth stages. Based on the bibliographic coupling logic, the research topics were analyzed and summarized, and four main research directions were identified. Based on the co-citation logic, the author co-citation were analyzed to identify four academic communities. [Result/Conclusion] This study provides implications for the development of crisis information science in China, including filling the research gap of “humanitarianism and crisis care” in scientific research, differentially building academic communities based on the environmental advantages of each institution in education, and drawing on the interdisciplinary collaborative development model of iSchools abroad to promote the construction of a higher education system for crisis informatics in China.

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Li Rui , Li Chengcheng . A Review of the Development of Foreign Crisis Informatics and Its Implications from a Citation Analysis Perspective[J]. Library and Information Service, 2026 , 70(4) : 139 -148 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2026.04.011

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